Name: Dave Porter in the Gold Fields; Or, The Search for the Landslide Mine
Author: Edward Stratemeyer (Dave Porter #12)
ISBN: 978-1409967118

Dave Porter in the Gold Fields; Or, The Search for the Landslide Mine

By Edward Stratemeyer(Dave Porter #10) 19 Mar, 2020

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Roger, that sounds like a fairy tale-a real gold mine belonging to your mother lost through a landslide!" "So it does sound like a fairy tale, Dave; but it is absolutely true. The mine was owned by my uncle, Maurice Harrison, of Butte, Montana, and when he died he left it to my mother, who was his sister. On the day he died there was a big landslide in the mountains, where the mine was located, -and that was the end of the mine, as far as my folks were concerned." "You mean you couldn't find the mine after the landslide?" asked Dave Porter, with deep interest. "That's it," answered Roger Morr. "The opening to it was completely covered up, and so were the stakes, and several landmarks that showed where the mine was located." "But why didn't you tell of this before, Roger?" asked a third youth of the group seated on the lawn of Senator Morr's country estate. "Did it just happen?" "No, Phil, this happened last fall, about nine months ago. The reason I didn't mention it to you and Dave was because my folks wanted it kept quiet. From what my uncle said in his will, the mine must be very valuable, and my folks didn't want any outsiders to re-discover the mine and set up a claim to it. So they started a search on the quiet-hiring some old miners and prospectors they could trust. But the search has been in vain. Less

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