The stories in this collection were first published in Argosy magazine on the following dates:
Singing Sand, November 7, 1931
The Land of Painted Rocks, January 28, 1933
The Big Circle, September 2, 1933
Pay Dirt, April 25, 1931
The Land of Poison Springs, April 9, 1932
Stamp of the Desert, October 17,1931
Law of the Ghost Town, April 22, 1933
The Law of Drifting Sand, August 30, 1932
The Whip Hand, January 23, 1932