The Coal Mine Caper

The gold depository at Fort Knox was built in 1935.Underneath the vault is a Civil War coal mine, long forgotten. It is the crimeof the century just waiting to happen. The life of Floyd Richards, a caver andgeology professor at the University of Kentucky, takes a downward spiral. Heloses his wife to a sadistic dentist with whom she battles when her fear turnsto hate; his recently discovered caverns and his professorship to a cruellawyer, who represents the federal government.He struggles with his religious beliefs, but decidesto seek revenge when he and his friend, Fast Eddie Cason, find the coal mineand then must deal with the Mafia to rob this famous impregnable fortress fromunderneath using modern mining equipment.The twists begin as the Mafia tries a deathly doublecross. But the professor strikes back when he informs the FBI which starts anincredible hunt across eight states for five giant, gold laden dump trucks.Richards systematically begins a payback scheme of unparalleled audacity aseverybody gets a twist including the government. News reporters enjoy weeks ofincredible coverage as the story unfolds and the President?s administrationfaces a damaged national image.