The Money Well
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The Money Well is a Scrooge McDuck
comic book story written and drawn by Carl Barks
, originally published in Uncle Scrooge
#21 (March 1958).
are placing oil rigs on adjacent property intending to slant drill
and suck Scrooge's money to a remote location surreptitiously. Scrooge and his nephews use a secret escape tunnel built during the time of Fort Duckburg to take the money to the nearby riverbank where it can be loaded on barges and transported and injected into an artificial hill under a homestead that Scrooge had bought. However, due to his unwillingness to buy new glasses he misreads the survey map and accidentally puts the money on the land of Blackheart Beagle. The Beagle Boys discover this and become legal owners of Scrooge's money. After Scrooge buys a new pair of glasses he pretends to be the valet of The Beagle Boys until he finds out information on their grandfather. The Beagle Boys are wise to Scrooge's intentions however and they tie him up after Blackheart arrives. Blackheart confesses to his grandsons that he never owned the land and Scrooge seizes the opportunity to escape after pretending to shine The Beagle Boys shoes (and while doing so tying their shoe laces such that the shoes are tied together). After making his getaway Scrooge goes to the land office and files a claim on that land and gets his money back. Blackheart and the Beagle Boys try to beat him in filing the claim using the oil rig as transport but it hits overhead wires and they end up getting tickets for reckless driving.
Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge McDuck is a cartoon character created in 1947 by Carl Barks and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Scrooge is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a red or blue frock coat, top hat, pince-nez glasses, and spats...
comic book story written and drawn by Carl Barks
Carl Barks
Carl Barks was an American Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck , Gladstone Gander , the Beagle Boys , The Junior Woodchucks , Gyro Gearloose , Cornelius Coot , Flintheart Glomgold , John D...
, originally published in Uncle Scrooge
Uncle Scrooge
Uncle Scrooge is a comic book with the stingy Scrooge McDuck "the richest duck in the world" as the main character. The series also featured Donald Duck and his nephews as supporting characters. The first 70 issues mostly consisted of stories written and drawn by Carl Barks, the creator of Scrooge...
#21 (March 1958).
Storyline
Scrooge and his nephews are at his Money Bin where they find out that the Beagle BoysBeagle Boys
The Beagle Boys are a group of fictional characters from the Scrooge McDuck universe. Created by Carl Barks, they are a gang of criminals who constantly try to rob Scrooge McDuck. Their introduction and first appearance was in Terror of the Beagle Boys, in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #134,...
are placing oil rigs on adjacent property intending to slant drill
Directional drilling
Directional drilling is the practice of drilling non-vertical wells. It can be broken down into three main groups: Oilfield Directional Drilling, Utility Installation Directional Drilling Directional drilling (or slant drilling) is the practice of drilling non-vertical wells. It can be broken down...
and suck Scrooge's money to a remote location surreptitiously. Scrooge and his nephews use a secret escape tunnel built during the time of Fort Duckburg to take the money to the nearby riverbank where it can be loaded on barges and transported and injected into an artificial hill under a homestead that Scrooge had bought. However, due to his unwillingness to buy new glasses he misreads the survey map and accidentally puts the money on the land of Blackheart Beagle. The Beagle Boys discover this and become legal owners of Scrooge's money. After Scrooge buys a new pair of glasses he pretends to be the valet of The Beagle Boys until he finds out information on their grandfather. The Beagle Boys are wise to Scrooge's intentions however and they tie him up after Blackheart arrives. Blackheart confesses to his grandsons that he never owned the land and Scrooge seizes the opportunity to escape after pretending to shine The Beagle Boys shoes (and while doing so tying their shoe laces such that the shoes are tied together). After making his getaway Scrooge goes to the land office and files a claim on that land and gets his money back. Blackheart and the Beagle Boys try to beat him in filing the claim using the oil rig as transport but it hits overhead wires and they end up getting tickets for reckless driving.
External links
- The Money Well in Carl Barks guidebook