The Proud Diggers (Dell 844)

191 pp. "Idaho Territory--where gold was plentiful and life was cheap." "When the people of Bannack, Idaho Territory, heard of the new gold strike in Alder Gulch they almost deserted Bannack in twenty-four hours, though Alder Gulch offered no more than a hint of treasure below ground, and hardship above. But in a matter of days Virginia City sprang up in Alder Gulch-a booming, overcrowded, lawless town."