It was getting cold among the ranges now, and they were glad of the warmth from the blaze.
"We'll go on for two or three days," said Weston.

"Then we'll pack every load of ore out to the New Passage smelter and get them to reduce it.

Devine and I will take it down to the railroad over the Dead Pine trail.

The freighter from the settlement should be in with his pack-train by the time we're ready." "Nobody ever brought a pack-beast in or out by Dead Pine, and there'll be deep snow in the pass," Saunders expostulated.
"Then," said Weston, curtly, "I'm going to do it now.

If we can't raise a stamp and reducing plant, we have got to prove that we can make a trail to the railroad by which we can get our ore out without spending a small fortune on packing.