tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26258563.post930249585010308547..comments2023-11-03T08:26:46.002-07:00Comments on Red Cairo: Cave of GoldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26258563.post-65621442882529120702009-02-27T14:05:00.000-08:002009-02-27T14:05:00.000-08:00Hm. Interesting.And interesting that I should stum...Hm. Interesting.<BR/>And interesting that I should stumble upon this at this time.<BR/>I've recently been looking at the legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine, believed to be somewhere in the Superstition Mountains near Apache Junction AZ. There appear to be some similarities here.<BR/>I seem to have the Dutchman as a more successful highwayman than miner, that his gold came not from his own labors but from plundering the cache of a more successful prospector - in Dutchman's own words, his find was such that, "you can carve the gold out with a knife".<BR/>Ouch.<BR/>Reviewing the evidence offered in support of the mine, it appears that incorporated into the legend are artifacts entirely unrelated to the Dutchman, accidentally left by Spanish Missionaries who, in this instance, happened to actually be remarkably spiritual, pointing the way not to metallic gold, but to a very different sort of 'treasure'.<BR/>The Lost Dutchman Mine is still avidly sought, but I strongly suspect that the mystery is worth significantly more in tourist dollars than the dollar value of a mine which never existed in the first place.<BR/>There appear to be some strong similarities between my impressions of the Lost Dutchman Mine and your story, with its seeking a treasure and the blend of the hard materialistic and the more ethereal/mystical treasure that can't be seen directly with the eye.<BR/><BR/>You might find it fun to drop The Lost Dutchman Mine into your own target pool.<BR/><BR/>In any event, thanks for your story. It's a fun read.<BR/><BR/>cloudwalkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26258563.post-3640854380154479222008-12-17T11:29:00.000-08:002008-12-17T11:29:00.000-08:00From a more physical perspective, most gold is loc...From a more physical perspective, most gold is locked inside rock (often white quartz). YOu often can't see the gold with your eyes, only an assay test can tell if there is a lot or very little in the quartz. Most quartz is not worth bothering with. Or you could find a lot in one part of the quartz vein, and then 20 feet later, there may be very little. When they find a lot of gold, they blast out the quartz and use nasty chemicals to separate the gold. The nasty chemicals are what makes gold mining so dangerous to the environment.<BR/>-EvaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26258563.post-27976652864886443982008-12-15T21:41:00.000-08:002008-12-15T21:41:00.000-08:00"We had to have a sense of love and appreciation a..."We had to have a sense of love and appreciation and acceptance--all combined, which equalled a feeling somewhat like 'gratitude' but more--sort of making love, appreciation proactively--and the cave, if we had this proper state of mind, would show itself to us, would "give itself to us" voluntarily."<BR/><BR/>That's heavy. I need to try this approach with more areas in my life.KMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01336744315633172157noreply@blogger.com