Abandoned Gold Mine
The Abandoned Gold Mine (formerly The Mcintyre Mine) is located along the northeast outskirts of downtown Cheap City. It was discovered and operated by Humboldt Mcintyre and is currently operated by The Mcintyre Estate. The discovery of the Cheap City Gold Tract coincided with the California Gold Rush of the early 1850s and was a significant contributor to the city’s early economic prosperity. The mine was officially abandoned in 1902 (it hadn’t produced a significant amount of gold in over twenty years) when Humboldt Mcintyre redirected his finances and became an investor in an early version of The Cheap City Clock Corporation. Officially, the mine is condemned and citizens are strongly advised not to enter the increasingly unstable premises, but teenagers are often found having parties in tunnels closer to the entrance. They refer to it as Makeout Mine. Most dare not venture much further because of a red glow that emanates from the lower levels. In the summertime this red glow is accompanied by a deep chanting. This curiosity was the subject of an investigation by Boris Wardle for The Cheap City Gazette, later released as a book titled I Know Why It Glows. Although many of the mine’s offshoots have collapsed, a relatively large entrance remains intact - directly across the street from the Junkluggers Processing Facility.