The Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson in California
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Alger Horatio Jr.. The Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson in California
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. THE GOLD-SEEKERS
CHAPTER II. MISSOURI JACK
CHAPTER III. HOW TOM GOT ON
CHAPTER IV. A FOILED ROBBER
CHAPTER V. MILES SETS OUT ON HIS JOURNEY
CHAPTER VI. ROBBED IN HIS SLEEP
CHAPTER VII. THE HEATHEN CHINEE
CHAPTER VIII. BILL CRANE'S DISAGREEABLE DISCOVERY
CHAPTER IX. CLEANED OUT
CHAPTER X. A CALIFORNIA WIDOW
CHAPTER XI. BILL CRANE'S GOOD LUCK
CHAPTER XII. TOM RECEIVES NEWS FROM HOME
CHAPTER XIII. A SPECULATIVE INVESTMENT
CHAPTER XIV. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER XV. A GRIZZLY BEAR
CHAPTER XVI. UP A TREE
CHAPTER XVII. AN EXCITING PURSUIT
CHAPTER XVIII. TOM'S OLD HOME
CHAPTER XIX. A MODERN SHYLOCK
CHAPTER XX. AT SACRAMENTO
CHAPTER XXI. TOM BUYS A BUSINESS
CHAPTER XXII. A GAMBLING-HOUSE
CHAPTER XXIII. A NEW SCHEME
CHAPTER XXIV. PREPARING FOR A NEW START
CHAPTER XXV. WHITEFACE
CHAPTER XXVI. SQUIRE HUDSON'S DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER XXVII. THE NEW DIGGINGS
CHAPTER XXVIII. A RICH DEPOSIT
CHAPTER XXIX. BAD NEWS FROM HOME
CHAPTER XXX. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE AUCTION
CHAPTER XXXI. BIDDING FOR THE FARM
CHAPTER XXXII. MANHOOD
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A dozen men, provided with rockers, were busily engaged in gathering and washing dirt, mingled with gold-dust, on the banks of a small stream in California. It was in the early days, and this party was but one of hundreds who were scattered over the new Eldorado, seeking for the shining metal which throughout the civilized world exercises a sway potent and irresistible.
I have said there were a dozen men, but this is a mistake. One of the party was a well-grown boy of sixteen, with a good-humored and even handsome face. He was something more than good-humored, however. There was an expression on his face which spoke of strength and resolution and patient endurance. The readers of "The Young Adventurer" will at once recognize in our young hero Tom Nelson, the oldest son of a poor New England farmer, who, finding no prospects at home, had joined the tide of emigrants pouring from all parts of the country to the land of which so many marvelous stories were told. Tom had come to work; and though he doubtless shared to some extent the extravagant anticipations of the great body of Eastern visitors who hoped to make a fortune in a year, he did not expect to succeed without hard toil.
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