title: The Idea Miners: The Lost Lake Dig
author:  P. W. Cross 
description: Award Finalist in the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards --2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards<br /><br />Award Finalist in The National Best Books 2009 Awards --The National Best Books 2009 Awards
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  # Picked up at Sea
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### J.C. Hutcheson
  
  
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
  
  http://www.blackmask.com
  
  * [STORY ONE, CHAPTER ONE. THE GOLD-MINERS OF MINTURNE
  
  
  CREEK.
  
  
  * [STORY ONE, CHAPTER TWO. RESCUED.](pisea_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [STORY ONE, CHAPTER THREE. TAKEN ABACK.](pisea_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [STORY ONE, CHAPTER FOUR. DERELICT.](pisea_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [STORY ONE, CHAPTER FIVE. A MINING PROJECT.](pisea_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [STORY ONE, CHAPTER SIX. MINTURNE CREEK.](pisea_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [STORY ONE, CHAPTER SEVEN. FIGHTING THE ELEMENTS.](pisea_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [STORY ONE, CHAPTER EIGHT. AN UNEXPECTED
  
  
  COINCIDENCE.
  
  
  * [STORY ONE, CHAPTER NINE. CONCERNING SAILOR BILL.](pisea_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [STORY ONE, CHAPTER TEN. A CONUNDRUM.](pisea_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [STORY ONE, CHAPTER ELEVEN. A ROUNDABOUT ROUTE.](pisea_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [STORY ONE, CHAPTER TWELV