Portazo Island Entry #11

I carried on the to end of this branch of the cave and took the skeleton waiting there by surprise. I turned back around and collected the ores I could as I returned to the last branching point in the cave. As i was mining some iron a small amount of gravel came pouring down nearly missing me. I decided that it'd be best to be a little more careful mining in the roof of the cave.



When I reached the point where the caves branched out I did find a small hole in a wall. I could see much through it. I turned back around and looked down the unexplored path from before. Standing there I saw a zombie headed straight for me. I swiftly dispatched him and carried on through the cave. The cave quickly opened up into a large open room. I decided here might be a good place to set up another small work area.



I placed some torches to light up the room up and made another work table and furnace. Just as I finished setting up the furnace a skeleton came from the path I had just come from. I quickly killed the skeleton and explored the room a bit more. I also looked down some of the openings in the room. I noticed that one of them led straight into the ravine I had found earlier.





I didn't feel ready to tackle the ravine quite yet so I explored another path. After a little while I found a part of of the cave where it seemed to go almost completely straight up.



I climbed to the top, moving rocks where I could and once I reached the top I found a dead end. I carefully went back down and returned to my room in the caves. I found a small opening just below the path I had just explored. I took my pick and opening it up some more only to find a sharp drop with lava waiting for me at the bottom. I could see a few safe foot holds, but with my pack nearly full I decided to head back up to my original base camp in the mines.