Personal Interview on December 3rd, 1996, conducted by R.C. Santee
Time of incident, 9-10 years ago (ei: roughly 1986)
(preliminary instructions and personal details as well as participants names intionally left out).
Went through small village. After leaving the village, there are 2 or 3 roads to left. Take the left that goes up the hill. Go 7-8 minutes to a creek on the right. Go over the culvert, then take the 180 degree turn to tailings from the mine, coming down the mountain. It’s approximately an 45-50 degree incline up to the opening of the mine. It is a patented mine. Somewhere close is a big slab of concrete about the size of a chopper pad.
The mountain is made of Iron Pyrite and copper. He learned about the place from a person in the National Geological Survey. The base of the mountain is at about 2000-2500 feet altitude. The mine was owned by a Canadian firm.
This was his third trip, attempting to map 30-35 miles of tunnels and shafts, down to 1500 feet then having to stop because of reaching water. At these lower levels, they found mining helmets and dynamite boxes from the 1929 era. Upon exiting the mine on their third trip, they saw a group of men, all dressed as follows: Dark hats (Fedora types), dark blue/black suits with white shirts, red or maroon ties, government style shoes, highly shined or maybe patent leather, black wool socks, all wearing dark sunglasses (military issue type).
There were no vehicles around. The men saw them but pretended not to notice the guy and friend as they came out of a tunnel entrance about fourteen feet away. They group went off down the trail and rounded a corner in the trail. Then my friend and his associate decided to follow them down the hill. When they rounded the same corner where the group had gone out of sight, the other group was not in sight and considering the time element and the terrain, they should have been.
These people were obviously out of their normal element. There was no mud or even dust on their shoes. Inside the mountain, there was considerable wind with an ozone taint to it. Noted developments:
1. A shaft big enough to drive a semi-truck into.
2. Excavations surrounding the entrance showed signs of recent planting of lichen, moss into the rocks in an apparent effort to make the entrance appear much older then it was.
This was on the third visit, whereas the previous visit was less than a week before, and there was no sign of flora at all in the rocks.
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