Montclair Man Digs For Gold In His Front Yard

Workplace safety officials say they're planning a visit today to the Montclair home of a man who dug a 60-foot-deep hole in his front yard while digging for gold.

They're coming to determine how to shore up and fill the hole that 63-year-old Norm Enrique says he began digging ten days ago after his gold detector reported a positive hit near his front patio.

He says he only planned to go down three or four feet but got "carried away."

Fire officials called to the scene yesterday found two men that Enrique hired inside the unreinforced hole, using a bucket and rope to remove dirt.

Montclair fire Captain Rich Baldwin says officials made him stop and fenced off his property. He says Enrique will be required to hire and pay for a licensed engineer to secure the hole.

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