A little-known former California boom town is attracting new interest as residents claim they are still finding gold. Washington, which is tucked away in the Sierra Nevada Hills, became a Gold ...

the builders manage to overcome the maelstrom after the dam burst, and while the first iron runs from the new furnace, Siba, dismissed because of errors committed, leaves a boom town of Zenica.

Interspersed is romance and love interest of more than minor importance. Boom Town is the tale of wildcat oil drilling, with fortunes won and lost just as quickly as a roller coaster dips and rises.