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#1 - "Mine is Mine" -- 00:46 -- A rugged old man heads into the wilderness to do something that many people have died trying

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[danidavis]

I grew up on the Oregon coast. We had gold and coal mines everywhere from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The lost Libby Mine was our claim to fame. There were references to it in early 20th century literature and the legend is that a number of miners were trapped in it when it collapsed, never to be recovered. No one has ever found it to this day, although I think my friend and I and his dad found it back in the late 70s. I was in 8th grade when we went out looking for it. His dad was kind of obsessed with it. When we come upon what was obviously an overgrown, collapsed entry in a gulley in the woods, Shelby's dad just covered the area with foliage and asked us not to tell kids at school. I lost contact with Shelby after I left for college and then the military. I have to wonder if he actually found it or another lost mine.

[ofSeptember]

I grew up in Canada so I'm "in the know" about Canadian related content, the wilderness, abandoned gold mines, exploring the back country and things.

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[l.j.i]

I live about an hour away from Slave Lake/Pitt River Lake and never heard about the gold mine, but am now tempted to go look for myself. Thanks for another awesome story!!

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[keithjenkins]

Imagine finding so much gold, that you're able to retire early, and then you end up dying looking for more gold

[clericofchaos]

I don't know about it. If i heard an 86 year old man tell me he was going after a lost gold mine, i'd assume he was really just going to find a peaceful place to die. I don't think this guy had any intention of returning to town or if he did, that was clearly an after thought. Like if he did find the gold mine he might try and come back. One last adventure before he died, that's what this sounds like to me, and i'll be honest, it's not a bad way to go. It certainly beats dying in bed.

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