Slowly, heads turn in the direction of the hill that overlooks the town, and the tall, triangular steel, poppet head that sits above the entrance to the mineshaft.
One day, she promised herself, she would take her girls away from the reservation and the small town of Fairfax with its clanking oil derricks and dusty roads.
" Of course we shall not cut the rope." A basket was obtained, and fastened to the end of the rope, a three-legged derrick was erected over the well with the rope running over the top.