The Plunderer
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At a mountain road house, two mining partners watch an angry crowd confront Bully Presby, the forceful man whose legal claim has driven miners from their ground. Roy Norton's Western opens with a dispute over ownership and a test of nerve, then follows the practical business of trying to make a gold mine pay. Dick and Bill bring different temperaments to that work, with Dick measuring results and Bill pressing ahead with confidence.
The Croix d'Or mine gives the story a concrete working world: ore samples, delicate scales, furnaces, mill plates and the power plant all matter to its prospects. A disappointing assay raises doubts about the return on their labor, while Presby's sharp questions turn an encounter by a bridge into another contest of wills. Readers interested in mining fiction will find technical detail alongside frontier dialogue, personal friction and the risks of putting faith in a promising vein.
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- Author
- Roy Norton
- Pages
- 140
- Language
- English
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- American Classics
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