The Ore Knob Mine Murders

<p> How could the peace and quiet of Ashe County North Carolina (in the mountains at the Virginia-Tennessee corner) turn into a nightmare of crime and drugs and the old copper mine itself become a dumping ground for the dead? In 1982 two bodies had been chipped from an icy grave and brought up from the 250-foot mine shaft where they had been thrown while still alive. Now there were rumors of 21 bodies still down there. If the mine was ever re-opened what would they find--copper or bodies? Murder drugs prostitution and gangs come together in the history of the Ore Knob Mine. A small Appalachian community became the heart of a vicious drug ring ruled by the Outlaws motorcycle gang from Chicago. Ashe County made national headlines when a police informant came forward confessing that he had pushed a man alive into the Ore Knob Mine shaft. This book is the full story.</p>