Francis Rolt-Wheeler

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I UNDERGROUND TERRORS

CHAPTER II ENTOMBED ALIVE

CHAPTER III THE DANGERS OF RESCUE

CHAPTER IV EIGHT DAYS OF DARK

CHAPTER V THE LURE OF GOLD

CHAPTER VI NUGGETS!

CHAPTER VII THE FORTY-NINERS

CHAPTER VIII THE GREAT BONANZA

CHAPTER IX WHERE TREASURE HIDES

CHAPTER X THE ROARING NORTH

CHAPTER XI THE LONELY ISLAND

CHAPTER XII A SIBERIAN FILIBUSTER

Not Demons, but Saviors.

Mine rescue crew, equipped with oxygen-breathing apparatus, exploring mine after a disaster.

Courtesy of U. S. Bureau of Mines.

U. S. SERVICE SERIES.

THE BOY WITH
THE U. S. MINERS

BY
FRANCIS ROLT-WHEELER

With Thirty-six Illustrations

BOSTON
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

Copyright, 1922,
By Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.

All Rights Reserved

The Boy With the U. S. Miners

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