"The only way to avoid problems is to stay out of other people's business, but Clint Adams can't help but step in when a friend is in need. When his old comrade Ben Blanchard asks Clint to come check on some shady business going on with his salt mine, Clint hitches up his horse and heads out to Hutchinson, Kansas--and straight into hot water. Blanchard's recent troubles with cave-ins at the mine clearly point to sabotage, and the dirty work has the name of rich local rancher Avery Kendall all over it. But Kendall isn't just the wealthiest man in town--his deep pockets are paying off half of the residents, not to mention the local law. Now, to protect his friend's business, find a saboteur, and save his own skin, the Gunsmith will have to dig up more than just dirt" --