Publisher's Synopsis
Reunited for the summer, the Swallows and Amazons with Dick and Dorothea launch a prospecting expedition to find the lost gold mine of the high hills above the lake. But the mining camp runs into all sorts of trouble: not only the danger of fire in the drought ridden countryside but also scary encounters with unsafe tunnels. Worst of all is the sinister Squashy Hat, who appears to be a rival prospector and who's certainly a spy - how can they keep working without him discovering what they've found?
This is the sixth of twelve books in Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazon series of chlidren’s books, it was originally published in 1936.
Jonathan Cape; London. 1950, seventeenth impression. With dust cover in excellent condition. Slight shelf wear to top edge and spine slightly discoloured. Age spotting to page edges. No inscriptions, binding tight and text clean. Pre-owned.