From: chrisb@lynx.ps.uci.edu (Chris Barrus)
Subject: Re: Dorn's Undergroud Cavern.
In-reply-to: John_-_Winston@cup.portal.com's message of Sat,  9 Jan 93 02:02:49 PST
Newsgroups: talk.religion.newage,alt.alien.visitors
Organization: Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California, Irvine
Date: 12 Jan 93 20:47:54 GMT


In article <73242@cup.portal.com> John_-_Winston@cup.portal.com writes:

   Subject: Mitchell Caverns and Dorn Underground Cavern.
      If a person is looking for the Underground City near Cadiz and Danby, 
   Calif. it might be good to know a little more about that general area. 
   Before hearing about the city I had heard about a person by the name of Mr. 
   Dorn who had found a cave opening going down into a mountain that has a name 
    that sounds like Mount Keoweef. It's over close to Cima, Calif between 
   Barstow and Needles, Calif. 
     Dorn was doing some prospecting when he went into the moutain and found a 
   large inner area with a large open area that had a high ceiling. There was a 
   small stream running through the cavern and he panned out some gold, brought 
   it out and sold it. He then organized a group to develope the area but 
   something happened and someone blew up the entrance a little ways down in 
   the cave entrance. A large company was said to have bought the rights to the 
   cavern and sealed it off. They also put some guards around the area to keep 
   people out for a few years, but it has never been opened up. You should also 
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This story is nothing new.  Check out any good book on the local history on
the Mojave Desert and look for references to Crystal Cave.  It's mentioned
in most of the "lost mine" stories.  Also as a point of information, this
site is not between Barstow and Needles, but between Barstow and Searchlight,
NV.  After finding the "river of gold" Dorn (I can't verify the name right
now) blew up the entrance himself so others couldn't find it.  He couldn't
raise the money for further development and thus end of story.  Another
company owns the site currently and is not disclosing any more information.
File it somewhere with the Oak Island stuff.
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   realize that more UFO are seen in this area than any other place I have even 
   been in.

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No more than any other area.  I've been camping and hiking around in the
Mojave for 11 years and haven't seen anything that I would consider to be
"unidentified."  Bear in mind also that the 29 Palms Marine Station, Ft. Irwin,
China Lake Naval Station, and Nellis AFB are all in the area and conduct
weapons testing.
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     A US government ownes a cavern that takes people into it  and is called 
   Mitchell Caverns and it is in that general area.

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This is incorrect.  Mitchell Caverns is a state park and thus under the
jurisdiction of the State of California.  The East Mojave Scenic Area
is under Federal control.  BLM takes care of everything else.  Also, Mitchell
Caverns is about 35 air miles (50 by road) away from the Crystal Caverns
site.  I've been inside Mitchell Caverns and haven't seen anything too out
of the ordinary.
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     My friend Marge Bell used to live just south of the filling station at 
   Cadiz. Once she was going to bury her dead pet dog and proceeded to dig a 
   hole just a few feet south of her house. She dug down a foot or two and then 
   hit a hole.  She then took a 25 feet garden hose and put a weight on the end 
   of the hose and let it down into the hole. She couldn't reach the bottom so 
   she put on another 25 feet piece of hose and still couldn't reach bottom. It 
   scared her so much that she covered up the hose and didn't tell any one else 
   about it. She thought the whole area might fall in and take her with it. 
     I have a feeling that the hole is part of an underground cavern that would 
   go for miles and maybe connect to the underground city, Mitchell Caverns and 
   Dorn's Cavern.
     Marge Bell has now moved away to 29 Palms, Calif. Her husband Mr. Bell died, 
   her next husband died but she said that her husbands always died with a 
   smile on their face.
   John Winston.
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Hey, that's great......

Chris
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