"Inside, we found ancient girders supporting the walls and rusty tools scattered around. There were also grave

"Inside, we found ancient girders supporting the walls and rusty tools scattered around. There were also graves — several of which had been opened by the kobolds — with pieces of ancient Taldan armor in them. It seems some ancient people had been mining gems here after all. Unfortunately, we had no way to find out what happened to them, so I declared the mine my property and we began our own work."