CHAPTER LVII.

TRACES OF THE TRICKSY MINER.

A Neat little Game—What Doubting Thomas Found—“Doctoring” a Tape-line—Devices of an Honest Man—What a Stockholder Found. 427

THE PARADISE OF BOGUS MINERS.

“Me Ketch um There”—Doings of the Roving Miner—The “Goddess of Poverty”—The Bully Honest Miner. 432

PAY-DAY AT THE MINES.

Among the Employés—Miners’ Union—Labor and Capital—A Heavy Pay-list—Where the Money Goes to—“Steamer Day.” 439

THE HOTTEST PLACE IN THE MINE.

Secrecy—“Booming” Stock—Adventures of a French Count—Left in the Dark—Making it Hot for Him—Rescued—Polite to the Last. 446

UNDERGROUND BATTLES.

The Beginning of Trouble—The Contest—“Fighting Interests.” 454