Language: English
Published in: 1877
Categorie(s): Fiction, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction
Word count: 39,525 words (≈ about 3 hours)
Source: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1355
Copyright: Public Domain
A novel about the fortunes of a mining community called Aberfoyle which is near Stirling, Scotland. Miner James Starr, after receiving a letter from an old friend, leaves for the Aberfoyle mine. Although believed to be mined out a decade earlier, James Starr finds a mine overman, Simon Ford, along with his… (more)