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

[GhostMiner]

   September 30 - October 14     Closing Out The Season

 

   We spent the next several days processing the bottom gravels and finally all the top gravels. We barely had enough water to finish but were able to get all of the gravels processed. The weather has remained warm and dry and our water is gone. A meeting was held and the crew unanimously decided to call an end to the season. The pit ended up producing 879.6 ounces of gold from this last dig. Adding that to our previous amounts we came out of the glory hole with a whopping 1342.3 ounces. Adding up all of the gold we mined gave us 2038.5 ounces for our mining year. There was no way we could have achieved this great success without my good friend Jacob. 

   After we finished the reclamation work there was a discussion about Jacob and Conor staying on the mine for the Winter. After much debate they decided to head back home which for me was a relief. I shook hands with the crew and gave Jacob a big hug. I watched everyone drive off the property and out of sight.

   My truck was loaded up and ready for the long drive home. Before I left the rain started coming down and the temperature dropped. Some of the rain was mixing with snow. All of the year's memories hit me all at once. I took one last look around and jumped in the truck and drove into town. I stopped and gave my wife a call with the news she had been waiting a long time for. I told her I was on my way home and had a big cache of gold to show her. 

[GhostMiner]

On My Way To You.

 

 

[Mike Furness]

That was a great decision to call the season on a great pile of gold. Hard work to say the least but everyone went home with a nice cache for the winter. Next spring it could start off again with a bang if you felt the glory hole was not yet complete. Great story. Hope there is more to come.

[GhostMiner]

4 hours ago, Mike Furness said:

That was a great decision to call the season on a great pile of gold. Hard work to say the least but everyone went home with a nice cache for the winter. Next spring it could start off again with a bang if you felt the glory hole was not yet complete. Great story. Hope there is more to come.

Thank you Mike. You were one of the biggest supporters of the journal. There were some others as well. Many thanks to those people.

[GhostMiner]

1 hour ago, GhostMiner said:

Thank you Mike. You were one of the biggest supporters of the journal. There were some others as well. Many thanks to those people.

   I always wondered who was reading it. Notifications were usually by the same 20 or 30 people so I have no idea who they all were. Probably never will. 

[GhostMiner]

   A few final thoughts. The Journal represents freedom. It's about mining crews from different generations all after the same thing. Freedom. For these men gold gave them the freedom they wanted and needed. Free from society and all its rules and overlapping laws. The freedom to not answer to anyone but their fellow miners. Gold gave us what we needed. We weren't bound to follow.  See you out in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

 

 

[mineit]

ghost I'm a gold miner in Alaska that really enjoys your stories

thank you again Doug

[GhostMiner]

9 minutes ago, mineit said:

ghost I'm a gold miner in Alaska that really enjoys your stories

thank you again Doug

Thanks Doug. 

[Ken Walls]

I have read this since day one, check in almost everyday. Its been a great read.

[GhostMiner]

Just now, Ken Walls said:

I have read this since day one, check in almost everyday. Its been a great read.

Many thanks.