The Case of the Missing Tree Stumps

[russau]

It's obvious on what they did with the poles BUT the stumps had to go for the Cabbage field ! BUT in the Winter they needed heat to survive so they had a big pile of stump's ! think about it .....would they let those sumps rot in the field OR sit around after being out of the ground and a VERY USEFULL fuel for a fire to keep them warm through the Winter HMMMM I don't think they were that dumb !

 

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[Armchair detective]

SO are you saying SB dug the MP, or helped the guys find/dig it and found "something" to want/need to hide the stumps, yet atleast one of the guys advised on other peoples/companies digs. The stumps would help his story as far as getting paid to help on future digs...

No I was thinking SB helped BURY an arms cache in 1782 upon finding a 200 ft deep abandoned mine shaft with a water leak at 110 ft. You'd build a "room" the between 98 and 104 ft levels for storage and repair/ add flooring to the levels (to completely cover the floor area in anticipation of the dirt load to come).
I can see a limited time that the buriers would stay quiet about a war cache THE SOUTH SHALL RISE AGAIN, but this theory has the same hole all of them do - somebody should have talked.

But maybe THIS THEORY SHALL RISE AGAIN!!