- Ann Williams: Hey McCord, you busy?
- Jason McCord: Huh?
- Ann Williams: Commere. You know, I'm a newspaper editor, right?
- Jason McCord: Uh huh
- Ann Williams: Well, I got a couple presses and a fair circulation... and a nice piece of land outside of town that might just be right for a small house. You interested?
- Jason McCord: I'm interested. I'm very interested!
- Jason McCord: It's progress that'll ruin you if you don't adjust to it. The railroads are coming West, if not this year, next year or the following year.
- Jason McCord: Try that and you're the loser. It's three ounces of nitroglycerine in that water barrel. One bump and there won't be enough of you to scoop up with a shovel.
- Ted Evers: If you set off nitro around here, the whole mine is likely to cave in.
- Jason McCord: WELL, THAT'S THE ONLY CHANCE YOU'VE LEFT ME!
- Ted Evers: If you think you're going to take away what I built up, you're going to have dig more than a tunnel.