The Young Miner

At sixteen, Tom Nelson has washed twenty-five dollars’ worth of gold from a California stream. The Boston gentleman beside him has managed five—and says the work isn’t fit for a gentleman.

In the early days of the gold rush, Tom has crossed the plains to River Bend, where a handful of miners scratch a living from the streambed and dream of striking it rich. A poor New England farmer’s son, he knows that fortune will take more than daydreams: he works steadily, hoping to carry home enough to make his father comfortable. But the camp is changing, and Missouri Jack’s saloon brings new trouble to men who won’t spend their gold on drink. Can Tom hold to his purpose amid hard labor, high hopes and rough company?

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