Sam visits the Ophir Claims, reports on the flooded mines – Spanish Mines. Sam feels himself rich. The Ophir strike was faked, melted down coins.
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Orion mobilizes troops from General Wright
Orion asks Wright to drill some troops in Reese River, a place where a lot of copperheads are having pro-Jeff Davis rallies.
Orion has to fix Nye’s mistake
Humbolt County officials ask Orion for rifles but Orion refuses until he knows that the people he’s sending it to are loyal to him and the Emancipation Proclamation. Before left in January for SF on his way to DC., he had hurriedly appointed some men with southern sympathies. Orion has to replace them as they […]