The Wedge of Gold
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The Wedge of Gold is a novel by C. C. Goodwin. "The splendor of the world is due to mining and to the perfectness of man's ability to work the minerals which the mines supply. The fields of the world give men food; with food furnished, a few souls turn to the contemplation of higher things; but no grand civilization ever came to an agricultural people until their intellects were quickened by something beyond their usual occupation. How man first emerged from utter barbarism is a story that is lost, but when history first began to pick up the threads of events and to weave them into a record, t...
Chapters (70)
- THE WEDGE OF GOLD
- EDITOR DAILY TRIBUNE
- 1893
- TRIBUNE JOB PRINTING COMPANY SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
- CONTENTS
- THE WEDGE OF GOLD.
- CHAPTER I.
- THE MINERAL KINGDOM.
- CHAPTER II.
- INDICATIONS.
- CHAPTER III.
- MAKING MONEY AT $4 PER DAY.
- CHAPTER IV.
- SMILES AND TEARS.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE VOYAGE.
- CHAPTER VI.
- BONANZAS.
- CHAPTER VII.
- A DINNER PARTY.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- WAYS THAT ARE DARK.
- CHAPTER IX.
- HOW MINERS ARE CAUGHT.
- CHAPTER X.
- ENCHANTMENT.
- CHAPTER XI.
- GOING TO EPSOM DOWNS.
- CHAPTER XII.
- WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- TWO KINDS OF SORROW.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- TEARS AND ORANGE FLOWERS.
- CHAPTER XV.
- SINISTER SUCCESSES.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- A TRIP TO AFRICA.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- ON THEIR TRAVELS.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- THE SOUL IN THE CLAY.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- THE WEDGE OF GOLD.
- CHAPTER XX.
- THE OCCIDENT AND THE ORIENT MEET.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- SHIPPING A QUARTZ MILL.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- A LOST TRAIL DISCOVERED.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- BACK TO ENGLAND.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- DEALING IN MINING SHARES.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- A WEDGE OF GOLD INDEED.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- FEVER VISIONS.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- SELLING STOCK SHORT.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- CONVALESCENT.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- SPRINGING A TRAP.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- GRAND OPERA.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- MARRIAGE BELLS.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- FRUITION.
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