A MINING STORY
BY
ERNEST INGERSOLL
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright,
1890,
By DODD, MEAD & COMPANY.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.][THE “LAST CHANCE,”.][1]
[II.][THE FURNISHING OF A NEW HOME,.][11]
[III.][A DISCOURAGING EXPLORATION,.][19]
[IV.][MAX HAS AN IDEA,.][31]
[V.][OLD BOB TAKES A PARTNER,.][47]
[VI.][PROGRESS IN MINING,.][55]
[VII.][A DIME NOVEL HERO,.][63]
[VIII.][HOW LEN FOOLED THE PROFESSOR,.][79]
[IX.][SANDY MCKINNON’S EAVESDROPPING,.][91]
[X.][FACING THE NEW SITUATION,.][101]
[XI.][PREPARATIONS FOR WAR,.][111]
[XII.][THE ENEMY APPEARS,.][127]
[XIII.][A FLAG OF TRUCE,.][139]
[XIV.][SOME DANGEROUS TARGET PRACTICE,.][151]
[XV.][OLD BOB TAKES A THRASHING,.][167]
[XVI.][THE FIGHT AT THE FORD,.][177]
[XVII.][THE CAPITALIST EXAMINES THE MINE,.][193]
[XVIII.][SUCCESS ACHIEVED,.][209]

THE “LAST CHANCE.”

THE SILVER CAVES.

CHAPTER I.
THE “LAST CHANCE.”