The Copper Princess

by Kirk MUNROE (1850 - 1930)

08 - In the New Shaft

The Copper Princess

The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines is an adventure set in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The delightful story features a brave and wholesome hero struggling for his rightful copper mining inheritance against smugglers and bandits. He also encounters a beautiful and mysterious maiden who is caught in her father's secret crimes. [Summary by Brenda Price] Note: This book contains racial comments that may be offensive to modern listeners.


Listen next episodes of The Copper Princess:
09 - Winning a Friend by Sheer Pluck , 10 - Heroism Rewarded , 11 - Nelly Trefethen Finds a Letter , 12 - A Vision of the Cliffs , 13 - Log-Wreckers and Smugglers , 14 - A Vain Effort to Recover Stolen Property , 15 - Peveril in the Hands of his Enemies , 16 - Lost in a Prehistoric Mine , 17 - Underground Wanderings , 18 - From One Trap into Another , 19 - Darrell's Folly and its Owner , 20 - Peveril is Taken for a Ghost , 21 - Mike Connell to the Rescue , 22 - The Signal is Changed , 23 - A Battle with Smugglers , 24 - Connell Makes Good His Escape , 25 - A Sea Fight on Lake Superior , 26 - First News of the Copper Princess , 27 - A Night with a Madman , 28 - Left in Sole Possession , 29 - A Royal Name for a Royal Mine , 30 - Peveril Acquires an Unshared Interest