tells the story of Randy and Earl Portney, two brothers from the backwoods of Maine, who accept their uncle's invitation to join him in his search for gold in Alaska, near the Canadian Klondike. What would gold-mining be without attempts by bad guys to steal outfits, claim-jump, and cause all sorts of mischief? And what would an Edward Stratemeyer book be if the two central characters didn't turn out to be the heroes?