Silver Horde, The by BEACH, Rex

The Silver Horde , is set in Kalvik, a fictionalized community in Bristol Bay, Alaska, and tells the story of a down on his luck gold miner who discovers a greater wealth in Alaskas run of salmon (silver horde) and decides to open a cannery. To accomplish this he must overcome the relentless opposition of the salmon trust, a fictionalized Alaska Packers Association, which undercuts his financing, sabotages his equipment, incites a longshoremens riot and bribes his fishermen to quit. The story line includes a love interest as the protagonist is forced to choose between his fiance, a spoiled bankers daughter, and an earnest roadhouse operator, a woman of questionable virtue. (Summary by Wikipedia)