Levels of Heaven: Depths of Hell

Part - 3

Names, places & points of interest;

Graham Dehn

Carson Maxwell

Clive Hinds

Gladys City

Minear 2

Century Mining Hotel

Allmine Minerals Exploration Division

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Graham Dehn strolled down the cargo ramp and viewed the small town through the dust of a sweltering mid-morning haze. He had already booked lodging at the “Century Mining Hotel” in Gladys City on the little moon of Minear 2.

“Careful with that luggage, porter,” he spoke as a crewmember of the Carpathia began to load his baggage onto a cart to be ferried into town.

Clive Hinds, the man loading the luggage looked at the passenger. He placed a hand to his side and held it there as if a sharp pain had suddenly appeared.

“These things are pretty heavy. What could a miner be toting from one job to another that would be so weighty that it could almost cause me a strained gut-muscle?” The crewman asked.

“It’s really none of your business, is it,” the passenger told him, “and inquiries as such could get a fellow like you into a lot of trouble. This is supposed to be a “don’t ask, don’t tell” bit of an operation your Captain runs here on the Carpathia, isn’t it?”

Clive realized then, that he may have overstepped his bounds.

“Sorry, I meant no disrespect sir,” he spoke.

“Well, no harm inflicted,” Dehn informed him, “but for your ease, I do carry along the hefty tools of my trade. Mining shovels, pick axes and digging instruments. They do carry a bit of weight to them, you’d believe so wouldn’t you?”

Clive nodded that he agreed. But he also made note that if the fellow’s intent was to become employed at the Rockwell Mining Company, subcontractor of the main source of employment in the Gladys City township, he certainly could have left these heavy instruments of digging behind. It would be rather easy to acquire the tools that he needed from the Allmine Operations Company which ran the business. Still, like the man had mentioned, it