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The Moon Metal

The Moon Metal

Serviss, Garrett P.

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ISBN10: 1983422894
ISBN13: 9781983422898
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Dec 31 2017
Pages: 54
Weight: 0.19
Height: 0.11 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
When the news came of the discovery of gold at the south pole, nobody suspected that the beginning had been reached of a new era in the world's history. The newsboys cried Extra! as they had done a thousand times for murders, battles, fires, and Wall Street panics, but nobody was excited. In fact, the reports at first seemed so exaggerated and improbable that hardly anybody believed a word of them. Who could have been expected to credit a despatch, forwarded by cable from New Zealand, and signed by an unknown name, which contained such a statement as this: A seam of gold which can be cut with a knife has been found within ten miles of the south pole. The discovery of the pole itself had been announced three years before, and several scientific parties were known to be exploring the remarkable continent that surrounds it. But while they had sent home many highly interesting reports, there had been nothing to suggest the possibility of such an amazing discovery as that which was now announced. Accordingly, most sensible people looked upon the New Zealand despatch as a hoax.

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