1894
“Beneath yon rocky peak that hides
In fleecy clouds its snow-flecked crest;
Beneath those crimson crags abides
The fairest queen of all the West.”
CONTENTS
[ PARTIAL LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. ]
[ CHAPTER II.—THE OLD MINER. ]
[ CHAPTER III.—THE BANNER FORCE. ]
[ CHAPTER IV—A SUPPER PARTY. ]
[ CHAPTER V.—AN ODD CHARACTER. ]
[ CHAPTER VI—THE TOWN BOOMER. ]
[ CHAPTER VII.—A VISIT TO WATERVILLE ]
[ CHAPTER IX.—THE STAGE DRIVER. ]
[ CHAPTER X.—PROPERTY HAS GONE UP. ]
[ CHAPTER XI.—OWNER OF THE PEACOCK MINE. ]
[ CHAPTER XII—TROUT FISHING. ]
[ CHAPTER XIII.—THE STAGE RIDE. ]
[ CHAPTER XIV.—THE TOWN COMPANY’S MEETING. ]
[ CHAPTER XV.—MISS VIRGINIA BONIFIELD. ]
[ CHAPTER XVI.—THE OLD COLONEL’S DISAPPOINTMENT. ]
[ CHAPTER XVII.—An AWAKENING. ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII.—VANCE RETURNS TO WATERVILLE. ]
[ CHAPTER XIX.—THE INDIGNATION MEETING ]
[ CHAPTER XX.—THE STAGE IS ROBBED. ]
[ CHAPTER XXI.—REACHING THE 400 FOOT LEVEL. ]
[ CHAPTER XXII.—STARTING THE BOOM. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII.—RUFUS GRIM S AMBITION. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIV.—THE GOLDEN MAUSOLEUM. ]
[ CHAPTER XXV.—CROSS-CUTTING IN THE MINE. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVI.—A STARTLING EDITORIAL. ]