Pyramids Again.


As Linc stepped out of the portal, he couldn't believe his eyes. He
was standing in the same place where he came out of the portal the
last time he was here, but things were nowhere near the same. He
looked to the north at the sky. It was very dark, with ominous black
clouds. Lightning was flashing all through them. The noise around
him was almost deafening. He could see great waves of muddy water
roaring past the pyramids in a raging torrent. Caught up in it was
trees, brush, dead animals and even large boulders. The water was
about a quarter of the way up along the sides of the pyramids. Large
chunks of the limestone was being knocked off with all the objects
striking them. This was almost un-believable. He looked down by his
feet and saw the water was rising. A strong gust of wind almost
knocked him off his feet, so he stepped back through the portal and
went back to the farm.
Good grief he thought as he stepped out of the coop. Oh wow! That
was scary. I'm glad to get out of that. He wondered why that portal
was opened again. What did the time master expect him to do there?
When did this all happen? This only adds many more questions he
couldn't answer. Looks like he would never be able to know in advance
what things would be like when he stepped into a portal.
He picked up the milk pail and went to the house.

Just as he got back up by the porch, A truck pulled into the yard. It
was Gus from up at the Tru Blu mine. He shook his hand and told him to
come on in the house. Inside he gestured to the living room and heard
Lucas say as he went to the kitchen with the milk pail, " howdy there
Gus,. come on in and have a seat". Gus replied, " Hey there Luke,
long time no see, but you are looking great for an old dude".
Linc came into the living room, followed by Trudy with a tray with
coffee service and all that stuff.
As Linc poured out coffee for them, Gus said, "Linc, the head
officer is just pleased as all get out, with what you have done for
us. Your old teacher called them and told them there are two rare
earth minerals in the samples you sent him. Neodymium and Dysprosium.
And both of them have great reaction to another rock sample you sent
him from another mine. There is something they want me to tell you,
but first I want to tell you about another incident.
I heard you have had a problem with the two jerks that have been
harassing the miners and the owners. Buck, from over at the Mamoth
told me about it. I'll bet that Chinaman wet his pants good. I hope
so, he deserved it.
They came up to the mine and I wouldn't let them in, so they went to
the head office, and threatened to shut us down if we didn't let them
inspect the mine. Well Bill, from the office in Vegas, came over
and said that the both of us would show them through the mine. He was
pretty put out about the fact that they went over my head, and
bothered the execs at the head office. That really put them in the
dog house as far as he was concerned.. He told them he was not
pleased to have to shut things down just to show them through the mine
since it went though a safety inspection just six months ago and
passed with flying colors. We went over to the main adit and prepared
to enter the mine. We put on our safety gear, hard hats with lamps,
and Bill saw they didn't even have hard hats on. He muttered,
something safety inspectors don't even own a hard hat. He tossed
each of them a hard hat, with no lamps, and in we went. The oriental
guy had a small flash and a big magnet, in a pouch he carried around
his neck. He kept touching the magnet to the walls when we reached
the place where we left the lift. In the small light placed here and
there in the main tunnel, we could see the oriental stop and shine his
light on a spot that looked a bit rusty and the magnet was touched all
a round them. Bill hurried us along the rails to the operating area,
as best he could, with that screwy dude with his magnet holding us
up.
The boss man didn't say a word until we reached the end of the tunnel.
Then he said he wanted to see the area where the new deposit had been
found,
Oh yes, he had found out about it from the miners. Bill told him that
area was not being worked and was placed in reserve for future
exploration. Nothing going on in that area as it was closed off. He
demanded to see it or he was going to make a complaint to the head
office and the Bureau of Mines as well, so Bill had a miner remove the
barriers and we went in that part of the tunnel. With out headlamps,
they had to stumble along. Bill let out a snicker now and then when
one of them almost fell down. I didn't feel sorry for them for coming
down in a mine un-prepared. As we went along they could see where a
lot of holes where drill cores had been removed. Boss asked why and
Bill had to tell him, to see if there was any gold in that wall. Then
he wanted to know where the drill cores were so he could see them and
Bill told him the drill cores have no bearing on the safety of the
mine, but if he really had to see them then he had to take it up with
the main office down in Texas, since they were sent down there.
At the clay deposit, the oriental shined the light all around and
touched the magnet everywhere along the exposed area, all the time
saying how it looked like metal. He picked up a tiny piece of it from
the floor of the tunnel, and
put it in his pouch. Then he said he knew people who would like to
purchase the clay material, and was told once again, it was not for
sale and was withdrawn from mining and placed in reserve for future
exploration.
Bill then turned around and led the way out of the mine. We could
tell that they were not a bit pleased they didn't get what they
wanted. Since they didn't have head lamps, they could do nothing but
follow us out of the mine.

Once out of the tunnel, we could here the oriental jabbering away on
his phone in his own language, as they went back to their car.

Now for the good news. Bill and the head office, want me to put you
on the payroll, ASAP. They would like you to scout all the area
around the Tru Blu and see if you can pick up any indication of the
clay material anywhere around that is not already being mined. We want
to see if it outcrops any where around us before the Chinese get an
idea to do it too. We know winter is coming on, so keep track of your
time and let us know what you find out. "
Linc said he would do it the best he could till the snow falls, but
said he was committed for the time between December twenty first and
January the fifteenth. He would be in Provo at that time. Gus said
it was fine with him.

Gus and linc stood up and shook hands. Gus looked over at Lucas and
said, "Hey Luke, Annie said to tell you hello from her. She'll be
glad to know how great you are doing". Lucas said, "Give Annie my
love, will ya".
Linc picked up Angel who had jumped down from Lucas's lap and took
Gus back out to his truck. After Gus left, he put her down to find
her spot.

When he got back in the house he said to Lucas. "I didn't know you
knew Gus's wife". Lucas actually blushed and said, Oh well that's
way in the past, she was once an old flame. Darn nice gal, and Gus
deserves her".
Angel jumped back in his lap as he leaned the recliner back to take a nap.
Linc said, " I think I will do some scouting around tomorrow up that
way, but for now I want to Google the area and make out a good place
to start". Then he went to the office to begin the search.

To be continued.