Position
CHAPTER XV.
A Gentile Den–Polygamy Discussed–Favorite Wife and D. 4–Hennery for
Retired Wives–Children Need Marking–Cost of a Gift to No. 6–A Penny-
whistle Gift and its Effects–Fathering the Foundlings–It Resembled Him
–The Family Bedstead
CHAPTER XVI
The Mormon Bible–Proofs of its Divinity–Plagiarism of its Authors–
Story of Nephi–Wonderful Battle–Kilkenny Cats Outdone
CHAPTER XVII.
Three Sides to all Questions–Everything “A Quarter”–Shriveled Up–
Emigrants and White Shirts at a Discount–“Forty-Niners”–Above Par–Real
Happiness
CHAPTER XVIII.
Alkali Desert–Romance of Crossing Dispelled–Alkali Dust–Effect on the
Mules–Universal Thanksgiving
CHAPTER XIX.
The Digger Indians Compared with the Bushmen of Africa–Food, Life and
Characteristics–Cowardly Attack on a Stage Coach–A Brave Driver–The
Noble Red Man
CHAPTER XX.
The Great American Desert–Forty Miles on Bones–Lakes Without Outlets–
Greely’s Remarkable Ride–Hank Monk, the Renowned Driver–Fatal Effects
of “Corking” a Story–Bald-Headed Anecdote
CHAPTER XXI.
Alkali Dust–Desolation and Contemplation–Carson City–Our Journey
Ended–We are Introduced to Several Citizens–A Strange Rebuke–A Washoe
Zephyr at Play–Its Office Hours–Governor’s Palace–Government Offices–
Our French Landlady Bridget O’Flannigan–Shadow Secrets–Cause for a
Disturbance at Once–The Irish Brigade–Mrs. O’Flannigan’s Boarders–The
Surveying Expedition–Escape of the Tarantulas
CHAPTER XXII.
The Son of a Nabob–Start for Lake Tahoe–Splendor of the Views–Trip on
the Lake–Camping Out–Reinvigorating Climate–Clearing a Tract of Land–
Securing a Title–Outhouse and Fences
CHAPTER XXIII.
A Happy Life–Lake Tahoe and its Moods–Transparency of the Waters–A
Catastrophe–Fire! Fire!–A Magnificent Spectacle–Homeless Again–We
take to the Lake–A Storm–Return to Carson
CHAPTER XXIV.
Resolve to Buy a Horse–Horsemanship in Carson–A Temptation–Advice
Given Me Freely–I Buy the Mexican Plug–My First Ride–A Good Bucker–I
Loan the Plug–Experience of Borrowers–Attempts to Sell–Expense of the
Experiment–A Stranger Taken In
CHAPTER XXV.
The Mormons in Nevada–How to Persuade a Loan from Them–Early History of
the Territory–Silver Mines Discovered–The New Territorial Government–A
Foreign One and a Poor One–Its Funny Struggles for Existence–No Credit,
no Cash–Old Abe Currey Sustains it and its Officers–Instructions and
Vouchers–An Indian’s Endorsement–Toll-Gates
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Silver Fever–State of the Market–Silver Bricks–Tales Told–Off for
the Humboldt Mines
CHAPTER XXVII.
Our manner of going–Incidents of the Trip–A Warm but Too Familiar a
Bedfellow–Mr. Ballou Objects–Sunshine amid Clouds–Safely Arrived
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Arrive at the Mountains–Building Our Cabin–My First Prospecting Tour–
My First Gold Mine–Pockets Filled With Treasures–Filtering the News to
My Companions–The Bubble Pricked–All Not Gold That Glitters
CHAPTER XXIX.
Out Prospecting–A Silver Mine At Last–Making a Fortune With Sledge and
Drill–A Hard Road to Travel–We Own in Claims–A Rocky Country
CHAPTER XXX.
Disinterested Friends–How “Feet” Were Sold–We Quit Tunnelling–A Trip
to Esmeralda–My Companions–An Indian Prophesy–A Flood–Our Quarters
During It
CHAPTER XXXI.
The Guests at “Honey Lake Smith’s”–“Bully Old Arkansas”–“Our Landlord”-
-Determined to Fight–The Landlord’s Wife–The Bully Conquered by Her–
Another Start–Crossing the Carson–A Narrow Escape–Following Our Own
Track–A New Guide–Lost in the Snow
CHAPTER XXXII.
Desperate Situation–Attempts to Make a Fire–Our Horses leave us–We
Find Matches–One, Two, Three and the Last–No Fire–Death Seems
Inevitable–We Mourn Over Our Evil Lives–Discarded Vices–We Forgive
Each Other–An Affectionate Farewell–The Sleep of Oblivion
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Return of Consciousness–Ridiculous Developments–A Station House–Bitter
Feelings–Fruits of Repentance–Resurrected Vices
CHAPTER XXXIV.
About Carson–General Buncombe–Hyde vs. Morgan–How Hyde Lost His Ranch-
-The Great Landslide Case–The Trial–General Buncombe in Court–A
Wonderful Decision–A Serious Afterthought
CHAPTER XXXV.
A New Travelling Companion–All Full and No Accommodations–How Captain
Nye found Room–and Caused Our Leaving to be Lamented–The Uses of
Tunnelling–A Notable Example–We Go into the “Claim” Business and Fail–
At the Bottom
CHAPTER XXXVI.
A Quartz Mill–Amalgamation–“Screening Tailings”–First Quartz Mill in
Nevada–Fire Assay–A Smart Assayer–I stake for an advance
CHAPTER XXXVII.
The Whiteman Cement Mine–Story of its Discovery–A Secret Expedition–A
Nocturnal Adventure–A Distressing Position–A Failure and a Week’s
Holiday
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Mono Lake–Shampooing Made Easy–Thoughtless Act of Our Dog and the
Results–Lye Water–Curiosities of the Lake–Free Hotel–Some Funny
Incidents a Little Overdrawn
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Visit to the Islands in Lake Mono–Ashes and Desolation–Life Amid Death
Our Boat Adrift–A Jump For Life–A Storm On the Lake–A Mass of Soap
Suds–Geological Curiosities–A Week On the Sierras–A Narrow Escape From
a Funny Explosion–“Stove Heap Gone”
CHAPTER XL.
The “Wide West” Mine–It is “Interviewed” by Higbie–A Blind Lead–Worth
a Million–We are Rich At Last–Plans for the Future
CHAPTER XLI.
A Rheumatic Patient–Day Dreams–An Unfortunate Stumble–I Leave
Suddenly–Another Patient–Higbie in the Cabin–Our Balloon Bursted–
Worth Nothing–Regrets and Explanations–Our Third Partner
CHAPTER XLII.
What to do Next?–Obstacles I Had Met With–“Jack of All Trades”–Mining