Project Gutenberg 2015-10-19 Public domain in the USA. 241 Leckie, Robert 1920 2001 Barlow, Roger Porter, Mark Black Treasure Sandy Steele Adventures #1 Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Black Treasure" by Roger Barlow is a children's adventure novel written in the mid-20th century. The story follows Sandy Steele and his friend Quiz Taylor, two high school students who have entered a science fair. Their invention—a geological analyzer—captures the attention of John Hall, an oil wildcat operator, leading to a summer job opportunity for the boys that involves learning about oil drilling in the Four Corners region, which includes their journey among Native American lands and cultures. The opening of the book sets the stage during the Regional Science Fair in Poplar City, California, where Sandy and Quiz feel disheartened after receiving only an honorable mention for their project, in contrast to the flashy exhibit of their rival, Pepper March. Their fortunes change when John Hall approaches them, intrigued by their work and eager to recruit them for an oil drilling operation. The narrative captures their initial excitement and trepidation as they accept the job, leading to encounters with various characters, including Native Americans and rival prospectors, setting off a summer filled with adventure and the challenges of navigating a complex adult world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Oil fields -- Juvenile fiction Four Corners Region -- Juvenile fiction Uranium -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels 281120 2025-09-20T07:09:48.221121 text/html 269479 2024-10-22T23:17:34 text/html 376406 2025-09-20T07:09:54.050070 application/epub+zip 386158 2025-09-20T07:09:50.112082 application/epub+zip 182075 2025-09-20T07:09:49.111090 application/epub+zip 480997 2025-09-20T07:09:56.955039 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453247 2025-09-20T07:09:53.329072 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 249464 2022-09-22T17:19:11.181728 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 249879 2025-09-20T07:09:47.574122 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 230154 2024-10-22T23:17:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16990 2025-09-20T07:09:57.085029 application/rdf+xml 27631 2025-09-20T07:09:49.204065 image/jpeg 4303 2025-09-20T07:09:49.158074 image/jpeg 351713 2025-09-20T07:09:48.249090 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