Part One

Arizona Territory 1870’s

Jacob Waltz stood in awe of his discovery, even in the dim light from his lantern the tunnel glimmered, casting flickers of gold in all directions. He could not believe his luck, years ago he came to the United State from Germany and had quickly headed west in search of gold. That quest has lead him here to Arizona’s Superstition Mountains and to a place were no miner worth his salt believed gold would ever be found, but he had just proved them all wrong, he had found the mother of all mother lodes. Little did Waltz know that his discovery would become legendary, known forever as The Lost Dutchman’s Mine.

Arizona State University Geological Science Department present day.

Professor Joseph Anderson sat alone in his office, what had started out as a field study of the geologic formations of the Superstition Wilderness area had now become mystery. One of his students while exploring a natural crevasse had found a old strong box which contained a map, no more precisely a treasure map, that presumably showed clues to the location of the Lost Dutchman’s Mine.

He told himself it was just another fake, one of the many that had appeared through out the decades, but something about this map made him think differently.

After studying it for hours he had called an old friend of his Professor Sydney Fox, although she taught Ancient Studies she was also a renowned Relic Hunter. People had been searching for the mine for years, but its whereabouts had never been found. The Lost Dutchman’s Mine had become a fable, a legend and Sydney Fox had a reputation for finding what others could not. He had faxed her a copy of the map after safely hiding the original, and even though it was not a relic she had been intriged and was now on her way to Arizona along with her assistant Nigel Bailey.

Realizing it was getting late he rolled up the map of the Lost Dutchman’s National Park as he prepared to go home. Unbeknownst to him he was not alone in his office and without warning he felt a sharp pain at the base of his skull as everything faded to black.

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