The Lost Cement Mine
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The Lost Cement Mine is a legendary gold vein situated in the eastern Sierra Nevada of California
, United States
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It was supposedly found in 1857 by two men who were separated from their group while crossing the Sierras. They traveled through the "burnt country" and found the gold vein along the headwaters of the Owens River
. Mark Twain
searched for the Lost Cement Mine in the 1860s, and included his search in his book Roughing It
. The entire story and later expeditions were published in the book The Lost Cement Mine by James W. A. Wright.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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It was supposedly found in 1857 by two men who were separated from their group while crossing the Sierras. They traveled through the "burnt country" and found the gold vein along the headwaters of the Owens River
Owens River
The Owens River is a river in southeastern California in the United States, approximately long. It drains into and through the Owens Valley, an arid basin between the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the western faces of the Inyo and White Mountains. The river terminates at Owens Lake, but...
. Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
searched for the Lost Cement Mine in the 1860s, and included his search in his book Roughing It
Roughing It
Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was written during 1870–71 and published in 1872 as a prequel to his first book Innocents Abroad...
. The entire story and later expeditions were published in the book The Lost Cement Mine by James W. A. Wright.