CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[An Unexpected Disclosure]5
II.[The Story of the Aurora Mine]12
III.[Mr. Bright’s Resolve]19
IV.[An Accident]25
V.[Leaving Home]32
VI.[At the Steamship Office]39
VII.[A Conversation of Importance]45
VIII.[A Night in New York]52
IX.[On the Steamer]58
X.[The Storm off Cape Hatteras]65
XI.[Mr. Whyland]73
XII.[Arrival at Aspinwall]79
XIII.[Mr. Whyland’s Story]86
XIV.[In the Wilds of the Isthmus]94
XV.[An Adventure on the Isthmus]101
XVI.[A Change of Plan]108
XVII.[A Startling Cry]114
XVIII.[Oliver’s Heroism]120
XIX.[Gus has an Adventure]127
XX.[A Flying Glance]134
XXI.[An Unsuccessful Pursuit]141
XXII.[Felix Cottle]148
XXIII.[Off for the Mines]155
XXIV.[In the Mountains]162
XXV.[A Storm in the Mountains]169
XXVI.[The Aurora Mine at Last]175
XXVII.[An Interesting Conversation]182
XXVIII.[Colonel Mendix is astonished]188
XXIX.[In the Aurora Mine]195
XXX.[A Perilous Situation]202
XXXI.[Seeking Deliverance]208
XXXII.[A Valuable Find]213
XXXIII.[Brought to Book]221
XXXIV.[Conclusion]238

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FACING
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[Before the other could interfere, Oliver was on the rail and over the side] Frontispiece
[Yes, Oliver, alas! I am ruined]10
[The next instant his body disappeared over the edge!]160
[There is the Cortez mine, and just below it is the Aurora.]180

OLIVER BRIGHT’S SEARCH.

CHAPTER I.
AN UNEXPECTED DISCLOSURE.

“If you please, Master Oliver, your father wishes to see you at once,” said Donald, the man of all work, as he entered the summer-house where Oliver Bright sat poring over a volume of travels.

“What does he want of me?” asked the youth, as he reluctantly closed the book.