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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 3074032" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter Four, “Picking a Job”, Tuesday, May 30th, 1882: </strong></p><p></p><p>Flying Arrow again brings up the Mary Murphy Mine, which is a few miles outside of town on the side of a mountain and the people at the mine have been staying put for a week-and-a-half. She says that she could best use her native skills to scout out the situation at night. The others opt to head up to their rooms for a good night’s sleep. </p><p></p><p>She reaches the mine and finds that the miners are working the mine round-the-clock. A number of canvas tents have been set up near the mine entrance since none of the miners have gone back to their boarding houses in town. She looks around for ore storage facilities and does not see any, concluding that whatever they have found is still within the mine. </p><p></p><p>She decides that a lone Indian woman won’t be perceived as much of a threat. She steps forward to be greeted by a bearded human in dirty clothing holding a shotgun. “What do you want?” he exclaims. She says, “I wanted to find out what is going on.” He says, “Nothing is going on. Get moving.” She chooses to comply. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Wednesday, May 31st, 1882: </p><p></p><p>They all meet together for breakfast. Pinto tries to urge Deadeye into his eye of robbing a train. Deadeye suggests they continue to look until they discover what might be the easiest mark. Mae emphasizes “We should find the largest payoff for the easiest work.” </p><p></p><p>Mae suggests visiting all of the banks, paying close attention to the vaults and safes. Concern is raised about the banks being towards the center of town, meaning a good amount of distance through the city to then cover to get away. Deadeye says, “That would mean it would have to be completely covert.” “So we can’t screw up at all,” Sally says. “We never done nothing without screwing up something,” Pinto states. </p><p></p><p>Mae had gone to some of the smaller banks the day before but not the larger ones. Most of the big banks are within a two-block radius of each other with the exception of the Federal Bank of Leadville which is near the railroad tracks. Adjacent to the Federal Banks is the garrison of United States Army troops assigned to Leadville, so most opt to skip that one. Pinto Joe still has his mind set on taking a train and suggests creating a diversion to draw the troops away from there. </p><p></p><p>The largest bank in town is the Tabor Bank, comprised of two very large connected multi-story stone buildings. The bank has its own assaying office and more than one vault. They conclude that given the vast quantity of ore that he is obtaining he probably also has the largest currency denominations on hand. </p><p></p><p>They then discuss how to get away regardless of the type of job they pull. There are basically just two ways to leave Leadville, the road north that they arrived on or the road south. There are no other roads as this is the only pass that had been made through this group of mountains, which are some of the highest peaks in the Rockies. They decide south sounds better than north as they should get away from places in Colorado where they have already been. </p><p></p><p>The railroad runs parallel these roads as do the telegraph lines, with parallel northbound and southbound rail lines. Trains run by on average of every two hours, the closest being around a half-hour apart and the longest time being a little over five hours. Pinto suggests getting a hold of some dynamite to blow up sections of track to prevent pursuit from the soldiers by rail. Leadville has the largest rail yard in the area, including repair facilities, so unless they took out a bridge any damage caused by them would only be short-term. Mae suggests that blowing something up in the rail yard might make a good distraction for when they pull off a job elsewhere to draw the soldiers away. It is pointed out that they will want to make sure that fire is part of the distraction too. </p><p></p><p>Sally suggests hitting the assaying office and Federal bank. Pinto like that idea, suggesting that they load the loot onto a train which they then steal, preferably one already loaded with either cash or ore. He suggests dynamiting one of the banks in the center of town to provide a distraction that would draw the soldiers away from the Federal buildings and rail yard. Deadeye finds that plan a bit too optimistic, pointing out that all of the soldiers would not leave and also that they would telegraph up or down the line to alert troops at the next train depot. Sally says, “That’s easy, we cut the lines.” “Or blow them up,” Mongo adds. Deadeye says, “They’d still be suspicious of a train full of strangers arriving while the telegraph lines are down.” </p><p></p><p>Deadeye suggests they keep all of their options open and do some more reconnaissance. They decide to split into four groups. Deadeye and Mae will check out the banks. Flying Arrow and Mongo will head down to the railroad tracks and what the comings and goings of the bank, assaying office, railroad yard and soldiers routine. Pamela decides she will make inquires into where to sell the coach should they decide not to use it for the robbery. And Pinto and Sally will ride out south of town and check out the possible exit route in that direction. </p><p></p><p>Pinto and Sally ride towards the south road. The road goes to the southwest parallel the railroad lines. They see Mount Elbert in the distance. Once they are a quarter mile from town the road turns and they cannot see the town anymore due to hills in between. After around two miles they reach the community of Stringtown, which has a general store stocking mostly mining provisions. After Stringtown the road changes direction to the southeast running parallel the Arkansas River. There is a cliff above the river beside the railroad tracks, making a bit of a drop down. </p><p></p><p>They pass some people heading towards Leadville and inquire as to how far it is until the next town. They are told that the community of Granite is fifteen miles further southeast. Sally and Pinto ride on until they reach a fork in the road, the right leg leading to the summer resort that they heard about at Mount Elbert. They decide to ride back. Pinto contemplates that if they have to ditch the coach they could have the horses ride it over the cliff and fall down to the river and ravine below to make it look like the group died in an accident. [DM’s note: This gaming session was being played in the Gameday’s afternoon slot. During every game played in the morning some animals were violently killed so it is pointed out that killing the horses would maintain that tradition.] </p><p></p><p>Pamela finds a livery stable that would be interested in buying used coaches. Apparently due to the steep and rough mountain roads the coaches off the well-to-do don’t last all that long in pristine condition so most of the Silver Kings purchase a new one every year, and this stable purchases their former ones to refurbish for those of less extravagant means. He says that he will have to see the coach in question before he can quote her a price. </p><p></p><p>Mongo and Flying Arrow hit a few miners taverns near the tracks and inquire from some ruffians as to the safety and protection of the area. They find out that due to the presence of the one-hundred or so soldiers, with half on duty at any point of time, that bandits and thieves stay clear of the area. They discover that the troops patrol only the two Federal buildings and the railroad tracks, leaving the town itself being policed by the Leadville Sheriff and his deputies. Flying Arrow concludes from that that the plan to draw the soldiers away with a disturbance in town probably won’t work. They then investigate the telegraph line situation, determining where the lines go in relation to the telegraph office. </p><p></p><p>Deadeye and Mae begin by checking out the larger banks but not the largest. Mae passes herself off as a woman of means and asks the bank managers about wanting to see where she could safely lock up her family jewelry to make sure it is secure. They first visit the Colorado Bank, an older brick building. They do not have a vault but instead use a very large four-foot square safe which is an older Diebolt model. There are also other side rooms with door shut that they do not see which could possibly also have other safes and treasure. They see a total of four armed guards. </p><p></p><p>The next bank is the Harrison Avenue Bank. It is a newer bank made of stone with stone columns out front. There are two armed guards wearing some type of uniform. It has a Mosler vault, a newer model that takes could potentially take Mae a lot of time to open. The next bank is the American West Bank, which has new Mosler safes and three armed guards. </p><p></p><p>They finally head towards the largest bank in town, the Tabor Bank, finding the Harrisburg brand vaults that Mae was wishing to see. The bank has four large full-sized metal vaults of that model. The bank was built within the last two years so Mae wouldn’t personally have the combinations for these vaults but she is very experienced with the locking mechanisms and secrets to opening them. The vaults are within a large room immediately off from the main room of the bank, which is a vast marble room with a fifteen teller windows of which eight are currently occupied. There are two entrances to the main room, one on each street, and there are six armed guards, two at each entrance, one by the gate to the teller’s area and the other by the entrance to the room with the vaults. </p><p></p><p>Mae checks for the posted bank hours, seeing that it opens at 9:00 A.M. and closes at 6:00 P.M. She tells Deadeye, “We need to return here at around 5:45 P.M. to see what the closing procedures are. We’ll open an account then. Let’s go have lunch with the others and talk about this.” </p><p></p><p>They meet for lunch and Mae says, “I think we want the big bank. I can get into those vaults quicker than any other ones in town, figure five to ten minutes tops to open one.” Sally and Pinto tell what they know about securing an exit route. Pamela tells what she found about selling the coach but the others conclude they’ll probably need it for the robbery. Deadeye says, “Okay peoples, we now have us a target.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 3074032, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter Four, “Picking a Job”, Tuesday, May 30th, 1882: [/B] Flying Arrow again brings up the Mary Murphy Mine, which is a few miles outside of town on the side of a mountain and the people at the mine have been staying put for a week-and-a-half. She says that she could best use her native skills to scout out the situation at night. The others opt to head up to their rooms for a good night’s sleep. She reaches the mine and finds that the miners are working the mine round-the-clock. A number of canvas tents have been set up near the mine entrance since none of the miners have gone back to their boarding houses in town. She looks around for ore storage facilities and does not see any, concluding that whatever they have found is still within the mine. She decides that a lone Indian woman won’t be perceived as much of a threat. She steps forward to be greeted by a bearded human in dirty clothing holding a shotgun. “What do you want?” he exclaims. She says, “I wanted to find out what is going on.” He says, “Nothing is going on. Get moving.” She chooses to comply. Wednesday, May 31st, 1882: They all meet together for breakfast. Pinto tries to urge Deadeye into his eye of robbing a train. Deadeye suggests they continue to look until they discover what might be the easiest mark. Mae emphasizes “We should find the largest payoff for the easiest work.” Mae suggests visiting all of the banks, paying close attention to the vaults and safes. Concern is raised about the banks being towards the center of town, meaning a good amount of distance through the city to then cover to get away. Deadeye says, “That would mean it would have to be completely covert.” “So we can’t screw up at all,” Sally says. “We never done nothing without screwing up something,” Pinto states. Mae had gone to some of the smaller banks the day before but not the larger ones. Most of the big banks are within a two-block radius of each other with the exception of the Federal Bank of Leadville which is near the railroad tracks. Adjacent to the Federal Banks is the garrison of United States Army troops assigned to Leadville, so most opt to skip that one. Pinto Joe still has his mind set on taking a train and suggests creating a diversion to draw the troops away from there. The largest bank in town is the Tabor Bank, comprised of two very large connected multi-story stone buildings. The bank has its own assaying office and more than one vault. They conclude that given the vast quantity of ore that he is obtaining he probably also has the largest currency denominations on hand. They then discuss how to get away regardless of the type of job they pull. There are basically just two ways to leave Leadville, the road north that they arrived on or the road south. There are no other roads as this is the only pass that had been made through this group of mountains, which are some of the highest peaks in the Rockies. They decide south sounds better than north as they should get away from places in Colorado where they have already been. The railroad runs parallel these roads as do the telegraph lines, with parallel northbound and southbound rail lines. Trains run by on average of every two hours, the closest being around a half-hour apart and the longest time being a little over five hours. Pinto suggests getting a hold of some dynamite to blow up sections of track to prevent pursuit from the soldiers by rail. Leadville has the largest rail yard in the area, including repair facilities, so unless they took out a bridge any damage caused by them would only be short-term. Mae suggests that blowing something up in the rail yard might make a good distraction for when they pull off a job elsewhere to draw the soldiers away. It is pointed out that they will want to make sure that fire is part of the distraction too. Sally suggests hitting the assaying office and Federal bank. Pinto like that idea, suggesting that they load the loot onto a train which they then steal, preferably one already loaded with either cash or ore. He suggests dynamiting one of the banks in the center of town to provide a distraction that would draw the soldiers away from the Federal buildings and rail yard. Deadeye finds that plan a bit too optimistic, pointing out that all of the soldiers would not leave and also that they would telegraph up or down the line to alert troops at the next train depot. Sally says, “That’s easy, we cut the lines.” “Or blow them up,” Mongo adds. Deadeye says, “They’d still be suspicious of a train full of strangers arriving while the telegraph lines are down.” Deadeye suggests they keep all of their options open and do some more reconnaissance. They decide to split into four groups. Deadeye and Mae will check out the banks. Flying Arrow and Mongo will head down to the railroad tracks and what the comings and goings of the bank, assaying office, railroad yard and soldiers routine. Pamela decides she will make inquires into where to sell the coach should they decide not to use it for the robbery. And Pinto and Sally will ride out south of town and check out the possible exit route in that direction. Pinto and Sally ride towards the south road. The road goes to the southwest parallel the railroad lines. They see Mount Elbert in the distance. Once they are a quarter mile from town the road turns and they cannot see the town anymore due to hills in between. After around two miles they reach the community of Stringtown, which has a general store stocking mostly mining provisions. After Stringtown the road changes direction to the southeast running parallel the Arkansas River. There is a cliff above the river beside the railroad tracks, making a bit of a drop down. They pass some people heading towards Leadville and inquire as to how far it is until the next town. They are told that the community of Granite is fifteen miles further southeast. Sally and Pinto ride on until they reach a fork in the road, the right leg leading to the summer resort that they heard about at Mount Elbert. They decide to ride back. Pinto contemplates that if they have to ditch the coach they could have the horses ride it over the cliff and fall down to the river and ravine below to make it look like the group died in an accident. [DM’s note: This gaming session was being played in the Gameday’s afternoon slot. During every game played in the morning some animals were violently killed so it is pointed out that killing the horses would maintain that tradition.] Pamela finds a livery stable that would be interested in buying used coaches. Apparently due to the steep and rough mountain roads the coaches off the well-to-do don’t last all that long in pristine condition so most of the Silver Kings purchase a new one every year, and this stable purchases their former ones to refurbish for those of less extravagant means. He says that he will have to see the coach in question before he can quote her a price. Mongo and Flying Arrow hit a few miners taverns near the tracks and inquire from some ruffians as to the safety and protection of the area. They find out that due to the presence of the one-hundred or so soldiers, with half on duty at any point of time, that bandits and thieves stay clear of the area. They discover that the troops patrol only the two Federal buildings and the railroad tracks, leaving the town itself being policed by the Leadville Sheriff and his deputies. Flying Arrow concludes from that that the plan to draw the soldiers away with a disturbance in town probably won’t work. They then investigate the telegraph line situation, determining where the lines go in relation to the telegraph office. Deadeye and Mae begin by checking out the larger banks but not the largest. Mae passes herself off as a woman of means and asks the bank managers about wanting to see where she could safely lock up her family jewelry to make sure it is secure. They first visit the Colorado Bank, an older brick building. They do not have a vault but instead use a very large four-foot square safe which is an older Diebolt model. There are also other side rooms with door shut that they do not see which could possibly also have other safes and treasure. They see a total of four armed guards. The next bank is the Harrison Avenue Bank. It is a newer bank made of stone with stone columns out front. There are two armed guards wearing some type of uniform. It has a Mosler vault, a newer model that takes could potentially take Mae a lot of time to open. The next bank is the American West Bank, which has new Mosler safes and three armed guards. They finally head towards the largest bank in town, the Tabor Bank, finding the Harrisburg brand vaults that Mae was wishing to see. The bank has four large full-sized metal vaults of that model. The bank was built within the last two years so Mae wouldn’t personally have the combinations for these vaults but she is very experienced with the locking mechanisms and secrets to opening them. The vaults are within a large room immediately off from the main room of the bank, which is a vast marble room with a fifteen teller windows of which eight are currently occupied. There are two entrances to the main room, one on each street, and there are six armed guards, two at each entrance, one by the gate to the teller’s area and the other by the entrance to the room with the vaults. Mae checks for the posted bank hours, seeing that it opens at 9:00 A.M. and closes at 6:00 P.M. She tells Deadeye, “We need to return here at around 5:45 P.M. to see what the closing procedures are. We’ll open an account then. Let’s go have lunch with the others and talk about this.” They meet for lunch and Mae says, “I think we want the big bank. I can get into those vaults quicker than any other ones in town, figure five to ten minutes tops to open one.” Sally and Pinto tell what they know about securing an exit route. Pamela tells what she found about selling the coach but the others conclude they’ll probably need it for the robbery. Deadeye says, “Okay peoples, we now have us a target.” [/QUOTE]
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