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John Galt immediately proposed an effective means of camouflage, and Midas hired Galt to provide it. This was a screen of heat rays and reflectors designed to project a false image of a rock-strewn valley five miles distant, plus a smaller version designed to camouflage the northern road. (Midas blocked the winding Million Dollar Road to the south.) Galt also built a powerhouse to provide electric power for these screens, and for Midas' house and any other house that a man might care to build in the valley. John Galt took great pains to keep his invention secret: even though he never expected that anyone would ever set foot in the valley who was not a part of his strike (an expectation that would prove moot later on), he kept his invention, and the power installation, locked down. He erected a blockhouse of [[granite]], about half the size of a railroad freight car, and installed a special [[sound]] [[lock]] in the one and only door. This door would open only when someone repeated, slowly and with an inflection that would indicate understanding and wholehearted belief, the Oath of the Strike that John Galt had written. He carved this oath on the transom over the front door. It read thus:{{cquote|I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.}}

John Galt immediately proposed an effective means of camouflage, and Midas hired Galt to provide it. This was a screen of heat rays and reflectors designed to project a false image of a rock-strewn valley five miles distant, plus a smaller version designed to camouflage the northern road. (Midas blocked the winding Million Dollar Road to the south.) Galt also built a powerhouse to provide electric power for these screens, and for Midas' house and any other house that a man might care to build in the valley. John Galt took great pains to keep his invention secret: even though he never expected that anyone would ever set foot in the valley who was not a part of his strike (an expectation that would prove moot later on), he kept his invention, and the power installation, locked down. He erected a blockhouse of [[granite]], about half the size of a railroad freight car, and installed a special [[sound]] [[lock]] in the one and only door. This door would open only when someone repeated, slowly and with an inflection that would indicate understanding and wholehearted belief, the Oath of the Strike that John Galt had written. He carved this oath on the transom over the front door. It read thus:{{cquote|I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.}}

In fact, in June of 2011, John Galt, Francisco d'Anconia, Ragnar Danneskjöld, Hugh Akston, William Hastings, and Richard Halley all built houses in the valley. They intended using those houses in annual visits every June. (William Hastings would use his house one more time, in 2012. He died shortly after he returned to his home on the outside.)

In fact, in June of 2011, John Galt, [[Francisco d'Anconia]], [[Ragnar Danneskjöld]], [[Hugh Akston]], [[William Hastings]], and [[Richard Halley]] all built houses in the valley. They intended using those houses in annual visits every June. (William Hastings would use his house one more time, in 2012. He died shortly after he returned to his home on the outside.)

Francisco d'Anconia prospected for [[copper]] in the mountains near the old Ouray Ice Park. He found it easily and drove the first excavation in 2011.

Francisco d'Anconia prospected for [[copper]] in the mountains near the old Ouray Ice Park. He found it easily and drove the first excavation in 2011.