Big Dig Prompted by Faulty Gold Detector
A man in Montclair, Calif., had an electronic gold detector. And he got excited when he got a hit right in his front yard. Henry Mora started digging. He says he just intended to go down a few feet. But he kept digging, and digging some more, until his front yard contained a hole that was 60 feet deep. Fire officials finally turned up and found two hired hands taking out even more dirt. Now Mora has to pay an engineer to shore up the hole and fill it.
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A man in Montclair, California, had an electronic gold detector and he got excited when he got a hit right in his front yard. Henry Mora started digging for gold. He says he just intended to go down a few feet, but he kept digging, and digging some more, until his front yard contained a hole that was 60 feet deep. Officials finally turned up and found two hired hands taking out even more dirt. Now, Mora has to pay an engineer to shore up the hole and fill it back up.
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