CONTENTS

ChapterPage
IThe Miner's Reasons[11]
IIUnder the Tundra[22]
IIIThe Hidden Ledge[44]
IVA New Klondyke[81]
VEstella the Eskimo[106]
VIWhy Midas Failed[132]
VIIThe Old Stone House[172]
VIIIA Miner's Own Story[192]
IXEyllen's Water Witch[214]


ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Heart of Alaska in Winter[frontispiece]
A Huskie[21]
Dressed in his fresh miner's rig[25]
A welcome shelter[43]
The scene on shore was a repetition of that on the neighboring beach at Skagway[51]
A Messenger of cheer[80]
Panning out[105]
Upon his mother's back, beneath her parkie[115]
The little one clinging tightly to her hand she approached the door[121]
The pretty woman was a full-blooded Eskimo[138]
Poling up the river[171]
When Old Tillie was Young[181]
She scanned the horizon[216]
"Holy Mother Mary! I believe it's gold"[223]
Father Peter[229]
The Lord of the Northland[258]

The cover design is a picture of Cape Nome, Alaska.