The only woman in the graduating class of Colorado College of Mines listened to the Commencement speaker tell of the urgent need for strategic metals in this war year and longs to help. She and a classmate stumbled upon a dying woman in a cabin in Wild Basin the preceding summer. Why was a metal buyer so interested in the circumstances of her death? Who was using carrier pigeons to send code messages? Victoria Tyrrell searched for the answers and uncovers a vein of ore that tests she runs shows is a rich one. Then someone jumps her claim! The story of a modern girl with courage and "fight."