Front matter
Reading edition
Wonders of Natural History
Jack Heaton, Gold Seeker
Jack Heaton, Wireless Operator
Jack Heaton, Oil Prospector
The Boys’ Airplane Book
The Boys’ Book of Submarines
Handicraft for Boys
Inventing for Boys
Farm and Garden Tractors
“HIS FIRST EFFORTS AT SNOWSHOEING WERE LAUGHABLE IN THE EXTREME.”
JACK HEATON
GOLD SEEKER
BY
A. FREDERICK COLLINS
Author of “Inventing for Boys,” “Handicraft for
Boys,” “Jack Heaton, Oil Prospector,” etc.
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY
MORGAN DENNIS
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1921, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
To
THE CORYS
WITH PLEASANT MEMORIES OF
ALASKAN NIGHTS
CONTENTS
IHow the Trouble Started
IIHo! for the Gold Country!
IIIOn the Edge of Things
IVWhen Bill and Black Pete Met
VOutfitting at Circle
VIMush, You Huskies, Mush
VIIIn Winter Quarters
VIIIOn the Arctic Circle
IXThe Land of the Yeehats
XOn the Trail of Gold
XIGold, Gold, Nothing but Gold
XIIBack to the Haunts of Men
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
“His efforts at snowshoeing were laughable in the extreme”
“It was a team of dancers”
“Black Pete did pull the trigger every chance he got”
“‘I’ve conclooded they’ve got human brains just the same as you and me’”
“‘These Indians cached the gold in a pile of stones’”
“Bill drew his six-gun and emptied it into the head of the great beast”
“‘Gold! Gold! Nothing but gold!!!’”
“The ungainly craft pitched and rolled about like a piece of cork”
JACK HEATON, GOLD SEEKER