{"product_id":"2940014335119","title":"THE GOLD DIGGINGS OF CAPE HORN","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                     PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003eAFTER CAPE HORN GOLD                    1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003eTHE CAPE HORN METROPOLIS               27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003eCAPE HORN ABORIGINES                   47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003eA CAPE HORN MISSION                    79\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003eALONG-SHORE IN TIERRA DEL FUEGO       107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003eSTATEN ISLAND OF THE FAR SOUTH        137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003eTHE NOMADS OF PATAGONIA               151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII.\u003cbr\u003eTHE WELSH IN PATAGONIA                168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX.\u003cbr\u003eBEASTS ODD AND WILD                   183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X.\u003cbr\u003eBIRDS OF PATAGONIA                    201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI.\u003cbr\u003eSHEEP IN PATAGONIA                    215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII.\u003cbr\u003eTHE GAUCHO AT HOME                    228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII.\u003cbr\u003ePATAGONIA'S TRAMPS                    250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV.\u003cbr\u003eTHE JOURNEY ALONG-SHORE               260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                       PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAP OF THE CAPE HORN REGION                  _Frontispiece_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGOLD-WASHING MACHINES. PARAMO, TIERRA DEL FUEGO          14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePUNTA ARENAS, STRAIT OF MAGELLAN                         30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYAHGANS AT HOME(1)                                       48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MISSION STATION AT USHUAIA(1)                        92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUSHUAIA, THE CAPITAL OF ARGENTINE TIERRA DEL FUEGO(1)   108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN ONA FAMILY(1)                                        128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALUCULOOF INDIANS(1)                                    134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGOVERNMENT STATION AT ST. JOHN. (FROM A\u003cbr\u003eSKETCH BY COMMANDER CHWAITES, A.N.)(1)                  138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA TEHUELCHE SQUAW(1)                                    158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTEHUELCHES IN CAMP(1)                                   166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGAUCHOS AT HOME                                         228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAMONG THE RUINS AT PORT DESIRE, PATAGONIA               270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSANTA CRUZ, PATAGONIA(1)                                276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE GOVERNOR'S HOME AND A BUSINESS BLOCK IN\u003cbr\u003eGALLEGOS, THE CAPITAL OF PATAGONIA(1)                   282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 1: Reproduced by permission of Charles Scribner's Sons, from an\u003cbr\u003earticle, by the author of this book, in Scribner's Magazine, entitled\u003cbr\u003e\"At the end of the Continent.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE GOLD DIGGINGS OF CAPE HORN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAFTER CAPE HORN GOLD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf any of the readers of this book have an unrestrainable longing for\u003cbr\u003ewild adventure, with the possibility of suddenly acquiring riches thrown\u003cbr\u003ein as an incentive to endurance, let them pack their outfits and hasten\u003cbr\u003eaway to the region lying between Cape Horn and the Straits of Magellan\u003cbr\u003eto dig for gold. Neither Australia nor California in their roughest days\u003cbr\u003eafforded the dangers, nor did they make the showings of gold--real\u003cbr\u003eplacer gold for the poor man to dig--that have been, and are still to be\u003cbr\u003efound in Tierra del Fuego, and the adjoining islands. Nor is the gold in\u003cbr\u003eall cases too fine to be saved by ordinary rude sluices, for \"nuggets as\u003cbr\u003ebig as kernels of corn\"--the ideal gold of the placer miner--have been\u003cbr\u003efound by the handful, and may still be had in one well-known locality if\u003cbr\u003ethe miner is willing and able to endure the hardships and escape the\u003cbr\u003edangers incident to the search.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080105607408,"sku":"2940014335119","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014335119_p0.jpg?v=1763606322","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014335119","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}