Chapters 9-11 Summary

In chapter 9, Link flies to the gold mine with Quentin van Huren, Conrad, Evan, Roderick, and Danilo. Link and his group are immediately taken into the mine while van Huren goes to attend a meeting. The tour takes the group into the shaft of the mine currently being excavated in the search for minute amounts of gold. They ride a truck into the heart of the mine and then walk down a shaft where they are preparing an explosion to loosen the rock. Then the group is divided into three small groups in order to see where the workers collect the debris to be taken to the service and crushed to find gold. Link finds himself alone in a tight tunnel with a guide. The guide leaves Link alone to return to the main shaft. As Link turns in the tight...