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قراءة كتاب The Iron Boys in the Mines; or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft
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The Iron Boys in the Mines; or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft
The Iron Boys in the Mines
OR
Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft
By
JAMES R. MEARS
Author of
The Iron Boys As Foremen,
The Iron Boys on the Ore Boats,
etc.
Illustrated
PHILADELPHIA
HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY
Copyright, 1912, by
Howard E. Altemus
CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page |
| I. Securing a Job Under Difficulties | 7 |
| II. Handling the Red Ore | 18 |
| III. Two Thousand Feet Under Ground | 32 |
| IV. Steve Shoots the Chutes | 42 |
| V. The "Missed Hole" | 49 |
| VI. In the Powder-Wrecked Drift | 61 |
| VII. "Is Anyone Alive in There?" | 70 |
| VIII. Bob Makes Good His Word | 79 |
| IX. Young Gladiators Meet | 89 |
| X. In a New Job | 97 |
| XI. Rush Makes a Discovery | 106 |
| XII. The Boys Expose a Plot | 115 |
| XIII. Straightening the Crooked Ones | 126 |
| XIV. Laying the Trap | 137 |
| XV. Borne Skyward on a Skip | 147 |
| XVI. What Was Found in the Shaft | 158 |
| XVII. Their First Promotion | 171 |
| XVIII. The Visit of the Officials | 182 |
| XIX. Facing a Great Peril | 193 |
| XX. Into a Black Gulf | 202 |
| XXI. The Search for the Missing Boy | 209 |
| XXII. When the Waters Closed Over Him | 215 |
| XXIII. A Thousand Feet of Ladders | 226 |
| XXIV. Conclusion | 242 |
The Iron Boys in the Mines
CHAPTER I
SECURING A JOB UNDER DIFFICULTIES
"IS Mr. Carrhart in?"
"Maybe he is, and maybe he isn't," answered the office boy, grinning sardonically. "Who are you?"
"My name is Stephen Rush and I wish to see Mr. Carrhart, the president of the mining company," answered the first speaker, a lad of some sixteen years, dark-haired, dark-eyed and slight of build.
"What do you want to see him about?"
"That is what I have come to tell him," replied young Rush, directing a level gaze at the boy, who was half a head taller and