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The Lantern on a Locked Shaft: Who Lit It at Dawn?
The Lantern on a Locked Shaft: Who Lit It at Dawn?
The lantern was found burning on a sealed shaft collar inside a locked fence at 8:47 AM on June 4, 2019 - no footprints, no fence damage, and no vehicle tracks in the talc-fine caliche dust. Who placed a Coleman four‑AA lantern inside a welded-shut shaft at Calloway Copper works, and why did the receipt for that same model lead to a deeper, unresolved question?
In this episode, you will hear the chain of events surrounding the discovery and the reporting that followed, including interviews and physical evidence that complicate the simplest…
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