Bill Chadwick says, "the men who moil for gold". Had to look moil up. I thought maybe he said toil. Moil is a term, meaning “to become wet and muddy from work.” It comes from the Latin word mollis, meaning “soft,” which is also the source of the word mollify.
At least try asking Fairbanks? What's damage to a runway compared to the lives of two men? If they say no, tell 'em you'll take your dynamite elsewhere!