Our
misfortunes were unbelievable, but some were small. The small misfortunes of
the Money Miners included being claim jumped, loss of gold nuggets, and the
smashing of our toes by a rock. Our
mining company, the Money Miners, had many claim jumps. We were claim jumped
because we did not work on our claim for ten days many times. We lost gold
nuggets for many different reasons.
An example is breaking a shovel or feeling in the mood for a decent
breakfast. Our toes got smashed because we were mining, and a big rock fell and
smashed our toes. We missed a day of mining, which made us mad.
The
worst misfortune that we had was the loss of our gold nuggets. Some of our
friends were in the “Golden Gulch Gambling Hall.” So we decided to gamble some
of our gold nuggets. Actually, we gambled all of our gold nuggets! Sadly, we
lost our bet. Our hearts sank. The Money Miners walked out of the gambling hall
without even 1 gold nugget. We were hopeless and sad, which made us furious!
We love mining but
it was a lot of work and was very time consuming.