Comstock Lode

For this book Louis L'Amour obviously did a lot of research into 19th century hard-rock mining and in particular into the early development of the famous Comstock silver ore lode. Of course, being Louis L'Amour he seamlessly inserts that info into a damned good story about revenge, honor, and steadfastness in the face of great difficulty and danger.
Overall, quite a good novel – in the parlance of the old hard-rock miners, “deep enough”.

Top 3 L'Amour book, behind Bendigo Shafter and Last of the Breed, in my opinion. The I think what made the story great besides the fact that it had a solid protagonist was that the antagonist, Albert Heskith, was such a great bad guy. All the conniving acts never cease to end and you hate it him more and more as story proceeds. Well done L'Amour!