This one definitely comes off as part of a the "Reno Western Saga" series.

In this story, Jim Reno is going through gorges after leaving the Hellgate River. Riding had made him trim. He rode all day & finally arrived in Virginia City. A one-armed man noticed how used up the horse was when he dropped it off at the stable. Reno told him that he had come from the Bitterroots. Reno purchased a team from the man, who's name was Bible. Bible advised Reno to keep his money out of site as things were tough in the area. From the stable, Reno went to Creighton's General Store where several miner had congregated. A man with white hair asked if he needed something. Haze Lyons, the deputy sheriff, introduced himself & commented on the hard winter. Reno told him that he might try his luck by staking out a claim. Reno got a primitive room at the hotel, then sat down to eat at the restaurant. As he got up to leave, he ran into a couple, William Merritt and his daughter Mrs. Warren. Later he walked the streets, observing the minors who had come in from their claims. On his way back to the hotel he met Sam Bible, who told him he had loaded the stuff he bought at Creighton's & load it on the pack. Bible took him into a saloon & introduced him to several of his friends: Beidler, Jukes, Tbold & McKeever. Beidler said that since the pass was clear, thousands more men would be there in a month. These men were suspicious of the deputies. Since Reno hated the taste of liquor, he asked for wine. Since Creighton had also fought in the Civil war, they discussed the battle at Gettysburg. It had been a hard war, but the opinion was expressed that it wasn't any safer at this location than in the war because of the Innocents. No one knew who they all were, but Bible was sure that Reno wasn't one of them. The noticed that Reno was cunning. As Reno was leaving, Haze Lyons insisted that he have a drink of liquor. Reno knew if he were going to survive in Virginia City, he had to meet this challenge. Lyons tried a ruse to catch Reno off guard, but Reno pulled away from the punch, causing Lyons to fall against Reno. Lyons kept going after Reno, & Reno decided to let him wear himself out, Old Blue Light's way. After Reno had knocked Lyons out, other men took up the fight, which Gallagher allowed, telling them to fight fair. Boone Helm promised to bust Reno to pieces. The fight lasted only a few seconds, unlike the fights that the miners were used to. Gallagher decided to put Reno under arrest for disturbing the peace! Jay Dillingham, Reno's old lieutenant, appeared, asking Jack what was going on, then overruled the arrest. Jay was glad to see Reno, and they went together to get caught up. ( )