PHOENIX ? Rescue workers unsuccessfully searched a rugged Arizona wilderness area for a third day in triple-digit temperatures for three Utah men who went missing while looking for the legendary Lost Dutchman Gold Mine.
By late Tuesday night, authorities said there still was no sign of the three men from Salt Lake City. The men have been in the Superstition Mountains since at least Sunday and possibly nearly a week, Maricopa County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jesse Spurgin said. They were last heard from on June 6.
Curtis Meriworth, 67, Ardean Charles, 62, and Malcolm Meeks, 51, planned on hiking into the mountains and exploring the area about 40 miles east of Phoenix during the day and spending nights in a motel, Spurgin said.
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I hope they find these guys, but it is not looking good. This area is rally tough and rugged, if you are not familiar with this place it would be wise to stay out or at least go some what prepared and from the sound of it they were not at all prepared.
I heard one of the guys was rescued a few years back and almost lost his life.....would think that might have been a warning for him to be a bit educated about the area before he took 2 more friend back for a treasure hunt.
There are a few stagnate pools of water back in there if they have not dried up and at Reeves Ranch there are springs, and you would need tablets to purify the water for drinking purposes?? sometimes the springs put out little water if none, in the summer.
Lets hope they make it out, but with temps at 115, their chances diminish. I have been 20 miles back in there and it was ruthless and dangerous, if you don't know what you are doing, you are screwed.
If you decide to visit Arizona in the summer, be prepared and know the area you are going hiking into...
