According to a legend, J. C. Brown was a British prospector who discovered a lost underground city beneath Mount Shasta in 1904.[7] Brown had been hired by the Lord Cowdray Mining Company of England to prospect for gold and discovered a cave which sloped downward for 11 miles (18 km). In the cave, he found an underground village filled with gold, shields, and mummies, some being up to 10 feet (3.0 m) tall. He told his story 30 years later to John C. Root, who proceeded to gather an exploration t