The Longstanding Mystery Of Wyoming’s Lost Cabin Gold Mine

In the video below we look at the condensed summary of the story. Lost Cabin Minewhich appeared in the Summer 1967 issue of the magazine 'Long John Latham’s True Treasure.'

You might have seen the sign as you drive Highway 16 over the Bighorn Mountains.

Lost Cabin Road

It refers to a gold mine whose location is forgotten.

Prospectors and explorers have searched for the cabin and its legendary treasure for over 100 years.

The legend is that the few who’ve found it haven’t lived to tell the tale or reap the riches.

The story begins with a group of seven prospectors who struck it rich in the Bighorns in the 1860s.

The story calls these men Swedes.

These Swedes had built a cabin and begun to mine when Native Americans attacked.

Only one escaped.

During his panicked escape, he did not take the time to look for landmarks that could help him find his way back to the mine.

Travelling by night and carrying $7,000 worth of gold, he made his way to Fort Reno in Johnson County.

The most reliable account of the story of the mine comes from Alfred James Mockler's book History Of Natrona County, Wyoming.

Mockler cites an article by Charles K Buckem of Casper, Published on June 24, 1897.

Later, a Buffalo resident known for wearing a live rattlesnake around his neck located the legendary lode.

The story goes that he was having a drink at the Occidental Hotel when the rattlesnake he’d carried for years suddenly bit him.

He too died before divulging the cabin’s whereabouts.

There have been times when folks have claimed to have found the mine, leading to a rush up into the bighorns by those who want to get rich.

Nobody has ever found its location.