Chapter I: Front Matter

JACK HEATON, GOLD SEEKER

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

Wonders of Natural History
Jack Heaton, Gold Seeker
Jack Heaton, Wireless Operator
Jack Heaton, Oil Prospector
The Boys’ Airplane Book
The Boys’ Book of Submarines
Handicraft for Boys
Inventing for Boys
Farm and Garden Tractors

JACK HEATON
GOLD SEEKER

BY
A. FREDERICK COLLINS

Author of “Inventing for Boys,” “Handicraft for
Boys,” “Jack Heaton, Oil Prospector,” etc.

WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY
MORGAN DENNIS

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1921, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company

All Rights Reserved

Printed in the United States of America

To
THE CORYS
WITH PLEASANT MEMORIES OF
ALASKAN NIGHTS

CONTENTS

I How the Trouble Started
II Ho! for the Gold Country!
III On the Edge of Things
IV When Bill and Black Pete Met
V Outfitting at Circle
VI Mush, You Huskies, Mush
VII In Winter Quarters
VIII On the Arctic Circle
IX The Land of the Yeehats
X On the Trail of Gold
XI Gold, Gold, Nothing but Gold
XII Back to the Haunts of Men

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“His efforts at snowshoeing were laughable in the extreme”

“It was a team of dancers”

“Black Pete did pull the trigger every chance he got”

“‘I’ve conclooded they’ve got human brains just the same
as you and me’”

“‘These Indians _cached_ the gold in a pile of stones’”

“Bill drew his six-gun and emptied it into the head of
the great beast”

“‘Gold! Gold! Nothing but gold!!!’”

“The ungainly craft pitched and rolled about like a
piece of cork”

JACK HEATON, GOLD SEEKER