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    Could There Be Gold
    Could There Be Gold
    Could There Be Gold
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    Could There Be Gold

    By Hubert Crowell

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    Matthew, Clair, John, and Joann join up with Martin and Sue to hike for a week on the AT. At the top of Hawk Mountain they run into trouble when something or someone scares them. They decide to try and track them down and find out what is going on.
    Ed, retired and living alone, hikes the trail and searches Hawk Mountain for Indian artifacts. If hikers on the AT get too close to his diggings he will try and scare them off. Ed also has to avoid the Army Rangers who conduct training excises on the mountain.
    Matthew found information on the internet about a shelter on Hawk Mountain with a strange story about two friends on their third day of hiking in Georgia from Springer Mountain on the A.T. When they arrived at the two story shelter, with a picnic table and two wood windows opening on the second level in the rear, it appeared that the last occupants left in a rush. They left a tarp, toilet paper, a t-shirt and other items. It looked like someone or something scarred them off.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHubert Crowell
    Release dateJul 10, 2019
    ISBN9780463319994
    Could There Be Gold
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    Hubert Crowell

    Hubert Crowell currently writes, explores caves, plays the fiddle and works three days a week. He has in the past panned for gold, served in the army, repaired TV's, microfilm equipment, video projectors, and other electronic devices. He has taught classes at Vocational School, Eastman Kodak and Church. He has worked at Lockheed, Kodak, BARCO, and RCA to mention only a few. Studied at Southeastern University, Kennesaw University, and Chattahoochee Technical College. Hubert's articles, poems, and music can be found at http://hucosystems.com/hubertcrowell/hubertcrowell.html

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      Could There Be Gold - Hubert Crowell

      Could there be Gold

      Volume 4 of the Drawn to Darkness series

      https://cavingbooks.wordpress.com/2019/03/08/huberts-bits

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Copyright © 2019 Hubert Crowell

      ISBN: 9780463319994

      Publisher: Smashwords, Inc.

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      Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 Planning the Week

      Chapter 2 Rough Start

      Chapter 3 Springer Mountain

      Chapter 4 Hawk Mountain

      Chapter 5 Gooch Mountain

      Chapter 6 Blood Mountain

      Chapter 7 Rock House Cave

      Chapter 8 Golden Puzzle

      Chapter 9 Golden Map

      Chapter 10 Exploring the Townhouse

      Acknowledgments

      Johneice Roberts for suggesting the title Could there be Gold and encouraging me to write more about the teens in this book.

      Introduction

      Matthew, Clair, John, and Joann join up with Martin and Sue to hike for a week on the Appalachian Trail. At the top of Hawk Mountain, they run into trouble when something or someone scares them. They decide to try and track them down and find out what is going on.

      Ed, retired and living alone, hikes the trail and searches Hawk Mountain for Indian artifacts. If hikers on the AT get too close to his diggings, he will try and scare them off. Ed also has to avoid the Army Rangers who conduct training excises on the mountain.

      Matthew found information on the internet about a shelter on Hawk Mountain with a strange story about two friends on their third day of hiking in Georgia from Springer Mountain on the Appalachian Trail. When they arrived at the two-story shelter, with a picnic table and two wood windows opening on the second level in the rear, it appeared that the last occupants left in a rush. They left a tarp, toilet paper, a t-shirt, and other items. It looked like someone, or something scared them off.

      *** Summer of 2016 ***

      As Martin and Sue are standing near the Ranger landing spot with the 523 aviation marker on the ground, a bolt of lightning strikes the ground nearby blowing a large foot deep hole in the field. Sue slightly dazed looked around for Martin who could not be found. After the group search for Martin, they decide to camp there and wait.

      Martin looked around at the strange landscape; the trees were weird, like none he had never seen before. Large leaves and jungle vines hanging from all of them. Then he remembered the flash, just like when he walked past the mailbox with the number 150 on the side that sent him back in time 150 years. He thought about the number on the ground near where he stood, 523. Had he traveled back in time 523 years? How long would it take to return this time, days, hours, or minutes?

      *** Summer of 1493 ***

      News traveled fast through North America of more ships from the direction of the rising sun as they prepare to hide their tribal treasures. Chief Thunder Cloud knew how to protect his tribe's treasure, in the mountains. The yellow rocks were collected and traded between the tribes. He had worked out a secret way to protect the location, known only to the tribal council and the Nun’ne’hi.

      *** Summer of 2016 ***

      As Sue and Clair waited at the 523, Matthew, John, and Joann searched a large circle around the landing field looking for Martin. Almost thirty minutes had passed since Martin disappeared. A hiker approached John, What are you looking for?

      Our friend disappeared, and we don't know where he went, have you seen anyone on the trail without a backpack? He left it at our camp.

      No, my name is Ed, I'll be looking for arrowheads around the mountain, if I see him, I'll tell that his friends are looking for him. What's his name?

      Martin, and tell him that Sue is worried about him.

      Ed continued with his search for Indian artifacts. Looking back as he left, making sure he was not being followed. He had found an old burial ground and needed to be alone to dig for artifacts.

      Sue jumped and fell over the top of Martin when he suddenly appeared sitting next to her on the ground. Where in the world did you come from?

      Sure glad it lasted only thirty minutes.

      You’re glad what lasted only thirty minutes?

      You know, my trip to the past, let's move away from that marker before it sends me back again like each time I walked past the broken mailbox with the number 150 on it, and I went back one hundred and fifty years into the past. The first time it lasted only thirty minutes, then doubled each time I came into contact with it. Now it looks like the same thing is going on with the numbers on the ground!

      You mean you traveled back in time five hundred and twenty-three years?

      Not sure, but it sure looked different, and I saw a couple of Indians that I hid from.

      Chapter 1 Planning the Week

      *** Late Spring 2016 ***

      Clair, restless, now that the summer break had started decided to call Matthew, John, and Joann to see if they had any ideas.

      They gathered on Clair's porch enjoying the cookies Clair's mother served to the group. Does anyone have any suggestions on what we can do this week? Clair said.

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