Hundreds of archaeological sites are in danger of vanishing as the strip mine expands into the rainforest.
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This mystery focuses on the Odessa Mining Company, which is responsible for a number of strip-mines which destroy portions of the rainforest and remove the soil in search of precious minerals, such as gold or uranium. Sometimes they will come across sites of archaeological importance, at which point the International Office of Antiquities (IOA) will step in and take control of the area the site is within.
Twenty years before Golden Abyss, the Odessa Mining Company discovered the Kuna ruins and the Spanish Grave Site on a ridge in central Panama, and reported them to the IOA. The IOA sent in a number of archaeologists, including Vincent Perez, while the company continued surveying the ridge. When Roberto Guerro was ousted from power ten years later, the area of the ridge came under the control of loyalist forces, and after a failed revolution it became an area where Guerro's influence was strong, forcing the mining company to abandon its efforts to mine the ridge.
Completing the mystery will unlock a bronze trophy of the same name "Odessa Mining Company".
| Item | Inventory description | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Peligro | The mining company has fenced off acres of rainforest as they prepare to push their strip mines into virgin territory. The sign says 'Keep Out'. | "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" |
| Survey Compass | Compasses like this one are used in surveying, though they are quickly being replaced by modern electronic Survey GPS devices. | |
| Survey GPS | Before being riddled with bullets, this device would have used a satellite to pinpoint its position within inches. | |
| Abandoned Truck | This truck was abandoend after the International Office of Antiquities forced the mining company to abandon plans to push into the gravesite area. | "No Prison Tats" |
| The Road | Thanks to the mining company, roads like this snake their way through hundreds of miles of formerly untouched rainforest. | |
| Tree Poison | Who needs trees? Not the Odessa Mining Company. Barrels of posion make it easier to uproot trees when the bulldozers come through. | |
| Glow-in-the-Dark Mining | Uranium is just one of the elements that the Odessa Mining Company seeks to uncover beneath the vast rainforest. | |
| Land Deed | The land deed given to the Odessa Mining Company by the government of Panama. Once Noriega fell, the IOA took over control of much of the land contained in the deed. | "Nothing But Some Old Bones" |
| Sextant | An old sextant. At one point the mining company was conducting a survey to as part of plans to harness the waterfalls here for hydroelectric power. | |
| Equipment | Truckloads of equipment brought up the mountain in anciticpation of expanding the stip mine. The IOA put a stop to all that. | |
| Map | A survey map pinpointing the locations that have significant archaeological importance to the IOA. | "He Gave Them Everything" |
