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Title: Klondike Nuggets
and How Two Boys Secured Them

Author: E. S. Ellis

Illustrator: Orson Lowell

Release Date: June 1, 2007 [EBook #21652]

Language: English

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KLONDIKE NUGGETS

AND

HOW TWO BOYS SECURED THEM

By

E. S. ELLIS

AUTHOR OF "Deerfoot Series," "Boy-Pioneer Series," etc.

24 ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER
ORSON LOWELL

DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE CO.
NEW YORK
1898

Copyright, 1898, by
Doubleday & McClure Co.

CONTENTS

Page

THE GOLD-HUNTERS 3

AT JUNEAU 13

UP THE LYNN CANAL 37

THE AVALANCHE 47

THROUGH CHILKOOT PASS 58

A SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERY 71

THE PLOTTERS 80

ON LAKE BENNET 90

INTO BRITISH TERRITORY 100

AT WHITE HORSE RAPIDS 111

ON THE YUKON 120

AT DAWSON CITY 131

ON THE EDGE OF THE GOLD-FIELDS 141

PROSPECTING 151

A FIND 159

THE CLAIM 169

A GOLDEN HARVEST 180

A STARTLING DIS