There is, of course, an aspect of truth in Monygham's diversion. We recall that
Charles Gould put on something of a front for Holroyd to secure the backing for
his project .
Gould does see the silver --and not just that lot -- as belonging fundamentally
to himself, not in Sotillo's sense of monetary greed but as something belonging
exclusively to his dream-ideal. He is willing to blow up the mine to prevent anyone
else from taking it.