The Salted Claim single work   short story  
Is part of Navvie's Tales : Retold by 'The Boss' W. W. , 1873 series - author short story
Issue Details: First known date: 1873... 1873 The Salted Claim
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An American store-owner on a deserted Victorian diggings 'salts' his claim to attract fresh diggers. He is discovered and punished by the diggers, but his daughter's lover discovers a large nugget in the meantime and marries her; also revealing her true father ... (PB)

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