California Relic Hunter Dies in Mine

[kg6yll]

The following link is a the story of a fellow California relic hunter who passed away last week doing what he loved.

http://www.uniondemocrat.com/news/st...story_no=27893

Remember life is short.

KG6YLL

[aa battery]

your right life is short

[johnnycat]

Bummer

[gollum]

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM..........Extensive vertical mining........No ropes................HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

S-T-U-P-I-D!!!

Mike

[Mackaydon]

What am I missing?
"Terry started across, got about fifteen feet and said ‘Whoa! Look at that ladder system.' I looked down at it briefly (it was horrible)...."
So why would an experienced mine explorer venture one step further without being tied off to his buddies? Or reverse his tracks and get out of there?
The lesson learned by this tragic experience is obvious.

[Hemisteve]

The lure of treasure often supercedes common sense. I am guilty of that and only by luck and age am I alive today.

Gotta be careful out there
Steve

[sniffer]

no treasure is worth a lost life

[gollum]

Depends if it's mine or someone else's!

Mike

[pegleglooker]

Reminds me of a ooollllllddddd saying SAFTEY FIRST !!!!! It's just a shame that ANYONE would lose their life... just because they weren't be safe enough... Just a sad thing to read... just sad

PLL

[cptbild]

I learned that same Lesson, TWICE!
Once, in The Huachuca Mnts, Ariz., south part of the mnts, in an old Spanish Mine
And!
In Vietnam
"One Second of inattention"
Can KILL YOU!

[Got_4by4]

I went to the link and the story has moved. Here is the link I got:

http://www.uniondemocrat.com/2008102...-dies-in-shaft

Steve