Karl von Mueller, a writer and active treasure hunter in the '60s and
'70s, is the source of most of the information concerning the LUE map. The
map is most likely bullshit, because of it being mostly from a single
source, who also wrote under at least four different names, with his
real name being Charles Dean Miller. Some of his writings even have
instances of himself writing in third person about himself, but using a
different name. For example, an article featuring a picture of himself
captioned as Deek Gladson, but the article was written by him under the
Karl von Mueller pen name. Von Mueller claims the map was given to him
by Bill "Hardrock" Hammond, but provenance of the map cannot be proven
and there is really no way to verify that it even existed before von
Mueller first published it in 1966. The map has also been published in
several different versions. The annotated map pictured above is from an
unknown internet source, but RAM Publishing, owned by Garrett Metal
Detectors, reprinted unannotated versions in 1972 and 1979. The original 1966 map, as far as I can tell, looks like the following:
The text supposedly accompanying the 1966 map was: "The LUE Map which will
perplex treasure hunters for years to come. Only two people have bee
able to decipher it and they will never be able to carry away all of the
incredible treasures that are revealed by the map. Others will seek,
and few will find; and the trovers will be committed to eternal secrecy
when they learn the cryptic and shibboleth horde of all hoards on the
American continent. True sign experts will find the ultimate in
challenges in this key to a natural Fort Knox. Redrawn exactly from the
IAYAYAM Key."
In a 1969 issue of National Prospector's
Gazette von Mueller claimed that the original map was owned by a man who
lived in or near Phoenix and the map had been in his family for years
and seen by many people. Again in a 1969 issue of NPG it was reported
that a man near Farmington, New Mexico claimed to have the original and
again in 1969 another man from Rialto, California reportedly made the
same claim. In 1971 in Treasure of the Valley of Secrets it was
reported that Hardrock Hammond "had come into possession of" the LUE Map
and "several of us" were copying it before it was returned to the
owner.""
According to a guy named Boyd Jolley, who claimed he
got this information from von Mueller, LUE is from the first three
letters of three, apparently invisible, words on the map. Lloro (crying
or tears in Spanish), Urraca (a proper female name derived from a Latin
noun meaning magpie, or thief, in Spanish, also the name of a mesa in
northern New Mexico), and Enterrari (enterrari isn't a word, but
enterraria is a Spanish verb meaning inter, bury, or entomb). Some
hypothesize that this means 'Urraca cries because she is buried', but
this is dependent on the nuances of Spanish grammar.
Researchers
of the map have speculated that there is a monument or possibly the Rio
Grande Pyramid at or near the site. "No existing town or city has any
relationship to the LUE except by coincidence." "105 degrees 12.5
minute longitude parallel" which runs down the middle of Colorado and
New Mexico. Some have claimed there is a "grid plot" and some think
cache numbers 5, 7, 11, 15, and 23 are referenced on the map.
Medicine
wheels - According to von Mueller, possible connections can be found in
an article in the January 1977 National Geographic article titled
"Probing the Mystery of the Medicine Wheels.". Approximately 170
medicine wheels are known to exist and they are all in the northern US
and southern Canadian plains. The Vermillion Canyon site in Brown's
Park in northern Colorado is one of the most southernmost known sites.
Some of the sites have been in use for approximately 5000 years, while
others seem to have been built for a single event. They are considered
sacred to natives and it is unclear if they serve any purpose other than
use as a ceremonial and celestial instrument. The radiating lines can
be associated with soltice events, as well as pointing to the location
of the rise of select stars It seems highly unlikely that this is in
any way relevant to the LUE.
