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

[GhostMiner]

Here we go once again.

[GhostMiner]

  SEPTEMBER 22   1936     Part One

   Last night brought the return of the hooligans. There were two of them and they tried to sneak into our camp from the north. They didn’t know John was on watch at camp. They had snuck around Dutch who was just to the south of camp guarding against anyone coming up from the road. John had heard them and caught one of the thieves with a billy club he was carrying along with his rifle. I heard something and was out of my tent when John yelled down to Dutch. The second one had headed south towards the road and Dutch had him at rifle point. He brought him up to camp. His partner in crime was sprawled out face first in the dirt. John shined a light near the face of the guy Dutch brought into camp and Dutch said he recognized him from town. He rolled the other one over and said he’d seen him as well. Dutch said they were part of a group of troublemakers who hung around the tavern. He said they were pure trash. There were four of them. 

   The one on the ground was coming around. The entire crew was up now and I told them it looked like we had caught the thieves from the other night. Me and John helped the one back to his feet and he stood there bleeding beside his pal. Dutch grabbed the one he brought up by the throat and asked him if his buddies were in the tavern waiting for them. The guy was scared and said they were told to rob us and they were waiting for them to return. That’s all we needed to hear. We tied them up and threw them in the back of my truck. I told Will and Hudson to stay at camp and keep a close guard. If anyone comes up here trying to steal, shoot them. Me, John, Jacob, & Dutch drove into town and parked in front of the tavern. We headed for the front door.

   To be continued ................

[Cascade Steven]

GM: welcome back to both you and Jed (and crew).  I really enjoy this diary and appreciate the opportunity to continue to "feed my addiction".🙂

[peterinaust]

Good to see you came back GM. Really look forward to this read every day . 🙂

[Tahoegold]

Thanks for hanging in there GM! I can't wait to read what happens at the Tavern. I wonder if Dutch is going to show us some of his skills!

[PeterInSa]

Thanks GM for the write up, its interesting and appreciated.

Sometimes during the journal Jed has mentioned dividing up the days finds.

It made me wonder where he/they put their share of the gold each day/night after the divide up, other than a hole in the ground inside their tent, and covering it up with a mat. If it was external say 20yards away under a tree, a distant observer who avoided the man on watch could be a problem. I know there is no mention of this issue in the journal but to me its something that they would have considered.

[GhostMiner]

9 hours ago, peterinaust said:

Good to see you came back GM. Really look forward to this read every day . 🙂

Good to be back & posting. Thanks for reading.

[GhostMiner]

2 hours ago, PeterInSa said:

Thanks GM for the write up, its interesting and appreciated.

Sometimes during the journal Jed has mentioned dividing up the days finds.

It made me wonder where he/they put their share of the gold each day/night after the divide up, other than a hole in the ground inside their tent, and covering it up with a mat. If it was external say 20yards away under a tree, a distant observer who avoided the man on watch could be a problem. I know there is no mention of this issue in the journal but to me its something that they would have considered.

The ending will give you your answers and most likely surprise you.

[GhostMiner]

7 hours ago, Tahoegold said:

Thanks for hanging in there GM! I can't wait to read what happens at the Tavern. I wonder if Dutch is going to show us some of his skills!

We'll see LOL.

[GhostMiner]

9 hours ago, Cascade Steven said:

GM: welcome back to both you and Jed (and crew).  I really enjoy this diary and appreciate the opportunity to continue to "feed my addiction".🙂

Thanks for reading.