Much ado about Grubstake

By Jean Ferris

Subjects: Humorous stories, Mineral industries, Fiction, Mining engineering, Orphans, Mines and mineral resources, Juvenile fiction, City and town life

Description: When two city folks arrive in the depressed mining town of Grubstake, Colorado, in 1888, sixteen-year-old orphaned Arley tries to discover why they want to buy the supposedly worthless mines in the area.