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A fun, quirky take on the old Gold Fever, and how many people have died in the process of trying to make those imagined millions...

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...They erected the sign, 'Gold Glory,' and the engravings were painted black over the white sign. So now, every time they passed it, they were reminded of the glory of the experience, and how it could all go to the worst at one second if they are not...

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...In The Gold Hunters we find 3 men in search of a treasure of gold hidden away in the upper reaches of the Canadian wilderness. One, a young white man, another his half breed friend, and the third the wise old Indian sage who commune...

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...The Gold Sickle; or, Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen. A Tale of Druid Gaul is the first part of Eugène Sue's The Mysteries of the People; or, History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages, in which he intended to produce a c...

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...Early in the summer of 1860, I had an attack of gold fever. In Chicago, the conditions for such a malady were all favorable. Since the panic of 1857 there had been three years of general depression, money was scarce, there was little activity in business, the outlook was d...

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... it carried me from the hovel of my home to the castle where I somehow had to make good on my father’s nonsensical boast that I could spin straw into gold. Had my father not soaked his brain in cheap ale to bolster his courage, he would have realized that, if his boast were true, our family would not live in a hovel and dress in rags. The king, who looked at me with watery...

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...Canadian journalist William Jarvis' gently fictionalized work recounts many of the countless fascinating tales of the Klondike Gold Rush in Canada's Yukon. (Introduction by Cathy Barratt)...

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...Conrad A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Arrow of Gold: A Story between Two Notes is a publication of the Pennsylvania State ... ...nt or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Arrow of Gold: A Story between Two Notes, the Pennsylvania State University, Electro... ...iversity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad FIRST NOTE THE PAGES WHICH ... ...ration of this adventure which took about twelve months to 4 The Arrow of Gold develop. In the form in which it is presented here it has been pruned ... ...e of the great power of mere individuality over the young. 6 The Arrow of Gold PART ONE CHAPTER I CERTAIN STREETS HAVE an atmosphere of their own, a ... ...stumes), but amongst them there was a girl in a black dress sewn over with gold half moons, very high in the neck and very short in the skirt. Most of... ...h of white teeth in his dark, lean face. The other man was 8 The Arrow of Gold very different; fair, with smooth, ruddy cheeks and burly shoul- ders.... ...lence. As to Mills, he was perfectly insular. There could 10 The Arrow of Gold be no doubt about him. They were both smiling faintly at me. The burly... ....” I became suddenly extremely delighted with my company. 12 The Arrow of Gold A man who “lived by his sword,” before my eyes, close at my elbow! So ...

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...rge skirt which doubled as nightwear, she camped under a tent made of blankets, had mutton, damper and tea most meals and on arrival lent her hand to gold washing. And seemed to enjoy it ! And amongst other things she tells of colonial life , transportation, emigration and other gold-fields. But you will need to listen to hear more about bush-rangers and orphans as well as...

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...In the Rocky Mountains near Coleman Alberta legend tells of a lost gold mine said to be haunted by murderous ghosts. Alberta Rose and her assistant Carl venture into the mountains daring the legends to show themselves....

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...ity of Ancient Science and Technology stood next to the map. Some of the books were hand written journals of people who had gone in search of Lemon’s Gold mine dating back a century and a quarter. She was most interested at that moment in finding the exact location of Frank Lemon and Blackjack’s final camp site where Lemon sank an axe into his partners scull. More importa...

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...amous scribes Muliammed Alhusaini and Shah Murad, and decorated with 30 beautiful Persian Drawings, finely executed in vivid colours, heightened with gold and silver, representing portraits of shahs, horses, elephants (including white), wild beasts, ceremonies, processions, sporting scenes, lady swinging, all mounted on cardboard, within exquisitely designed borders of wil...

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...on Not To By Now Night-Song On Judgement Day Mind Pass Fire Passing Alone Exchange OK I See At the End of the Night Transmute Bone, Ash, Gold Going Through Light Fate Love in the Mind Make. Do. With Truth The Whole Thing Return They Go Earth Write the Poem Temple Mind Real Phases Image No Self Work Eye Let Go After Orpheus You Ask When We...

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...Red Tempests Ash Woodlands Black Streams Orange Soils White Vines Purple Waves Gold Foliage Turquoise Roots Emerald Luminosities Sapphire Skies Crimson Fields Pink Honeycombs...

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... 76 23) The Unjust Judge 79 24) The Pharisee and Tax Collector 82 25) The Workers in the Vineyard 85 26) The Ten Gold Coins 88 27) The Two Sons 91 28) The Tenants 94 29) The Wedding Feast 97 30) The Ten Virgins 100 31) The Talents 103 The Miracles- Page 1) W...

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... a rather large topic, this novel limits its scope to deal with money, showing how legal tender paper currencies were cleverly instituted in 1862 and gold was 'confiscated' in 1933. For a thorough, non-fiction look at the same topic, please see Monetary Laws, Volumes I & II; by the same author....

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...es and embers long enough to ensure nothing useful remained, the demolition team drove noisily away in three small matt black trucks bearing the same gold logo of intertwined crosses as on the doors of the priest’s limo. Forty kilometres inland, two elderly men were attempting to relax on the wide verandah of a house nestled in a luxuriant garden that merged with dense...