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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    JUNE 5 1936 Our 180 buckets from the eastern wall dig was somewhat disappointing but did give us one ounce. Jacob and me continued our attack in the wall amongst very heavy ground filled with old channel rock. I did several test pans of these gravels at various levels but the color is not...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    JUNE 4 1936 Yesterday's dig brought us another 9 ounces of gold. The rate of gold per ton is staggering. The gold has been poured into a very concentrated area. Jacob in his working of the northern trench has already encountered country rock which is disappointing. However, the area where...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    JUNE 3 1936 Lord make me a rainbow and may the mother of all the saints shine down upon me and my crew. The weigh of gold from yesterday's 210 buckets was done. We had 18 ounces in the pan. I am too tired to write much more tonight and am more than half drunk. All my feeble mind is capable...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    JUNE 2 1936 Last night we built the campfire and ended up deep in the cups swapping stories and lies until nearly midnight. Jacob and Will had asked to go into town and make a visit to the tavern but I told them it is far too risky. We don't know if the hooligans have left the area and...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    JUNE 1 1936 We continue to stay in very rich gravels, the richest I have ever dug. The weigh gave us another ounce. Based on the amount of gravels the ground seems to be holding up and we may be glory bound. My worry of our creek slowing may be cured as well. I sent Will in with the truck...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 31 1936 PART THREE John put his boot up against the box and started to push against it a little. John said he had ten seconds to talk or he would hang. Then the robber gave in. He was shaking and hollering not to hang him, he would talk. John said to start talking before he changed...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 31 1936 PART TWO We poured some alcohol in the wound and tied a piece of cloth around his leg. The bullet had gone through the flesh of his calf and he was able to hobble around some. We asked him who he was but he wasn't talking. I told the greenhorns we had business to settle with...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 31 1936 PART ONE This morning we did the final panning and weigh from yesterday's gravels while Will cooked us all a miners mountain man breakfast of eggs, bacon, beans, hot water corn bread, and coffee, I sweetened my coffee with a shot of Irish. There was gold in the weigh and it...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 30 1936 The finish of the panning was done early morning. Jacob and me came down to see the weigh. The gravels near the upper level produced an ounce from the 180 buckets. What we all waited for was the 70 buckets from the raised country rock. There was 5 ounces in the pan. We are all...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 29 1936 We are back in the money. The weigh produced 4 ounces. This is extremely rich gravel once again. I think it will only get better. The gold has become concentrated in this area as I believe it lies directly under an ancient waterfall where it somehow packed up. I have heard of...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 28 1936 This morning we did a gold weigh of 2 ounces. We are all heartened to be back into the gold.We left John to work the tom while the three of us went at the digging. We all are working the top of the trench going deeper into the pay. The round rock is becoming more plentiful. In...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 27 1936 All was quiet last night. Today's gold weigh was light. Almost no gold again. I sent Will up higher on the fault to take buckets for samples. Will is young but a good prospector. I think it is a good idea to test some higher gravels at various levels. He was not successful in...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 26 1936 We only got one half ounce out of the 205 buckets from yesterday's dig. We are all somewhat disappointed in the weigh but we will keep going deeper. More gold must still be in this area. Jacob and me are getting the top of the trench hollowed out. The digging is not too bad...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 25 1936 Jacob woke me up after midnight last night. John was up and Will was at the edge of camp. He was on watch and woke up John and Jacob. He said there was something moving on our side of the creek just outside of camp. He thought he saw someone north of camp. We all had our rifles...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 24 1936 Jacob and me broke for lunch and went down to camp to eat and get the weigh numbers. They were still not what we had at the kettle by far with one and one half ounces. That is still a good day's work by any standard and the ground at the fault is producing steady gold. Will...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 23 1936 We had a good talk with Will last night and he seems like a good man. He is like us, ready to work hard for his gold. When Jacob and Will were in town there was talk at the supply store about robbers and killers roaming the mountains around here. Jacob said that one guy was...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 22 1936 Just before breakfast I spotted a man moving down the mountain at a good pace. When he got close I saw it was Will, the prospector who was heading up the mountain the other day. He came running over to where we were cooking. I asked him what was the big hurry and he said he'd...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 21 1936 Last night I got woke up by the midnight screachers as I call them. Most likely bobcat that come down the creek at night. Jacob and I went up and dug out 20 buckets and got them down to John. Then we went on top the ground at the dig and started removing some top gravels between...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 20 1936 This morning Jacob and I went up and started digging the trench in a descending angle towards my first hole. I had got a good drop going at the start of the trench which was about 10 feet deep. At the angle I plan to use I could get down to 30 feet before I hit the first hole...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 19 1936 Today I went into town and met up with my brother Jacob and took him out to the claims. When I arrived I saw John talking to the law. Jacob and me walked over to see what was what. John said we better hear this. The deputy said they had a report of a prospector getting killed up...
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