Wheeler excels again, with his 1892 tale of New York editor John Fellowes Hall digging for yarns at a two-fisted gold camp in Butte, Montana. He reports to the owner of Butte Mineral, William Andrews Clark, who also owns one of the three top gold mines as well as a bank and 1,000 mining stiffs. Though Hall’s aim is the “big story” with the Pulitzer Prize, Clark demands maximum publicity for himself, aiming at the political plum of senator. Shoved sideways, Hall digs up the poli
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