Goose Egg Mine — El Dorado County

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Goose Egg Mine — El Dorado County

Lost Treasure CA • El Dorado County County
Description
Mother Lode lost-mine legend of the Goose Egg Mine in El Dorado County — a fabulously rich pocket mine worked briefly in the 1850s and never found again after the discoverer died.
Historical Notes
The Goose Egg Mine appears in Legends of America's lost-mines index as one of El Dorado County's named "egg" and pocket-mine traditions from the early diggings. Stories follow the standard California pattern: a lone prospector strikes rich float, extracts a spectacular pouch, then loses the vein or dies before recording coordinates. The legend persists in foothill metal-detecting and mine-hunting circles between Placerville and the American River forks.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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