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Fiendish Nevada miners scheme ends in a card trick twist
Doc Floyd and Jack Cleland lure Maj. Skinner in Rawhide Nevada with a fake gold rush plan. A high stakes poker game decides control of the Shawnneck Mining Company and Skinner loses his stake through a clever counterfeit play. Floyd then heads east with plans to promote the deal and keep a debt offer alive for stewardship of the property.
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Pacific
Mount Wilson
Doc Floyd
Col
Bill Powley
Jack Cleland
Los Angeles
Floyd
Cleland
Jack
Jackson
Howard Jackson
New York
Howard
Kld
Tommy
Young Jackson
George Stewart
Maj. Skinner
Goldfield
Truckee
Shawnneck
Rawhide
Nevada
Shawbeck
Tommy Jackson
Col. Powley
Chicago
Jasons
New
Gold Fields
State Bank
San Francisco
Shawneck
Pecksni
Hetty Granger
Mas
Skinner
Shawbeck Mining Company
Faro Bank
F Tiger
Te Major
Missouri
Najor
Tim
Leland
Clelanée
Shawneck Mining Company
Mas. Skinner