The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Cave of Gold, by Everett McNeil

Title: The Cave of Gold

A Tale of California in '49

Author: Everett McNeil

Release Date: December 17, 2006 [eBook #20126]

Language: English

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THE CAVE OF GOLD

A TALE OF CALIFORNIA IN '49

BY EVERETT McNEIL

AUTHOR OF "FIGHTING WITH FREMONT," "IN TEXAS WITH DAVY CROCKETT," "WITH KIT CARSON IN THE ROCKIES," ETC.

NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
681 Fifth Ave.

First Printing, January, 1911
Second Printing, August. 1919
Third Printing, June, 1926
Printed in the U.S.A.

TO THE DESCENDANTS YOUNG OR OLD OF THE HARDY FORTY-NINERS THIS STORY OF THE EXCITING DAYS OF THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA IS HOPEFULLY DEDICATED

"YOU LIE!" AND THE HARD FIST LANDED SQUARELY ON THE MAN'S CHIN.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. El Feroz
CHAPTER II. Death of the Miner
CHAPTER III. The Skin Map
CHAPTER IV. At the Conroyal Rancho
CHAPTER V. Off for the Gold-Mines
CHAPTER VI. The Sign of the Two Red Thumbs
CHAPTER VII. Caught in the Flood
CHAPTER VIII. Accused of Murder
CHAPTER IX. The Testimony of Bill Ugger
CHAPTER X. The Missing Button
CHAPTER XI. An Unexpected Witness
CHAPTER XII. Hammer Jones
CHAPTER XIII. Explanations
CHAPTER XIV. The Luck of Dickson
CHAPTER XV. Around the Supper Table
CHAPTER XVI. Unexpected Company
CHAPTER XVII. Pockface Again
CHAPTER XVIII. Story of the Great Discovery
CHAPTER XIX. Some Exciting Moments
CHAPTER XX. Robbed
CHAPTER XXI. Pedro
CHAPTER XXII. The Mystery of the Tent
CHAPTER XXIII. On the Shore of Goose Neck Lake
CHAPTER XXIV. In Lot's Canyon
CHAPTER XXV. The Cave of Gold
CHAPTER XXVI. The