Why does Manfred Steyner want Rodney Ironsides to be the new General Manager of The Sonder Ditch Gold Mining Company?

What forms of theft exist in the Sonder Ditch Gold Mine operation?

What are the five mines that make up the Kitchenerville fields? Which one is in the center and what intersects it? Why is this significant?

What plan involving the Sonder Ditch Mines directly will cut the production of gold in half? Why is the plan concocted, and what are the consequences?

How do the conspirators plan to convince Manfred and through him, Rod, to carry through this plan?

What is it about Rod that worries the conspirators, and what do they plan to do about it?

How does Manfred respond when he discovers his wife and Rod are involved? Why?

What does Rod do to avert the looming possibility of disaster he...