Meade Bigelow had sweated blood to build a mining empire in Wyoming. But he'd be damned if he'd let thieves crush honest people just to fatten their pockets. Dan Conover was an agent of the Silver City Land and Trust Company, and a company man through and through.

Overnight, the town of Silver City exploded with gunfire. Men took sides: Conover's side when their loyalty was bought and paid for; Bigelow's side when they were fed up with the gang that had made the town rotten.