Project Gutenberg 2012-02-27 Public domain in the USA. 80 Mears, James R. The Iron Boys as Foremen; or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan, Ernest Schaal, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Iron Boys as Foremen; or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift" by James R. Mears is an adventure novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story follows young miners Steve Rush and Bob Jarvis, known as the Iron Boys, as they navigate challenges in the mining industry, facing perils such as accidents and fires, while also dealing with the dynamics of labor organization. The book sets the stage for action and camaraderie, with the boys at the center of their thrilling undertakings. The beginning of the book plunges readers into a life-threatening situation as Steve and his colleagues find themselves trapped inside a malfunctioning cage in the Red Rock Mine. As the cage begins to sway and ultimately tips over, Steve's quick thinking and physical strength become key to the survival of his friends. He devises a plan to hold on and help his companions escape the dire circumstances they face. The opening portion establishes both the dangerous environment of the mines and the bravery of the main characters, propelling the narrative into thrilling interactions and challenges that foreshadow deeper conflicts and the overarching themes surrounding work, danger, and emerging labor movements. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Iron mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 377806 377813 2024-09-16T11:33:44.800346 2023-09-17T06:24:45.435788 text/html text/html 397832 2021-01-08T14:45:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 809498 2021-01-08T14:45:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 826089 2024-09-16T11:33:53.055328 application/epub+zip 830019 2024-09-16T11:33:46.646360 application/epub+zip 202662 2024-09-16T11:33:45.314343 application/epub+zip 1012128 2024-09-16T11:33:57.350293 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 970470 2024-09-16T11:33:51.680302 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288212 2022-09-17T17:57:12.199625 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309944 309802 2024-09-16T11:33:43.575382 2023-09-17T06:24:44.344794 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 309638 2021-01-08T14:45:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 111724 2021-01-08T14:45:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 309630 2021-01-08T14:45:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 111698 2021-01-08T14:45:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19479 2024-09-16T11:33:57.495268 application/rdf+xml 31950 2024-09-16T11:33:45.414343 image/jpeg 5082 2024-09-16T11:33:45.364339 image/jpeg 808085 2024-09-16T11:33:44.853356 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog