Mountain_ has all the elements that have made the Rick Brant
Science Adventure series a favorite with boys all over the world.

Contents

I VULCAN'S HAMMER

II SAN LUZ

III FIRING PARTIES

IV SEISMIC TRACINGS

V DYNAMITE MISSING

VI DANGEROUS TRAIL

VII CASA GUEVARA

VIII THE GOVERNOR VANISHES

IX THE YELLOW GROUND

X THE VOLCANIC PIPE

XI EARTHQUAKE!

XII THE RISING MAGMA

XIII ARMED REVOLT

XIV NIGHT PATROL

XV STALEMATE

XVI THE BRANT APPROACH

XVII SOLUTION: NUCLEAR

XVIII THE SEABEES

XIX THE OLD ONE YIELDS

XX A FEW SOUVENIRS

List of Illustrations

_Rick and Scotty's scale model of San Luz Island_

_Spindrift Island_

_Rick swung the Sky Wagon onto a northward course that would take them
past the volcano_

_Connel was alone in the jeep_

_The three invaders waited while the long minutes ticked away_

_"They're shooting at us!" Rick exclaimed, and gave the plane the gun_

THE FLAMING MOUNTAIN

CHAPTER I

Vulcan's Hammer

The entire staff of the world-famed Spindrift Scientific Foundation
gathered in the conference room of the big gray laboratory building on
the southeast corner of Spindrift Island. It was unusual for the whole
staff to be called to a meeting. Even more unusual--not a single member
knew what the meeting was about.

Rick Brant, son of the Spindrift Foundation's director, Dr. Hartson
Brant, was perhaps even more mystified than the professional scientists.
His father had phoned from Florida with brief instructions. "Rick, I
want you and Scotty to make a scale model of San Luz Island. It's off
the coast of Venezuela. You'll find it on the sailing chart of the area,
and there are references in the library. Be as complete and detailed as
possible, and have the model ready by Saturday. Pick me up at Newark
Airport Saturday noon. I'll have a guest. Ask Hobart Zircon to call a
full staff meeting for two o'clock Saturday."

Rick and his pal Don Scott had completed the model, which was now
resting on a table at the front of the lab conference room. One hour ago
he had flown with Scotty in his plane, the Sky Wagon, to Newark Airport
where he had picked up his father and a short, white-haired elderly man
by the name of Dr. Esteben Balgos.

[Illustration: _Rick and Scotty's scale model of San Luz Island_]

Rick, a teen-