On a cold October night at the ole' mining camp watering hole, the Rusty Pan Saloon, a fight broke out between Old Man Tibbetts and Jebadiah Martin.  Glasses crashed, bottles broke and the men took the fight outside into the darkness of night.

In the icy hours of the next morning, the body of Jebadiah Martin was found near his mining camp.  Blame was immediately placed on Old Man Tibbetts.  Tibbetts denied the murder until his dying breath when he screamed to all that watched, “I will be avenged!  There ain’t no miner here that’s safe.  Death to all who have done me wrong!”  Seconds later, Tibbetts’ head was chopped off.  The local lawmen put Tibbetts’ head in a jar and displayed it in the saloon as a reminder to all of the harsh mining camp punishments.

It wasn’t too much longer until other miners started turning up dead, slaughtered in their camps and mangled at their claims.  Although the lure of gold was strong, soon all the miners were gone and the mining camp was abandoned.  The ghost of Old Man Tibbetts still haunts the mining camp and the claims, especially in October on the anniversary of his beheading.

Beware all who dare step foot in the ole’ mining camp!  Tread lightly on the graves of the old miners, don’t linger too long and most important, don’t fall behind.  Watch your backs lest you find yourself in the unenviable condition of all the miners that suffered the wrath of Old Man Tibbetts!