Gold by Burt Leslie
Gold by Burt Leslie is an adventure short story written in the early 20th century. Set in the Colorado mining camps, it centers on a boundary-line bonanza that triggers a fierce struggle over ownership, pitting rugged miners against a ruthless operator in a tense contest of will, law, and gunfire. When a rich vein is blasted into view at the Elkhorn mine, the crew realizes the ore lies on neighboring Summit ground
owned by young Clark Henderson, longtime target of Hard Sturdivant’s bullying. Warned by his friend Steve Conley, Clark scrambles to restart the idle Summit with borrowed Elkhorn labor and “borrowed” coal, while Sturdivant buys up Summit’s looming mortgages and brings in gunmen to high-grade the strike. Banks refuse Clark a loan under Sturdivant’s influence, and sabotage and fire cripple the Summit. Facing foreclosure, Clark leads a midnight raid on the Elkhorn, seizes the hoist, and drops to the fifth level, where in total darkness he grapples hand-to-hand with Sturdivant over a sump bridge; Sturdivant falls to his death, and his men surrender. With the way cleared, Clark and his miners return to work, determined to ship the gold and settle their debts. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Leslie, Burt |
|---|---|
| Title | Gold |
| Original Publication | New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., 1930. |
| Series Title | Produced from the September 10, 1930 issue of Short Stories magazine. |
| Credits | Prepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Western stories |
| Subject | Gold miners -- Fiction |
| Subject | Colorado -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78180 |
| Release Date | Mar 11, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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