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Jack Heaton, gold seeker

A. Frederick Collins · 1921 · Scanned text · Free in the US

48,854 words · about 3 h 25 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
A. Frederick Collins
Language
English
Published
1921
Length
48,854 words · about 3 h 25 min
Sections
4 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (4)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Contents under 1 min
  3. I about 1 min
  4. Chapter I about 3 h 24 min

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Front matter

JACK!

HEATON

GOLD SEEKER

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

I How THE Trouble Started .... 1

II Ho ! FOR THE Gold Country ! . . . .17

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LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS

‘His efforts at snowshoeing were laughable in the extreme’’ Frontispiece

FACING

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‘It was a team of dancers” 70

‘Black Pete did pull the trigger every chance he got” 76

‘ ‘I’ve conclooded they’ve got human brains just the same as you and me’ ” 136

‘ ‘These Indians cached the gold in a pile of stones’ ” 166

‘Bill drew his six-gun and emptied it into the head of the great beast” 186

‘ ‘ Gold ! Gold ! Nothing but gold ! ! ! ’ ” . . 214

‘The ungainly craft pitched and rolled about like a piece of cork” 232

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