- [after Judd rescues Bat from a pair of claim jumpers, Bat relieves the crooks of their pistols]
- William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson: Thanks, Judd. Looks like you saved my life.
- Judd Elkins: You have nine lives, Bat. The main thing is we saved your claim.
- William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson: Well, if my claim doesn't prove out, I can always open a gunshop.
- William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson: You're lucky you didn't have to use that hearse for transportation goin' back.
- Vernon Ellwood: The silver vein from the main strike goes right through your property.
- Ann Elkins: I'll never count a cent of it without thinking of you.
- William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson: Thank you, Ann. That should keep you thinking of me for quite a while.
- Narrator: The mining area around Monument City, Nevada, where thousands answered the siren call of "Silver strike!" The new diggings and reworked tunnels were offering fortunes by the spadesful if you were lucky, sometimes only a grave if you were not. Returning to the revitalized ghost town to roll the dice with Lady Luck was Bat Masterson, the man who became a legend in his own time.