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?
| ISBN: | 9780099427193 |
| Publication date: | 6th September 2001 |
| Author: | Arthur Ransome |
| Publisher: | Red Fox an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 433 pages |
| Series: | Swallows And Amazons |