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The legend of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine centers around the Superstition Mountains. According to the legend, a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz discovered a mother lode of gold in the Superstition Wilderness and revealed its location on his deathbed in Phoenix in 1891 to Julia Thomas, a boarding-house owner who had taken care of him for many years.
Superstition Mountain is located within the greater Superstition Mountains range 43 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona, in the fringe of the state's central mountain region. It is a prominent landmark located generally south and east of the Salt River, rising approximately 3,000 feet (910 m) above the Salt River Valley. [4]
Weavers Needle from Peralta Canyon. Weavers Needle is a 1,000-foot-high (300 m) column of rock that forms a distinctive peak visible for many miles around. Located in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix, Arizona, Weavers Needle was created when a thick layer of tuff (fused volcanic ash)—a volcanic plug [3] —was heavily eroded, creating the spire as an erosional remnant with a summit ...
According to the story, in about 1912 Erwin C. Ruth gave some legal aid to Gonzales, saving him from almost certain imprisonment. In gratitude, Gonzales told Erwin about the Peralta mine in the Superstition Mountains, and gave him some antique maps of the site (Gonzales claimed to be descended from the Peralta family on his mother's side).
The ridgeline has a net elevation gain of about 2,800 feet (850 m) from the lowest point at Siphon Draw Trail head at 2,000 feet (610 m) to the highest point as it skirts Superstition Peak at about 4,800 feet (1,500 m). However, the accumulated elevation gain is about 4,400 feet (1,300 m) more than Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon.
Tonto National Monument is a National Monument in the Superstition Mountains, in Gila County of central Arizona. The area lies on the northeastern edge of the Sonoran Desert ecoregion, an arid habitat with annual rainfall of about 16 inches (400 mm). [3] The Salt River runs through this area, providing a rare, year-round source of water.
Circlestone are stone ruins in Arizona's Superstition Wilderness about 45 miles from Phoenix.The ruins are not a circular space of standing stones; however, like many standing stone monuments found elsewhere in the world it does have elements of construction that to some suggest it was built to track celestial events.
The Superstition Mountains — a mountain range of central Arizona. Primarily within the Tonto National Forest , and with lower elevations in the Sonoran Desert ecoregion. Pages in category "Superstition Mountains"