The Gold Mine Mystery, a Western Novelette

By Burr Cook

“The Gold Mine Mystery, a Western Novelette, Second Edition” is a short fictional western containing both romance and adventure. The story herein is about a family prospecting and mining for gold in California's Mojave Desert after inheriting the mine. They launch an intensive search for a lost treasure that has mysteriously disappeared following the death of the original owner in a tragic mine collapse.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Burr Cook
• Release date: Feb 7, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311945860

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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