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    Goldmine in the Sky
    Goldmine in the Sky
    Goldmine in the Sky
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    Goldmine in the Sky

    By Burr Cook

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    This novelette is a western story about a family who travels with a wagon train to Colorado in search of gold. They follow the South Platte to Thompson Creek where they make their new home. The daughter falls in love with the wagon master who turns out to have a reputation as a gunfighter. They eventually strike it rich but the gunfighter gets in trouble with a sheriff and narrowly escapes a hanging by a rowdy posse.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBurr Cook
    Release dateFeb 15, 2015
    ISBN9781310226212
    Goldmine in the Sky
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    Burr Cook

    Burr lives in Syracuse, New York, has 4 children, several grandchildren and says that Great grandchildren are arriving at an alarming rate. Burr is a history buff and works hard on his family's genealogy and has a web site at www.burrcook.com which is partially biographical. He may be contacted through this site. He has traveled extensively throughout the US, Europe and Asia by air, rail and highway. Burr has enjoyed a 50 year career in information technology, has owned a worldwide seminar business and a company called “Cyburrsource” providing the public with internet connections. He is now semi retired and enjoys a life as a freelance writer of action/adventure/romance stories primarily in a historical western setting.

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      Goldmine in the Sky - Burr Cook

      Goldmine in the Sky

      Copyright 2015 Burr Cook

      Published by Burr Cook at Smashwords

      Second Edition

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1 The Journey’s End

      Chapter 2 Prospecting

      Chapter 3 The Cattle Drive

      Chapter 4 Grant/Rathbone Expands

      Chapter 5 A New Mining Company Arrives

      Chapter 6 Vance Nolan Gunfighter

      Chapter 7 The Posse

      Chapter 8 Sacramento

      About The Author

      Books by Burr Cook

      Chapter 1 The Journey’s End

      All twenty wagons made it to Denver City without incident. Before starting out they had been warned that it would be wise to wait for a larger party to travel with but the men were in the grip of what was called gold fever. They had left the main Overland Trail system to follow the South Platte River to Denver. They came from various eastern cities after the ending of the war between the northern and southern states.

      They were encamped outside of Denver city where they planned to disband the wagon train and go their separate ways. Calvin Grant, the wagon master, sat by his camp fire partially day dreaming and partially night dreaming. He had just crossed the Great Plains for the fifth time and was thinking of looking for a different way to make a living. He was nearly forty years old now and tired of traveling. Cal - as his friends called him – had some mining experience so he would have no trouble finding work. He had met a family on the trail by the name of Rathbone and was especially interested in the daughter, Sally. She was beautiful beyond words. He was reminded of her as he watched the sun set over the Rocky Mountains.

      Cal also got along well with her parents and had spent considerable time with her father Jeb. He had taught Jeb many useful tricks of the west including the use of fire arms. They had become good friends although Jeb was about ten years older. But Cal was mostly interested in Sally who was twelve years younger than himself. She was well schooled and somewhat shy she made him feel like the bird he watched gliding through the fiery sky to the west. He had spent a lot of time with her and even thought he might be in love although he didn’t think she felt the same. At any rate they had become good friends during the journey taking many walks together just talking about their very different past lives and sometimes holding hands. It broke up the boredom of the endless plains. They had both rejoiced upon seeing the

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