Chapters 7 and 8 Summary and Analysis

In Chapter 7, other bags were missing off the bus. The driver spotted a car speeding away, probably carrying the stolen items. Everything was gone. L'Amour learned that there was mine assessment work available in Barstow, California, and headed there. Once in Barstow, L'Amour was taken to the Owl's Head Mountains by the old man who owned the claims which were for manganese ore. The old man pointed out where the location of a fresh water source w and warned L'Amour that the place was crawling with rattlers.

The old man and L'Amour drove over seventy miles to the claim. If the old man wasn't back in five days, he told L'Amour to wind up the old Model T that was sitting in front of the mine and drive back. After the old man left, L'Amour looked around and found...