02434cam a22003733u 4500 78180 UtSlPG 20260610134819.0 m cr n 260607r20261930utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Leslie, Burt Gold Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2026 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from the September 10, 1930 issue of Short Stories magazine. Release date is 2026-03-11 Prepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net) Gold by Burt Leslie. It is an adventure short story set in a Colorado mining camp, written in the early 20th century. The tale centers on a boundary-line gold strike that ignites a bitter struggle between a ruthless mine owner and a cash-strapped rival, exploring loyalty, sabotage, and a fight for rightful claim. When a blast at the Elkhorn mine reveals a fortune that likely lies on neighboring Summit property, engineer Steve Conley secretly summons Clark Henderson, heir to the idle Summit. Clark hurriedly steals a march on his foe by hiring disaffected Elkhorn men and scraping together coal to restart the Summit, while Hard Sturdivant buys up Summit’s mortgages and unleashes sabotage and hired gunmen. After banks, swayed by Elkhorn interests, refuse Clark a loan and the Summit shaft house is burned, he leads a night raid on the Elkhorn to secure a first shipment. In a brutal fight underground on the fifth level, Clark wrestles Sturdivant in total darkness over a sump; Sturdivant falls to his death, and the gunmen stand down. With the path to the ore open, the miners return to work and Clark resolves to ship gold and settle his debts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., 1930 Short stories Western stories Gold miners -- Fiction Colorado -- Fiction Produced from the September 10, 1930 issue of Short Stories magazine. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/PU/SHST_1930_09_10.pdf https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78180 118900 118900