[Illustration: THE PACIFIC SERIES.]

THE

YOUNG MINER;

OR,

TOM NELSON IN CALIFORNIA.

BY

HORATIO ALGER, JR.,

AUTHOR OF "RAGGED DICK," "TATTERED TOM," "LUCK AND PLUCK," "BRAVE AND BOLD" SERIES, ETC., ETC.

PHILADELPHIA:

HENRY T. COATES & CO.

FAMOUS ALGER BOOKS.

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=RAGGED DICK SERIES=. By HORATIO ALGER, JR. 6 vols. 12mo. Cloth.

RAGGED DICK. FAME AND FORTUNE. MARK THE MATCH BOY. ROUGH AND READY. BEN THE LUGGAGE BOY. RUFUS AND ROSE.

=TATTERED TOM SERIES=. By HORATIO ALGER, JR. 4 vols. 12mo. Cloth. FIRST SERIES.

TATTERED TOM. PAUL THE PEDDLER. PHIL THE FIDDLER. SLOW AND SURE.

=TATTERED TOM SERIES=. 4 vols. 12mo. Cloth. SECOND SERIES.

JULIUS. THE YOUNG OUTLAW. SAM'S CHANCE. THE TELEGRAPH BOY.

=CAMPAIGN SERIES=. By HORATIO ALGER, JR. 3 vols.

FRANK'S CAMPAIGN. PAUL PRESCOTT'S CHARGE. CHARLIE CODMAN'S CRUISE.

=LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES=. By HORATIO ALGER, JR. 4 vols. 12mos. Cloth. FIRST SERIES.

LUCK AND PLUCK. SINK OR SWIM. STRONG AND STEADY. STRIVE AND SUCCEED.

=LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES=. 4 vols. 12mo. Cloth. SECOND SERIES.

TRY AND TRUST. BOUND TO RISE. RISEN FROM THE RANKS. HERBERT CARTER'S LEGACY.

=BRAVE AND BOLD SERIES=. By HORATIO ALGER, JR. 4 vols. 12mo. Cloth.

BRAVE AND BOLD. JACK'S WARD. SHIFTING FOR HIMSELF. WAIT AND HOPE.

=PACIFIC SERIES=. By HORATIO ALGER, JR. 4 vols. 12mo.

THE YOUNG ADVENTURER. THE YOUNG MINER. THE YOUNG EXPLORERS. BEN'S NUGGET.

=ATLANTIC SERIES=. By HORATIO ALGER, JR. 4 vols.

THE YOUNG CIRCUS RIDER. DO AND DARE. HECTOR'S INHERITANCE. HELPING HIMSELF.

=WAY TO SUCCESS SERIES=. By HORATIO ALGER, JR. 4 vols. 12mo. Cloth.

BOB BURTON. THE STORE BOY. LUKE WALTON. STRUGGLING UPWARD.

=NEW WORLD SERIES=. By HORATIO ALGER, JR. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth.

DIGGING FOR GOLD. FACING THE WORLD. IN A NEW WORLD.

=_Other Volumes in Preparation._=

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Table of contents (by pages)

• 1: The Young Miner by Horatio Alger
• 2: Were busily engaged in gathering and washing dirt
• 3: This was occupied by Captain Fletcher and his family
• 4: He might become fairly stylish
• 5: Exclaimed Missouri Jack in deep disgust
• 6: You'd better leave them Methodist fellers
• 7: Peabody accepted the invitation
• 8: I hear you are going to San Francisco
• 9: I must have misjudged Ferguson
• 10: Graduates of prisons and penitentiaries
• 11: The previous evening he spent with Tom and Ferguson
• 12: Crane evidently was on a thief's errand
• 13: A young cub like you can't frighten me
• 14: I should like to see him punished
• 15: Bill Crane was cunning as well as malignant
• 16: William Crane took his departure
• 17: But Crane did not mean to proceed in this fashion
• 18: This was what Bill Crane had been waiting for
• 19: Bill Crane jumped from his horse
• 20: Regular breathing of the sleeper
• 21: His course led him by the camp of the Chinamen
• 22: Too many Chinamen too little washee
• 23: Bill Crane was decidedly unhappy
• 24: The two Chinamen readily told him
• 25: The two Chinamen exchanged glances
• 26: Shaded by gigantic redwood tress
• 27: Brown was heard bustling about inside
• 28: It's kinder lonesome cookin' for yourself
• 29: Notwithstanding her suit had been rejected
• 30: Bill Crane was in rather a melancholy mood
• 31: The widow Brown seemed wonderfully attractive in his eyes
• 32: In this way he gained the ill will of the saloon keeper
• 33: One evening Tom met the saloon keeper when out walking
• 34: Squire Hudson could afford to wait
• 35: Tom and Ferguson should leave River Bend
• 36: While Tom and Ferguson were at work
• 37: Peabody looked appealingly towards Ferguson
• 38: Lawrence Peabody looked frightened
• 39: But Ebenezer Onthank was a typical New Englander
• 40: I've been in California six months
• 41: Ebenezer Onthank was an early riser
• 42: Ebenezer Onthank was no coward
• 43: Ebenezer looked about him despairingly
• 44: The grizzly accepted the challenge
• 45: Onthank back with me if I see him anywhere
• 46: Tom stood silent and perplexed
• 47: Onthank was not in general an unreasonable man
• 48: Steadily brought the vaquero and his steed nearer
• 49: Ebenezer Onthank needed no second invitation
• 50: Such nuggets are as rare as large prizes in a lottery
• 51: Sinclair is fortunate in having a rich father
• 52: Nelson did not smile at this sally
• 53: Squire Hudson saw that he was cornered
• 54: He felt indignant with Squire Hudson for his cruel exaction
• 55: One afternoon he and his companions arrived at Sacramento
• 56: The landlord shrugged his shoulders
• 57: Ferguson would cheat me out of my fair share
• 58: I shouldn't mind having one of those pineapples
• 59: Guess how much money I have with me
• 60: Schinkelwitz is a very common name
• 61: Then I will levy on the grocery
• 62: He might think I had acted foolishly
• 63: The young man regarded Ferguson with some surprise
• 64: I should not thing of despairing
• 65: Ferguson was evidently well pleased with this response
• 66: He was grateful and attached to Ferguson
• 67: Though I was satisfied with River Bend
• 68: Can you guide us to a good restaurant
• 69: Is the mortgage for any specified term of years
• 70: She said to the village expressman
• 71: Now we can have Whiteface back
• 72: Whiteface is a sort of pet at home
• 73: The squire is getting benevolent
• 74: I thought Mark Nelson was a man of more sense
• 75: We know that the Sierra Nevada has been upheaved
• 76: What we chiefly care about is results
• 77: Has anything happened to Russell
• 78: Tom went at once to see John Miles
• 79: I understand that Squire Hudson has a connection
• 80: And transacted my business with Squire Hudson
• 81: I wish Squire Hudson had to live there himself
• 82: Squire Hudson cared little for the opinion of his neighbors
• 83: The auctioneer naturally turning towards the squire
• 84: Your mortgage shall be paid whenever you desire