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I didn't see this legend on here and was actually quite surprised, so here it is:
This is the story of the lost river of gold located near the California and Nevada state line just off of the 15 Interstate Highway. The mountains of this area are honeycombed with caves and it is one of these caves that three Indian brothers supposedly found the lost river of gold and one brother was killed while exploring them. They were friends of a local prospector named Earl Dorr and told him the location of one of the entrances. Dorr located the entrance and explored the cave deep within the Kokoweef peak.
In 1934, Dorr tried to interest investors in the possibility of mining the caverns he said he had found. He described a cavern 3000 feet deep and of an unknown length. There was an underground river running throughout the cave. Dorr said he followed the river for approximately 8 miles walking along a shelf next to the underground river. At some point, he said he saw a shaft of light but otherwise the cavern was dark (the light that Dorr saw and the distance of approximately 8 miles are significant). On one of the shelves Dorr filled a leather pouch with black sand to have analyzed for possible minerals.
When Dorr made his way back to the top, he noticed 2 prospectors watching him. Worrying about claim jumpers, he returned to the entrance and dynamited the entrance closed. Dorr spent most of his remaining years trying to locate the "shaft of light" he had seen when he was following the underground river. He was never able to find the second entrance. The remains of the original entrance, Dorr’s cabin, and smaller caverns can still be located in the area. Dorr had the pouch of black sand assayed and it ran $2000/ton of gold at the then price of $20/ounce. At today’s prices of approximately $280/ounce this would come to $28,000/ton. Not bad for a days work!
Now, I have been searching for this cavern for quite some time, and I HAVE found the entrance that was dynamited shut. However it is not possible to asertain how much rock has actually fallen to block this entrance, making digging the entrance back open nearly impossible (I simply do not have the tools or manpower for such a task) I will be returning to the site next weekend and will take some pictures of the collapsed entrance. Of course it is possible that the entrace I found is completely unrelated to the river of gold, and in fact the river may not even exist. But the thought of it excites me, and I shall do my best to find it if it is there.
Now I don't mind if others go in search of this natural treasure, however please note that entering such places without experience can VERY easily lead to death, be careful and make sure that someone knows where you are. My team and I have alot of experience in exploring old mine shafts, yet we still enter such places VERY carefully.
This is the story of the lost river of gold located near the California and Nevada state line just off of the 15 Interstate Highway. The mountains of this area are honeycombed with caves and it is one of these caves that three Indian brothers supposedly found the lost river of gold and one brother was killed while exploring them. They were friends of a local prospector named Earl Dorr and told him the location of one of the entrances. Dorr located the entrance and explored the cave deep within the Kokoweef peak.
In 1934, Dorr tried to interest investors in the possibility of mining the caverns he said he had found. He described a cavern 3000 feet deep and of an unknown length. There was an underground river running throughout the cave. Dorr said he followed the river for approximately 8 miles walking along a shelf next to the underground river. At some point, he said he saw a shaft of light but otherwise the cavern was dark (the light that Dorr saw and the distance of approximately 8 miles are significant). On one of the shelves Dorr filled a leather pouch with black sand to have analyzed for possible minerals.
When Dorr made his way back to the top, he noticed 2 prospectors watching him. Worrying about claim jumpers, he returned to the entrance and dynamited the entrance closed. Dorr spent most of his remaining years trying to locate the "shaft of light" he had seen when he was following the underground river. He was never able to find the second entrance. The remains of the original entrance, Dorr’s cabin, and smaller caverns can still be located in the area. Dorr had the pouch of black sand assayed and it ran $2000/ton of gold at the then price of $20/ounce. At today’s prices of approximately $280/ounce this would come to $28,000/ton. Not bad for a days work!
Now, I have been searching for this cavern for quite some time, and I HAVE found the entrance that was dynamited shut. However it is not possible to asertain how much rock has actually fallen to block this entrance, making digging the entrance back open nearly impossible (I simply do not have the tools or manpower for such a task) I will be returning to the site next weekend and will take some pictures of the collapsed entrance. Of course it is possible that the entrace I found is completely unrelated to the river of gold, and in fact the river may not even exist. But the thought of it excites me, and I shall do my best to find it if it is there.
Now I don't mind if others go in search of this natural treasure, however please note that entering such places without experience can VERY easily lead to death, be careful and make sure that someone knows where you are. My team and I have alot of experience in exploring old mine shafts, yet we still enter such places VERY carefully.
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