Secrets in the Shadows: A Mystery at Black Mountain, Colorado
Steven Veatch (noreply@blogger.com)
1894 found Spencer Penrose and his partner Charles Tutt immersed in the Cripple Creek gold rush. They worked tirelessly to extract gold from their COD (Cash on Delivery) mine and broker real estate deals in the gold camp. Spencer’s brother, Professor Richard Penrose, a renowned expert in geology and mining, would occasionally visit the two partners in Cripple Creek, offering them valuable advice on the operation of their gold mine. Sometime in 1894, after a few too many drinks at Johnny Nolan’s