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The following wintertime was the first time since the founding of [[Galt's Gulch]] that all its leaseholders were in residence at any time other than the month of June. In the springtime, John Galt announced that "the road [was] cleared" and that the strike was effectively settled—by default.

The following wintertime was the first time since the founding of [[Galt's Gulch]] that all its leaseholders were in residence at any time other than the month of June. In the springtime, John Galt announced that "the road [was] cleared" and that the strike was effectively settled—by default.

One may infer that Midas Mulligan re-established offices of the Mulligan Bank in Chicago and in other cities, as local [[militia]]s, not answering to the abusive federal government under the [[Mr. Thompson|Thompson]] administration, restored law and order. One may also infer that Midas Mulligan never revealed the location of the valley, nor allowed any of his leaseholders to reveal it, in case they might need to retreat to it again. Midas would have no shortage of money-making opportunities. John Galt would establish a company to build [[locomotive]]s and other products using his electrostatic motor; Dagny Taggart would start to rebuild the old [[Taggart Transcontinental Railroad]]; Henry Rearden would re-establish Rearden Steel; [[Ellis Wyatt]] would put out the fires, known as "Wyatt's Torch," on his [[oil]] [[shale]] fields and resume the production of oil from those fields; and [[Francisco d'Anconia]] would rebuild D'Anconia Copper SA, perhaps now known as D'Anconia Copper, Incorporated. In general, with the collapse of the "looters' system," the erstwhile strikers could now rebuild an economy in an environment in which they could operate their businesses as they saw fit and keep and use the fruits of their own labors.

One may infer, from a description given of investment plans that he was making on the night that Galt would pronounce the strike over, that Midas Mulligan re-established offices of the Mulligan Bank in Chicago and in other cities, as local [[militia]]s, not answering to the abusive federal government under the [[Mr. Thompson|Thompson]] administration, restored law and order. One may also infer that Midas Mulligan never revealed the location of the valley, nor allowed any of his leaseholders to reveal it, in case they might need to retreat to it again. Midas would have no shortage of money-making opportunities. John Galt would establish a company to build [[locomotive]]s and other products using his electrostatic motor; Dagny Taggart would start to rebuild the old [[Taggart Transcontinental Railroad]]; Henry Rearden would re-establish Rearden Steel; [[Ellis Wyatt]] would put out the fires, known as "Wyatt's Torch," on his [[oil]] [[shale]] fields and resume the production of oil from those fields; and [[Francisco d'Anconia]] would rebuild D'Anconia Copper SA, perhaps now known as D'Anconia Copper, Incorporated. In general, with the collapse of the "looters' system," the erstwhile strikers could now rebuild an economy in an environment in which they could operate their businesses as they saw fit and keep and use the fruits of their own labors.

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