The Bells of San Filipo

by Max Brand

Published 1 September 1977
Year in and year out, Jim Gore wandered the barren hills of the Southwest, dreaming of mining the mother lode. Yet for all his schemes and hard work, the cunning saddle bum never figured on an earthquake uncovering a huge treasure in silver - and plunging him neck deep in dollars and danger. It seemed that Gore wasn't the only hombre who had a claim on the loot, and if he ever ran out of bullets, he wouldn't be the only fortune hunter buried in the ghost town called San Filipo.