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The Lost Dutchman's Mine

Myth Hunters

Season 2Episode 3Aired 2013-12-06
The Lost Dutchman's Mine

The Lost Dutchman's Mine

The story of amateur treasure hunter Adolph Ruth who set off into the Superstition Mountains, Arizona, in 1931 in search of the location of a rich gold mine allegedly founded by a German immigrant who never revealed its location. An expedition found his clothes containing a detailed map and a note indicating the explorer had succeeded in his quest, although his body was later discovered in a gully with two bullet wounds to the head.