There was a lot of gold in the streams around the town of Prospect, and most of the trading was done with the gold dust that had been panned. Zeke Harvey had spent the last years of his life panning one of the streams, and endless days of back-breaking work were represented by the contents of a salt bag that his widow had inherited. Kate Harvey had lived alone for several years after the death of her husband, drawing on her little horde from time to time to buy her simple needs. She lived alone at the edge of town, and it was generally known that she kept her gold dust in the house. No-one in the town of Prospect would touch Ma Harvey's gold... But the mysterious Powder Kid had no scruples...