Letter to his mother. He told his mother that he is worried that the banks will not reopen because they hold to much dead stock in mines that closed. He also touched on food, renting houses, and electricity in town.

Letter to his mother. The letter discussed unions, strikes, the possibility of troops coming in, whether specific companies wanted to work nonunion members or union, and oil dividends.

Letter to his father. The strike is done and the town is booming again. Rinker wrote a description about the geography of the region and the surrounding valleys, explaining rain and snow patterns.