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** Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine ** A Miners Journal **


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3 hours ago, geof_junk said:

 

Well all good thing come to an end. No matter what we do.

As for P.A. it has it's own problems, lets hope they solve their affliction before it becomes a a fatal illness.

Not over yet. But the 1936 season is getting late. And there is still the ending.

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45 minutes ago, GhostMiner said:

   SEPTEMBER 19   1936

   John went up on first watch at the pit with Dutch at his post outside of camp. The night was clear and cool. I had a cup of whiskey by the fire and tried to get some sleep. About the time I nodded off I was woke up to a gunshot up at the pit. Then another one.  The crew was all out of their tents now. I told Will to stick at camp and be careful and Jacob and me high tailed it up towards the pit following the water line. I didn’t hear anything more and as we got close we slowed up and moved in with some caution. I couldn’t see John. We got up to the top of the rim and there was no one to be seen. I figured John must have chased out after someone but what direction I couldn’t tell. I told Jacob we needed to sit tight until we figured out the situation. About a half hour passed and I heard some movement on the mountain east of the pit. It was John. I hollered out to him and he came over and was fairly winded. He said he saw two guys sneaking up the mountain from below and when they got close he fired off a round and they took off on the run. He fired another but they kept going. He said he couldn’t see very well and he could hear them moving to the east for a while and then it was quiet. I figured they must have found a place to hide.

   I took John’s shift. I told him I couldn’t sleep anyway so he and Jacob went back to camp. I kept a close watch after they cleared out and it was stone quiet. Then suddenly I heard shots going off down at camp. I stayed at the pit for a while and the rifle shots stopped. A little while later I heard Jacob holler out he was coming up. He said the hooligans must have circled around to the south and came up the creek towards camp when Dutch spotted them and cut loose with his rifle. He said they took off back down the mountain towards the main road. He said Will and him gave chase but they disappeared into the woods somewhere. I figured that now they knew we had the place under guard and had guns to fight with. They had not fired back so either they were unarmed or just didn’t have the guts to fight.

   The entire crew ended up staying out on watch for the rest of the night and we were all real tired come sun up. Somehow we mustered the energy to mine and we all got back to work. I decided to call it an early day and the gold was weighed up by late afternoon. We got about three quarters of an ounce which we were all pleased with. I am hoping we get some sleep tonight.

   TO BE CONTINUED .............................

Lol good luck getting some sleep tonight Jed.

Wonder how much gold Jed would have traded for some NV goggles?

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8 minutes ago, Bedrocker said:

Lol good luck getting some sleep tonight Jed.

Wonder how much gold Jed would have traded for some NV goggles?

Plenty LOL.

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The journal is a big ticket ride. 

IMO , You're gonna do well with it.

I wouldn't be surprised if you are contacted by a vid production co. either.

Hold out for Spielberg.:cool:

THX !

And sorry , I'm currently out of my allowance of Oh My likes...Arrgh 

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I'm buying a copy of the book. This is a journal I can read many times and it never get old. I would read the entire thread again if it was just the journal entries and not additional posts.

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7 minutes ago, GhostMiner said:

Just a quick note from me - The 1936 season of Jed's Journal is winding down. There is still more to come including the dramatic ending. There has been a rumor floated on several other forums that I am posting the journal just to withold the ending to put out a book and make a bunch of money. Let me dispell that rumor here & now. I may have a book out and it may be done by me personally or done by a book company. I haven't decided. If there is a book I am leaning towards a very limited and personalized version that I make myself as I think sales would be small & only the dedicated fans of the journal would want them for themselves or gifts. You won't need to buy a book to read the ending. That's not why I started this thread. The journal has been laying in the bottom of an old chest in my office for 9 yrs. For some reason I decided to try to find somewhere to post it this winter. I never expected much of a reaction but have been surprised to say the least with well over 100,000 views & climbing on the internet. My wife can't believe it either. It's been an honor to post it. I am not a writer. I do gold exploration for real & I am also a professional singer.  Cheers.

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For a split second I thought I saw a mountain lion in that picture sneaking up behind me LOL.

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Just now, matt said:

I'm buying a copy of the book. This is a journal I can read many times and it never get old. I would read the entire thread again if it was just the journal entries and not additional posts.

Thanks Matt. I will post in classified when the time comes.

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