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After that, discipline broke down completely. Older workers and newer workers would fight one another over trivial causes. And then, on the night of January 22, some worker, whose name is unrecorded, set fire to a building and declared that he did it "to avenge Hank Rearden."

After that, discipline broke down completely. Older workers and newer workers would fight one another over trivial causes. And then, on the night of January 22, some worker, whose name is unrecorded, set fire to a building and declared that he did it "to avenge Hank Rearden."

Rearden almost certainly heard about it, according to John Galt's strict code:

Rearden almost certainly heard about it, according to John Galt's strict code: {{cquote|No one stays in this valley by faking reality in any manner whatever.}}

{{cquote|No one stays in this valley by faking reality in any manner whatever.}}

But he didn't let it bother him. By then, he had far more important things to do. [[Steel]] was probably the most important commodity that Midas Mulligan had had to import from the outside, through his secret sources. Thanks to valuable insights he gained from the Galt Lectures, Rearden was in production within a month of his arrival in the Gulch. Now Rearden took the steel market away from Mulligan, probably to Mulligan's immense relief, by supplying Rearden Metal. The raw materials for that were readily available, given the richness of resources of the surrounding mountains.

But he wouldn't let it bother him. By then, he would have far more important things to do. [[Steel]] was probably the most important commodity that Midas Mulligan had had to import from the outside, through his secret sources. Rearden took that market away from Mulligan, probably to Mulligan's immense relief, by building his own furnace (or furnaces) and pouring Rearden Metal. The raw materials for that were readily available, given the richness of resources of the surrounding mountains. D'Anconia Copper Number One was, of course, the key supplier of [[copper]]. Rearden, being an impatient man, would have organized his and Francisco's workforces into a joint force to build a truck road from the valley to the copper mine. Both men knew that Francisco needed to transport his copper ore by rail, not on muleback or even by truck. But they would have to wait until Dagny Taggart finally made up her mind to quit and join them in the valley, for only she knew how to build a railroad along the ledges of the truck route at a non-prohibitive cost.

D'Anconia Copper Number One was, of course, the key supplier of [[copper]]. Rearden, being an impatient man, would have organized his and Francisco's workforces into a joint force to build a truck road from the valley to the copper mine. Both men knew that Francisco needed to transport his copper ore by rail, not on muleback or even by truck. But they would have to wait until Dagny Taggart finally made up her mind to quit and join them in the valley, for only she knew how to build a railroad along the ledges of the truck route at a non-prohibitive cost.

 

As to research, Rearden had planned to re-create his old laboratory. Instead he built a much larger laboratory that he intended to operate jointly with John Galt, each man pursuing his own line of scientific or engineering investigation.

== Rescue of John Galt ==

== Rescue of John Galt ==