# Hunting for Hidden Gold — Character guide

> Key figures in Hunting for Hidden Gold by Franklin W. Dixon.

- [Frank Hardy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/frank_hardy.md): The steadier Hardy brother, who reads his father's letter from Montana and turns restless envy into a plan for the frozen North.
- [Joe Hardy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/joe_hardy.md): The younger Hardy, all appetite for adventure, who sighs over hidden gold in Montana and would give anything to be on the case.
- [Fenton Hardy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/fenton_hardy.md): The internationally famous detective whose letter from Lucky Bottom pulls his sons west and whose cracked ribs leave the case half-solved.
- [Bart Dawson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/bart_dawson.md): The trusted partner who carried four bags of gold out a back window into the dark and was never seen or heard from again.
- [Jadbury Wilson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/jadbury_wilson.md): The miner who called Fenton Hardy west, naming Bart Dawson and a stolen shipment of gold that has been missing for twenty years.
- [Slim Briggs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/slim_briggs.md): A cornered outlaw who whines for his freedom and trades what he knows about Black Pepper's hidden gold for a lighter walk to jail.
- [Con Riley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/con_riley.md): A local lawman whose jail becomes the stage for Lucky Bottom's biggest night when the Hardy boys haul in a legendary outlaw.
- [Chet Morton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/chet_morton.md): The Hardys' ever-hungry, ever-loyal friend, whose appetite for excitement (and snacks) keeps the amateur sleuthing grounded in good humor.
- [Aunt Gertrude](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/aunt_gertrude.md): The boys' fussy but caring aunt who lives with them.
- [Hank Shale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/hank_shale.md): A weathered Western friend of Fenton Hardy whose cabin becomes headquarters, hospital, and celebration hall for the gold-recovery hunt.
- [Mr. Hopkins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/mr_hopkins.md): A shrewd businessman or detective associate.
- [Mrs. Hardy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/mrs_hardy.md): The boys' mother, supportive and concerned.
- [Jerry Gilroy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/jerry_gilroy.md): A friend or contact of the Hardy boys.
- [Bill Coulson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/bill_coulson.md): A miner drawn into the stolen-gold case, whose testimony about the outlaws' movements helps the Hardys map the gang's shadowy trail.
- [Black Pepper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hunting_for_hidden_gold_se/characters/black_pepper.md): The notorious outlaw whose gang terrorized a mining district for years, and whose capture would crown the Hardy boys' Western adventure.

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