Luke Caverns

And while he's out in New Mexico, he hears these legends of these seven lost Spanish gold mines. And because there was a local police officer who was like a treasure hunter and he knew who my grandfather was and the story behind our family. He sought them out, and they went off looking together.

And I don't know how long it took them to find it, but he found the seven lost Spanish gold mines of New Mexico. And he opened up this company called Three Bells Mining and Milling Company. And that was open for about eight years. And they opened up these – They opened up these mines that go back to probably about the 1530s.

And I don't know how long it took them to find it, but he found the seven lost Spanish gold mines of New Mexico. And he opened up this company called Three Bells Mining and Milling Company. And that was open for about eight years. And they opened up these – They opened up these mines that go back to probably about the 1530s.

And I don't know how long it took them to find it, but he found the seven lost Spanish gold mines of New Mexico. And he opened up this company called Three Bells Mining and Milling Company. And that was open for about eight years. And they opened up these – They opened up these mines that go back to probably about the 1530s.

So the Spaniards were up all the way in New Mexico in the 1530s, and they were opening up Native American gold mines and expanding them. And so he found these gold mines that go hundreds of feet into the ground as this huge, expansive gold mining operation happened. Well, somebody dies after a smelter explodes, and the company goes under. They lose everything. My family falls into poverty.

So the Spaniards were up all the way in New Mexico in the 1530s, and they were opening up Native American gold mines and expanding them. And so he found these gold mines that go hundreds of feet into the ground as this huge, expansive gold mining operation happened. Well, somebody dies after a smelter explodes, and the company goes under. They lose everything. My family falls into poverty.

So the Spaniards were up all the way in New Mexico in the 1530s, and they were opening up Native American gold mines and expanding them. And so he found these gold mines that go hundreds of feet into the ground as this huge, expansive gold mining operation happened. Well, somebody dies after a smelter explodes, and the company goes under. They lose everything. My family falls into poverty.

My dad's born during that time, and my dad didn't really get to experience all of that excitement. He had to spend his life climbing out of poverty. But he had this love for history. He had this love for American history, really, and he instilled in me the importance of history growing up.

My dad's born during that time, and my dad didn't really get to experience all of that excitement. He had to spend his life climbing out of poverty. But he had this love for history. He had this love for American history, really, and he instilled in me the importance of history growing up.

My dad's born during that time, and my dad didn't really get to experience all of that excitement. He had to spend his life climbing out of poverty. But he had this love for history. He had this love for American history, really, and he instilled in me the importance of history growing up.

And that fascination of exploration and kind of ancient American history, hearing those stories carried over into me during my childhood. And so I've just – I have always been fascinated by this. And I guess getting to where I am now, I was halfway through my marketing degree in college. And I'm sitting on my bed in my dorm room with my girlfriend at the time who I'm married to now.

And that fascination of exploration and kind of ancient American history, hearing those stories carried over into me during my childhood. And so I've just – I have always been fascinated by this. And I guess getting to where I am now, I was halfway through my marketing degree in college. And I'm sitting on my bed in my dorm room with my girlfriend at the time who I'm married to now.

And that fascination of exploration and kind of ancient American history, hearing those stories carried over into me during my childhood. And so I've just – I have always been fascinated by this. And I guess getting to where I am now, I was halfway through my marketing degree in college. And I'm sitting on my bed in my dorm room with my girlfriend at the time who I'm married to now.

And we watched the movie The Lost City of Z about Percy Fawcett. And something about that guy's journey reminded me so much of my family, kind of reminded me of my dad, reminded me of my grandpa. And it changed something in me like that day. I could not ignore. I was probably 20 at the time. I could not ignore this love that I always had for ancient history. But, you know, archaeologists are poor.

And we watched the movie The Lost City of Z about Percy Fawcett. And something about that guy's journey reminded me so much of my family, kind of reminded me of my dad, reminded me of my grandpa. And it changed something in me like that day. I could not ignore. I was probably 20 at the time. I could not ignore this love that I always had for ancient history. But, you know, archaeologists are poor.

And we watched the movie The Lost City of Z about Percy Fawcett. And something about that guy's journey reminded me so much of my family, kind of reminded me of my dad, reminded me of my grandpa. And it changed something in me like that day. I could not ignore. I was probably 20 at the time. I could not ignore this love that I always had for ancient history. But, you know, archaeologists are poor.

You know, they're there. It's an extremely hard life and it's really hard on on your family, too. Um, and I just knew I had to, I had to create a life for myself where I could do what I loved because I had like a 1.7 GPA in college and I was not going to, to make it through my classes. And so I changed, I got a degree in cultural anthropology.

You know, they're there. It's an extremely hard life and it's really hard on on your family, too. Um, and I just knew I had to, I had to create a life for myself where I could do what I loved because I had like a 1.7 GPA in college and I was not going to, to make it through my classes. And so I changed, I got a degree in cultural anthropology.

You know, they're there. It's an extremely hard life and it's really hard on on your family, too. Um, and I just knew I had to, I had to create a life for myself where I could do what I loved because I had like a 1.7 GPA in college and I was not going to, to make it through my classes. And so I changed, I got a degree in cultural anthropology.

Uh, I wrote like we had a mock thesis statement and I wrote it on the Amazon and the lost, uh, lost civilizations and you know, how they were wiped out from, uh, from, uh, Spanish influenza. And, uh, yes, that's where I'm at today.