Chapter 24 of The Haunted Mine is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXIV
Chapter 24 of The Haunted Mine is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"THAT IS GOLD." "Jack, come up here; I have something to show you." "What is it? Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?" "I have something, and it looks like gold.
Chapter 24 of The Haunted Mine is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading “Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"”
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading “Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"”
coins made of gold
From this reading “"THAT IS GOLD."”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “"Jack, come up here; I have something to show you."”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “"I have something, and it looks like gold.”
possessing material wealth
From this reading “Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"”
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
From this reading “Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “"Jack, come up here; I have something to show you."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I have something, and it looks like gold.
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Jack, come up here; I have something to show you."
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"
coins made of gold
From this reading "THAT IS GOLD."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Jack, come up here; I have something to show you."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Jack, come up here; I have something to show you."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Jack, come up here; I have something to show you."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "THAT IS GOLD."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "What is it?
a small worthless amount
From this reading "Jack, come up here; I have something to show you."
immediately past
From this reading Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "I have something, and it looks like gold.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading "I have something, and it looks like gold.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"
possessing material wealth
From this reading Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading "Jack, come up here; I have something to show you."
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Jack, come up here; I have something to show you."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "THAT IS GOLD."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Jack, come up here; I have something to show you."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Jack, come up here; I have something to show you."
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
From this reading Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What is it?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Jack, come up here; I have something to show you."
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Have you made yourself rich by washing out the last bucket of earth I sent up?"
Chapter 24 of The Haunted Mine by Harry Castlemon holds 146 sentences, grouped into 30 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 24 holds 146 sentences of The Haunted Mine, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 24 of The Haunted Mine by Harry Castlemon exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 146 sentences, grouped into 30 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 30 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 30 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 24 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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