Chapter 15: A Long Way Home

This whole book was an assignment for me from the Ron Paul Curriculum. I have enjoyed writing it, and i hope you all enjoy reading it.

Chapter 13: Bernard

I tried to walk as often as I could, though I still needed crutches. I operated the pullies and Walt worked down underground, which was very kind of him, as he was not fit for the work as I was. I was doing chores around our site and packing up. We were planning on leaving …

Chapter 12: Robber Search [First Draft]

We rode out and circled the areas around our little fenced-in property. We looked through the forests, and down the hill on the west side of our claim. I rode down, looking in the little nooks, and caves, to see if anyone was hiding there. I didn't see any sign of a man, and when …

Chapter 11: Delving Deeper [First Draft]

We quickly got used to this new form of finding gold, and I enjoyed doing something new. We hadn't found any veins in the two weeks we have been in here, but the ore has been getting denser with gold as we went along. We focused on the right tunnel, as it wasn't that deep …