# The La Chance Mine Mystery

The La Chance Mine Mystery by Susan Morrow Jones has 69,482 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Susan Morrow Jones](https://musael.com/books/authors/susan-morrow-jones.md) (1864–1926)
- **Genre:** mystery
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 69,482
- **Reading time:** 4 h 38 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 7 h 28 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 5 h 47 min | 12 days |
| 250 wpm | 4 h 38 min | 10 days |
| 300 wpm | 3 h 52 min | 8 days |

## Read or listen

The La Chance Mine Mystery is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27209

## Counted from the text

Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.

- Words in the text: 69,482
- Chapters: 20
- Dialogue: 29% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 17.8 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27209 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40129540W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27209

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-la-chance-mine-mystery