"To-day I had it out with 'Ridgway.' I opened the book and I did not lay it down till I had raced eagerly through it. I find it a story with many elements of power in its treatment of plot and personality. The men are all well-marked types. The women are all possible and pleasant beings. The story gives dramatically the inner life of a mining camp. The atmosphere of wild nature and primeval human passion is well sustained. The exuberance of detail and suggestion, the easy drawing of character, the fine massing of effects, all show a strength and fire in the author which ought to give us a line of good books from his pen in the coming days."
—EDWIN MARKHAM, in The New York American.
"Whatever else the reader of this novel may say, he certainly will be forced to admit that it is highly interesting. Mr. Raine is not only skillful in devising incidents which compel unwearied attention; he also has the rarer and finer craftsmanship which enables him to create characters that have a high degree of personal charm."—Boston Transcript.
"A story engrossing all the way through."—New York World.
"It is a real pleasure to pick up a book like this one. To use an old phrase, the story is one which can hardly be put down."
—Minneapolis Tribune.
"The action starts with the first line, and there is no suspension until the last word is written. It is a story of thrilling situations, busy people and stirring times. Once started to read it there is no quitting the book."—Denver Republican.
"Full of action and written with remarkable vigor."
—Charleston News and Courier.
"Mr. Raine's experience as a newspaper man has stood him in good stead. He knows the corrupt workings of politicians, the venality of biased courts, the weakness of the human heart when tempted by gold. More, he knows the details by which all these are made manifest in unjust laws, unfair verdicts and treachery to one's best friends."