Border city of Gadsden becomes magnet for war refugees
In 1914 Gadsden New Mexico, a border town swarms with miners, ranchers, and veterans as the Mexican conflict widens. Two travelers, a tall cowpuncher and a cunning mining man, arrive amid tense chatter while Henry Kruger, bearer of the Cross-Cut mine fortune, quietly influences the scene.
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Henry
Mexican mine lure tests Bud Hooker's nerve
Henry Kruger pitches a rich lost mine scheme to Bud Hooker in Gadsden while Phil De Lancey questions the Mexico plan. Kruger stresses trust and a solo run, offering pay and a share, and sets a meeting at the Waldorf to seal a deal.
Frontier Mine Deal In Mexican Camp Scheme
In a back room of a saloon near a frontier camp, Henry Kruger pressures De Lancey Bud Hooker and others to back a title dispute in Sonora. Kruger offers Hooker three hundred dollars a month or an equal share, with Bud willing to join though wary of rebels taking their claim.
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