Project Gutenberg 2016-06-30 Public domain in the USA. 172 Emerson, Willis George 1856 1918 Emerson, Willis G. (Willis George) My "Pardner" and I (Gray Rocks): A Story of the Middle-West My "Pardner" and I (Gray Rocks): A Story of the Mines Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive "My 'Pardner' and I (Gray Rocks): A Story of the Middle-West" by Willis George Emerson is a fictional novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Vance Gilder, a young journalist from New York City, who discovers that he is the partial owner of a gold mine named Gray Rocks in Idaho, a property once owned by his late father. The narrative explores themes of ambition, the pursuit of wealth, and the contrasts between urban and rugged frontier life. The opening of the story introduces Vance Gilder, who is established as a cultured and ambitious individual with dreams of becoming a great journalist. He is presented with a letter from Louise Bonifield, whose father, Ben Bonifield, owns the Gray Rocks mine. In a charming encounter at his Manhattan apartment, Vance learns of his father’s legacy, which sparks curiosity about the mine's potential and his connection to the Bonfield family. As the story unfolds, the reader is invited into Vance’s world, where his aspirations clash with the realities of mining life and the complexities of relationships formed in the rugged West. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Miners -- Fiction Gold mines and mining -- Fiction Prospecting -- Fiction Idaho -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: American Literature 477280 2025-06-21T05:38:56.761419 text/html 478614 2024-10-23T00:48:02 text/html 10003747 2025-06-21T05:39:14.728307 application/epub+zip 9964129 2025-06-21T05:39:00.181532 application/epub+zip 266447 2025-06-21T05:38:57.932374 application/epub+zip 10059697 2025-06-21T05:39:24.991230 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 9972759 2025-06-21T05:39:09.475383 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355693 2022-09-23T22:06:44.977851 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367318 2025-06-21T05:38:55.161357 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 347360 2024-10-23T00:48:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17256 2025-06-21T05:39:25.283208 application/rdf+xml 20495 2025-06-21T05:38:58.132343 image/jpeg 3265 2025-06-21T05:38:58.020372 image/jpeg 16369116 2025-06-21T05:38:57.163367 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