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

[Bedrocker]

18 hours ago, GhostMiner said:

Will the 1937 mining season end before it even gets going? 

Good idea giving that some thought lol.

[GhostMiner]

   June 3   1937

 

   Yesterday John and I did a patrol of the grounds surrounding the camp to make sure no one was watching our area. It was clear and the crew set about hiding the cache of treasure. Then we had supper as twilight crept in. I stoked up a good fire and we all sat around it drinking whisky and talking about all that had happened to us. It felt like the old days except Jed was not with us.

   After a few cups we decided to make a new plan. We were a crew on our own once again. We would need to take turns on guard duty. We decided to have one well armed man on high ground overlooking camp at all times. We would divide the shifts. John would run the tom during the day and the rest of us would take our turns on watch and digging. I told the crew I would travel to Reno and purchase some heavy weapons. We needed to be well armed and have superior fire power if we were attacked. John took the first shift of night watch with his rifle and Will and Hudson got some sleep. I sat by the fire for another hour drinking Bushmills and rolling smokes. I felt restless and couldn’t sleep. I still kept thinking back to the visit by the Shaman. Sometimes I felt like I had little time left. 

   TO BE CONTINUED ................

[Mike_Hillis]

I would say this group is now totally blind as to their condition.  They should have left all together as a group.  It can only end badly from this point forward.  There is no happy ending if they stay and mine any more.  

[GhostMiner]

1 hour ago, Mike_Hillis said:

I would say this group is now totally blind as to their condition.  They should have left all together as a group.  It can only end badly from this point forward.  There is no happy ending if they stay and mine any more.  

   I would say that the crew itself is hell bent on mining gold and they have it to mine in spades. Gold Fever.

[GhostMiner]

   June 4   1937

 

   I went to Reno and purchased some heavy weapons. I bought two BAR’s as well as four Thompsons. I also purchased 45 auto’s for each man to wear at all times. The crew also all have their own rifles. We are now well armed. During the evening before dark we all practiced with the new weapons. I hope we never need to use them but history here has proven this is unlikely. 

   It was nearly dark before we ate supper and we had a few drinks and turned in to get a good night’s sleep. I took first watch and took one of the BAR’s as well as my new 45 auto. Along about midnight I was ready to wake Hudson for his shift when I noticed some rustling just north of camp on the mountain. I had high ground and a good view with a three quarter moon and a clear night. I scanned all directions from my watchpost and there was no other movement. It could have been a mule deer or bear and there was no way to tell. I debated with myself as to waking camp but decided to wait a while. 

   After about fifteen minutes I headed down towards camp to wake Hudson. As I got near there was the crack of a rifle shot followed by several more. It seemed to come from the north. I opened up with the BAR and sprayed the area I thought the shooting came from. By now the crew had woke up and were crawling out of their tents and getting behind the cover of stacked logs we had placed for just this scenario. John had the other BAR and I heard it barking. It was only a few seconds and the Thompsons were also firing. Then everything was quiet.

   We waited about ten minutes and John said he was going to loop around and head up north where the gunfire had come from. He said he would fire three rounds with his 45 if everything was clear and five if he needed help. 

   

   TO BE CONTINUED .................

[GhostMiner]

   I know I posted this in season one but thought i'd post them again. These are photos of the actual camp and first digsite the journal is based on as well as pictures of Jed, Jacob, John, & Will. Also a picture of gold we removed from the digsite.

[GhostMiner]

15 hours ago, GhostMiner said:

   I know I posted this in season one but thought i'd post them again. These are photos of the actual camp and first digsite the journal is based on as well as pictures of Jed, Jacob, John, & Will. Also a picture of gold we removed from the digsite.

   One thing is for certain. If you look at the picture of the first excavation I based the beginning of the journal on there is no doubt the actual 1936 crew could dig. It was all done with pick & shovel work. Then they opened up more ground along the southern faultline later on. Hard work.

[GhostMiner]

   I am no expert on gemstones but here is a picture of everything besided gold we found along the creek there. 

[GhostMiner]

   Not sure if I ever showed this picture. This is an old White military truck that sits near the digsite. It gave me the inspiration to come up with Sarge's charactor in the journal.