Kokoweef Caverns and Mines

“A legendary large cavern supposedly exists below Kokoweef Peak in southwestern California. Earl Dorr, a miner and prospector, followed clues given to him by Indians. He entered a cave in the thirties and followed a passage down into Kokoweef Mountain until he attained a depth of about a mile. There, he entered a large cavern which he proceeded to explore for a distance of eight miles. At the bottom of the cavern, a river flowed, rising and falling with the lunar tides, and depositing black sands rich in placer gold along its banks. From this monumental cave, and underground river, they recovered $57,000 in gold at $20 per ounce during a 6-week stay. One day, crazed by fever, Dorr used dynamite to seal shut the entrance to his fabulous cavern, and started a legend that still lures men to seek the fabled wealth below Kokoweef. In 1957 Earl Dorr died as a result of a mining accident, not leaving behind the answer to one of the world’s great mysteries … the secret locations of the Kokoweef River of Gold and its closed entrance.”“

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