item: #1 of 15 id: 21726 author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title: Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines date: None words: 94660 flesch: 72 summary: Do you hear, little man? Other men were in that part of the mine at the time, and the brothers found that a message had been sent to one of the captains requesting him to come and examine the place, as the men were becoming uneasy at the increasing flow of water from the walls. keywords: air; baby; botallack; boy; captain; clearemout; cornish; course; cuttance; dan; day; deep; donnithorne; end; eyes; face; feet; gentleman; good; half; hand; head; house; john; land; left; let; level; life; look; maggot; man; men; miner; moment; mrs; night; oliver; place; point; rock; rose; round; sea; shaft; sur; tell; time; tin; tregarthen; trembath; uncle; water; way; went; work; youth; zackey cache: 21726.txt plain text: 21726.txt item: #2 of 15 id: 21907 author: Makellar, Archibald title: An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners date: None words: 25039 flesch: 54 summary: He says, I have had several opportunities of substantiating the carbonaceous matter in a state of extraordinary accumulation in black lungs supplied by my medical friends. He expectorated bloody tough mucus without any tinge of black matter. keywords: air; black; blood; bronchial; carbon; case; chest; coal; cough; dark; disease; fluid; glands; lobe; lungs; matter; pulmonary; substance; time; years cache: 21907.txt plain text: 21907.txt item: #3 of 15 id: 22669 author: Alger, Horatio, Jr. title: The Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson in California date: None words: 44585 flesch: 88 summary: Leaving Tom for a time, we will cross the continent, and, a little earlier in point of time, look in upon Mark Nelson and his family at their humble home in New Hampshire. They drew out from its place of concealment the buried bag, and emptying the contents of their own poured into it the combined treasures of Miles and poor Tom. keywords: bill; boy; brown; crane; day; dollars; father; ferguson; gold; good; home; hudson; john; man; miles; money; mrs; nelson; new; pay; peabody; squire; thought; time; tom; want; work cache: 22669.txt plain text: 22669.txt item: #4 of 15 id: 25809 author: Phillips, Henry Wallace title: The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch date: None words: 15931 flesch: 93 summary: With sudden strength he tore it open and read: Dearest, Dearest Jim--I yield the whole case. Jim half laughed at the little chap until he saw his face; then he realized at a glance that the matter was no laughing one for the boy. keywords: boy; bud; captain; ches; come; dat; day; der; eyes; face; good; hand; horse; jim; life; man; men; right; time; tunnel; way; yer cache: 25809.txt plain text: 25809.txt item: #5 of 15 id: 26993 author: Munroe, Kirk title: The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines date: None words: 60490 flesch: 77 summary: OWEN: We are so glad that you can accompany us to Norway, the more so that Mr. Peveril will, after all, be prevented from so doing. I am sorry, of course, if I have made a mistake; but, if I remember rightly, I have already had occasion to accuse Mr. Peveril of trespassing, and to order him from my premises. keywords: cavern; connell; copper; course; darrell; day; face; father; friend; girl; good; half; hand; house; lad; life; light; little; logs; major; man; mark; mary; men; mike; moment; nelly; new; peril; peveril; place; princess; red; room; shaft; time; tom; trefethen; way; work cache: 26993.txt plain text: 26993.txt item: #6 of 15 id: 27918 author: Kingston, William Henry Giles title: The Mines and its Wonders date: None words: 23916 flesch: 72 summary: Neither engine-house nor chimneys such as are seen in other mines are visible, while every detail of the work is exposed to view--indeed, the huge basin has the appearance of a mine completely turned inside out. The travellers visited these and several other mines, among them the Consolidated Copper Mines, situated in the parish of Gwennap, about three miles from Redruth. keywords: air; cavern; coal; copper; day; entrance; feet; galleries; ground; ice; iron; length; long; mark; men; mines; ore; pit; rock; roof; shaft; silver; surface; time; water; way; work; years cache: 27918.txt plain text: 27918.txt item: #7 of 15 id: 29693 author: Ellis, Edward Sylvester title: A Waif of the Mountains date: None words: 71409 flesch: 80 summary: There, too, grazed the pony of Nellie Dawson, the horses of Ruggles and Bidwell and the three mules owned by Landlord Ortigies and Vose Adams. His heart was beating fast, though no one else was aware of it, for it was a present which he had made to Nellie Dawson on the preceding Christmas, having been brought by Vose Adams, with other articles, on his trip made several months before the presentation. keywords: adams; animals; brush; captain; captain dawson; child; constantinople; dawson; eyes; face; father; feet; friends; good; guide; hand; head; horses; left; lieutenant; man; men; mountain; nellie; parson; place; right; ruggles; russell; sacramento; thing; thought; time; trail; vose; vose adams; wade; way; words cache: 29693.txt plain text: 29693.txt item: #8 of 15 id: 29818 author: Norton, Roy title: The Plunderer date: None words: 66120 flesch: 89 summary: He stopped for a moment and peered at other men who were passing them. Good men are scarce. keywords: air; bells; bill; bully; camp; come; croix; cross; d'or; day; dick; door; eyes; face; father; feet; find; foot; good; ground; half; hand; head; high; house; joan; lily; little; look; man; men; mill; miner; money; new; partners; pay; place; presby; rattler; right; road; rock; shaft; time; townsend; trail; voice; water; way; white; words; work; years cache: 29818.txt plain text: 29818.txt item: #9 of 15 id: 31485 author: Nason, Frank Lewis title: The Blue Goose date: None words: 64276 flesch: 87 summary: Luna saw Firmstone in the laboratory as he entered the railed enclosure. Ze steel get hin ze roll, ze stamp break, ze tram break, ze men kick. keywords: away; bennie; bin; blue; company; day; door; eyes; face; fact; feet; find; firmstone; foreman; girl; going; good; goose; half; hand; hartwell; head; life; lips; long; look; luna; madame; man; mek; men; mill; mind; miss; morrison; office; open; pierre; right; room; safe; tell; things; time; trail; want; way; words; work; zephyr; élise cache: 31485.txt plain text: 31485.txt item: #10 of 15 id: 33615 author: Stratemeyer, Edward title: Three Young Ranchmen; or, Daring Adventures in the Great West date: None words: 43078 flesch: 92 summary: Leaving Allen to bring his horse, Watson walked slowly along the bed of the stream, taking good care not to step into any deep holes. Allen on the Trail Although Allen Winthrop was but a young man in years, yet the fact that he had had the care of the family on his shoulders since the death of his parents had tended to make him older in experience and give him the courage to face whatever arose before him in the path of duty. keywords: allen; barnaby; boys; captain; chapter; chet; dottery; good; grady; horse; ike; man; noel; paul; ranch; right; slavin; ter; thet; thieves; time; trail; uncle; urner; watson; way; winthrop cache: 33615.txt plain text: 33615.txt item: #11 of 15 id: 36123 author: Goodwin, C. C. (Charles Carroll) title: The Comstock Club date: None words: 87493 flesch: 81 summary: There is Miller, as I told you; there are, besides, Tom Carlin, old man Brewster, Herbert Ashley, Sammy Harding, Barney Corrigan and myself. Indeed, we are employing more men than we are justified in doing. keywords: alex; ashley; brewster; business; carlin; children; city; club; colonel; corrigan; course; day; days; death; desert; dollars; evening; eyes; face; feet; friend; god; gold; good; half; hand; harding; heart; home; hour; house; judge; letter; life; look; mabel; man; men; miller; miners; minutes; moment; money; morning; new; night; paper; pay; people; place; professor; river; silver; sister; thought; time; town; voice; way; west; woman; words; work; world; wright; yap; years; yees cache: 36123.txt plain text: 36123.txt item: #12 of 15 id: 61353 author: Laumer, Keith title: Saline Solution date: None words: 6512 flesch: 88 summary: Sure thing, Mr. Retief. Mr. Leatherwell is hardly interested in these details, Retief, Magnan cut in. keywords: belt; claim; consul; leatherwell; magnan; mancziewicz; minerals; retief; rock; sam cache: 61353.txt plain text: 61353.txt item: #13 of 15 id: 62171 author: Hasse, Henry title: Out of This World date: None words: 7748 flesch: 89 summary: At last McGowan carefully plugged that opening with a few bits of rock. With those words, McGowan drew back his hand and hurled the radite lump at Marnick's cage. keywords: beams; day; elson; marnick; mcgowan; rock; way cache: 62171.txt plain text: 62171.txt item: #14 of 15 id: 62186 author: Gallun, Raymond Z. title: Space Oasis date: None words: 9932 flesch: 89 summary: I swaggered into the pay office, where a couple of stenogs clicked typewriters, and where Norman Haynes, acting head of the Haynes Shipping Company, sat at his desk, under the painted portrait of his uncle, that grizzled old veteran, Art Haynes, who had retired years ago, and who now lived on Earth. At sight of me, Norman Haynes arose from his chair. keywords: asteroid; chet; earth; geedeh; gravity; haynes; irene; mavrocordatus; men; nick; norman; ships; space; water cache: 62186.txt plain text: 62186.txt item: #15 of 15 id: 62915 author: Brown, Fredric title: And the Gods Laughed date: None words: 6242 flesch: 92 summary: They didn't explain the details of how they propagate, but I gathered that there wouldn't be any shortage of earrings to go around, on Earth. Earrings or bracelets or, however, they'd attach themselves. Hank was spinning quite a space lie--something about earrings wearing their owners. keywords: blake; charlie; earrings; haynes; lecky; ship; trip cache: 62915.txt plain text: 62915.txt