The LUE Map

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.