LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[THEY RODE OVER IN FRONT OF THE CAVE.]
[THE BOYS PULLED THE TWO PIECES OF TREE OUT OF THE WAY.]
[EACH OF THE TAWNY BEASTS WAS STUNG BY A SCORE OF FIERCE INSECTS.]
[THE LANDSLIDE WAS ADVANCING NEARER AND NEARER.]

THE MOTOR BOYS ON THUNDER MOUNTAIN

[CHAPTER I]
GOLD MINE TALK

“What do you think of it, fellows?” asked Jerry Hopkins. The tall lad ruffled in his hand some sheets of paper covered with typewriting. He looked closely at his two chums.

“You mean Tinny Mallison’s gold mine proposition?” inquired Ned Slade, flicking a bit of dust from the trousers of his new suit.

“That’s what I mean,” replied Jerry. “He didn’t say anything else in his letter worth considering, did he?” and the tall lad again referred to the screed.

“Except about chicken,” put in the third member of the trio, a stout, good-natured looking lad with a beaming face.