Chapter I: Front Matter

THE MINE WITH THE IRON DOOR BOOKS BY HAROLD BELL WRIGHT

THAT PRINTER OF UDELL’S
THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS
THE CALLING OF DAN MATTHEWS
THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH
THEIR YESTERDAYS
THE EYES OF THE WORLD
WHEN A MAN’S A MAN
THE RE-CREATION OF BRIAN KENT
THE UNCROWNED KING
HELEN OF THE OLD HOUSE
THE MINE WITH THE IRON DOOR

D. APPLETON & COMPANY
New York London

THE MINE
WITH THE IRON DOOR

A ROMANCE

BY
HAROLD BELL WRIGHT

AUTHOR OF “HELEN OF THE OLD HOUSE,” “THE
SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS,” “THE WINNING
OF BARBARA WORTH,” ETC.

THE RYERSON PRESS
TORONTO
1923

COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO
MY FRIENDS
IN THE OLD PUEBLO
TUCSON

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE CAÑON OF GOLD 1

II. AT THE ORACLE STORE 7

III. THE PARDNERS’ GIRL 13

IV. SAINT JIMMY 25

V. THE PROSPECTOR’S STORY 34

VI. NIGHT 45

VII. THE STRANGER’S QUEST 50

VIII. THE NEW NEIGHBOR 58

IX. “GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT” 80

X. SUMMER 90

XI. THE LIZARD 103

XII. GHOSTS 108

XIII. THE AWAKENING 120

XIV. THE STORM 132

XV. MARTA’S FLIGHT 149

XVI. NATACHEE 156

XVII. THE SHERIFF’S VISIT 172

XVIII. AN INDIAN’S ADVICE 185

XIX. ON EQUAL TERMS 191

XX. THE ONLY CHANCE 196

XXI. THE WAY OF A RED MAN 208

XXII. THE LOST MINE 217

XXIII. SONORA JACK 225

XXIV. THE WAY OF A WHITE MAN 235

XXV. THE WAYS OF GOD 247

XXVI. TRAGEDY 256

XXVII. ON THE TRAIL 263

XXVIII. THE OUTLAWS 276

XXIX. THE RESCUE 291

XXX. PARDNERS STILL 305

XXXI. THE MEXICAN’S CONFESSION 312

XXXII. REVELATION 320

XXXIII. GOLD 324

XXXIV. MORNING 330

XXXV. FREEDOM 337

THE MINE WITH THE IRON DOOR