The "Black Gold Rush" was on. Oil had been discovered in California's central desert, and big money wanted it all. Coaling Station A was in the center of the drilling explosion. Really explosive, where arguments were settled with bullets, the sheriff was owned by the big bucks, and the good people stayed off Fifth Street, even during the daytime. But the brave souls at The Record weren't ready to give up. Could the newspaper, against such odds, turn the town around?
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