Project Gutenberg 2005-10-12 Public domain in the USA. 269 Goodwin, C. C. (Charles Carroll) 1832 1917 Goodwin, Charles Carroll The Wedge of Gold Produced by Justin Gillbank, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Wedge of Gold" by C.C. Goodwin is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around two young miners, James Sedgwick and John Browning, who work in the Comstock lode in Nevada as they aspire to achieve wealth and success in the mining industry. Through their journey, themes of friendship, ambition, and the impact of mining on civilization are explored in depth. At the start of the novel, the narrative introduces the historical significance and grandeur of mining, positing that civilization is rooted in humanity's ability to harness mining's vast resources. The characters engage in lively conversations about their prospects as miners while discussing their financial strategies and dreams for the future. The dialogue reveals their camaraderie and hints at their backstories while they work in extreme conditions within the mines. As they express their hopes for future prosperity, the stage is set for their adventures and challenges ahead in pursuit of a better life beyond the mines. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Western stories Gold mines and mining -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 419917 2025-06-07T09:50:13.163372 text/html 420442 2020-12-12T17:51:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 157442 2020-12-12T17:51:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 226222 2025-06-07T09:50:20.959389 application/epub+zip 229857 2025-06-07T09:50:15.317426 application/epub+zip 229857 2025-06-07T09:50:14.002509 application/epub+zip 416957 2025-06-07T09:50:25.532358 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388916 2025-06-07T09:50:20.131414 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362515 2022-09-08T07:58:54.990482 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399938 2025-06-07T09:50:12.223431 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 399776 2020-12-12T17:51:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 154121 2020-12-12T17:51:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 399769 2020-12-12T17:51:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 154076 2020-12-12T17:51:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20031 2025-06-07T09:50:25.692337 application/rdf+xml 12076 2025-06-07T09:50:14.562386 image/jpeg 3230 2025-06-07T09:50:14.277367 image/jpeg 218797 2025-06-07T09:50:13.201399 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog