[1] The book is an account of Idriess' attempts at making a fortune mining in the Cape York Peninsula and how he became involved in tin mining.

[2] "From his own memories, Idriess provides accounts of the outback characters who were individuals to a man.

"[1] In The Sydney Morning Herald, the reviewer noted: "That tireless narrator of frontierland tales, Ion Idriess, is still able to find vivid sources of reading interest in the remote outback."

They went on that the novel "begins a little uneasily – due, one suspects, to some rather improbable conversations between the characters – but once it settles down to relate Mr Idriess' practical experiences it becomes increasingly interesting.

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