Chapter I: Preface: I. the Landslide Mine

II. DAVE PORTER'S PAST

III. CAUGHT IN A STORM

IV. A QUESTION OF STOCKS

V. A TRAP FOR JOB HASKERS

VI. ANOTHER SURPRISE

VII. A GATHERING OF OAK HALL BOYS

VIII. FIRE AND FIRECRACKERS

IX. WHAT NAT POOLE HAD TO TELL

X. DAVE AT HOME

XI. OVERHEARD IN THE SUMMER-HOUSE

XII. ON THE WAY WEST

XIII. DAVE SEES SOMETHING

XIV. IN BUTTE

XV. AT ABE BLOWER'S HOME

XVI. ON TO BLACK CAT CAMP

XVII. ALONG THE MOUNTAIN TRAIL

XVIII. THE STOLEN HORSES

XIX. THE NEWSPAPER CLEW

XX. THE EXPOSURE

XXI. ON THE BACK TRAIL

XXII. DAVE AND THE MOUNTAIN LION

XXIII. IN THE MOUNTAIN CAVE

XXIV. SEARCHING FOR THE LANDSLIDE MINE

XXV. CAUGHT IN A STORM

XXVI. PROWLERS IN CAMP

XXVII. THE TWO PRISONERS

XXVIII. THE LOST LANDSLIDE MINE

XXIX. ANOTHER LANDSLIDE

XXX. THE NEW CLAIM--CONCLUSION

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"A NUGGET! A NUGGET OF GOLD!" CRIED DAVE.

AS DAVE LOOKED, HE SAW A CORNER OF A DISTANT FENCE FLY APART.

"QUICK, SOMEBODY HELP ME! STOP THAT HORSE FROM FALLING OVER THE CLIFF!"

"IF YOU LOCATE THAT MINE BEFORE WE DO, DON'T YOU DARE TO REMOVE ANY OF MY UNCLE'S LANDMARKS."