Project Gutenberg 2007-09-18 Public domain in the USA. 261 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio The Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson in California Produced by David Edwards, Marcia Brooks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) "The Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson in California" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the character Tom Nelson, a determined young man from a poor New England family who travels to California in search of gold during the gold rush. As Tom embarks on a challenging journey with a group of fellow miners, the narrative explores themes of perseverance, friendship, and the various personalities drawn to the prospect of quick wealth. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Tom, who is eager and hard-working, alongside a mix of miners with varying degrees of ambition and capability. The narrative begins with Tom and his companions engaged in the laborious task of gold panning along a California stream. Through interactions with his fellow miners—such as the seasoned yet pessimistic Lawrence Peabody and the sensible Captain Fletcher—we see contrasting attitudes toward mining and the laborious nature of their quest. The opening portion sets up the foundation for Tom's adventures and relationships, hinting at challenges and conflicts, including the negative influence of characters like Missouri Jack, the saloon owner. As Tom navigates these dynamics, readers can anticipate a tale of growth, hardship, and the pursuit of dreams amid the harsh realities of mining life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Fiction Miners -- Fiction California -- Gold discoveries -- Fiction California -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile fiction California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 307174 2025-06-09T13:08:48.238268 text/html 304910 2021-01-03T01:38:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 162820 2021-01-03T01:38:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 265367 2025-06-09T13:08:59.245236 application/epub+zip 267593 2025-06-09T13:08:52.574251 application/epub+zip 181978 2025-06-09T13:08:50.786286 application/epub+zip 475177 2025-06-09T13:09:03.808227 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 438149 2025-06-09T13:08:58.025254 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 347696 2022-09-10T14:35:32.798205 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267374 2025-06-09T13:08:47.027317 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 267163 2021-01-03T01:38:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 99327 2021-01-03T01:38:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 267154 2021-01-03T01:38:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 99306 2021-01-03T01:38:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22608 2025-06-09T13:09:03.986199 application/rdf+xml 15519 2025-06-09T13:08:51.489317 image/jpeg 3535 2025-06-09T13:08:51.175251 image/jpeg 242350 2025-06-09T13:08:48.289278 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 en.wikipedia