1588-07-06 - Day 279
Same old heat, same old sand, nothing new to report. Pertz lost a mean hand to Jerry in poker, had to give up one of his pinups.
Strange thing happened in the night, or maybe earlier? Pertz was on basement supply duty as part of losing the bet but noticed a huge crack in the side of the wall behind some of the crates. He says it sounds hollow, we'll check it out tomorrow.
1588-07-07 - Day 280
Very hot, very dry. Nothing on the horizon but sand.
That thing's hollow alright, we all decided we would check it out in the evening when it was a bit cooler. Miffen isn't interested, thinks we're all just goin nuts from the heat and "think every little crack and cranny is some gold mine" or something but she said it would be safer if we were all around to check it out in case "one of us dumbasses gets caught in a cave-in trying to break the wall"
That thing sure as hell was hollow, we gave it a good knock… then a good kick… not a crack anymore! Seems like there's a bit of an opening on the other side from what we can see but need to move the rocks a bit to get through We'll dig it out in shifts until we can make it through, probably tomorrow morning…
1588-07-08 - Day 281
Alright, today's the day. We’re all going down and gonna see what's in this cavern (banking on some gems or at least some cool rocks). Jerry poked through as he and Pertz were digging it out last night and said it was huge and there was something shiny inside! I'll report back with our findings later today.
