# Lon McFane — Lost Face character guide

> Lon McFane in Lost Face by Jack London.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Flush of Gold Lon McFane, Lon, Flush of Gold

**First appearance:** 0004-flush-of-gold

## Snapshot

An Irish miner who struck a fortune and a woman called Flush of Gold, he now keeps camp with a hired hand and a silence full of the past.

## Who they are

Lon McFane is a seasoned Yukon prospector whose easy command of the trail is matched only by his refusal to speak of the woman he once knew. He tells his hired hand to shut up with the same casual authority he uses to shoot a broken-shouldered lead dog, yet the memory of Flush of Gold sits on him like a darkness he can't shake. His slow, piecemeal confession on the winter trail is what draws the reader into the story's haunted heart.

## Relationships

### [Dave Walsh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/dave_walsh)

_friendship_

Dave Walsh and Lon McFane are close companions, sharing adventures and hardships in the wilderness.

### [The Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/the_man)

_friendship_

Lon McFane and The Man are allies, often working together and relying on each other in dangerous situations.

### [Dave Walsh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/dave_walsh)

_friendship_

Dave Walsh and Lon McFane are close companions, sharing adventures and hardships in the wilderness.

### [The Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/the_man)

_friendship_

Lon McFane and The Man are allies, often working together and relying on each other in dangerous situations.

### [The Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/the_man)

_friendship_

Lon McFane and The Man are allies, often working together and relying on each other in dangerous situations.

### [Dave Walsh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/dave_walsh)

_friendship_

Dave Walsh and Lon McFane are close companions, sharing adventures and hardships in the wilderness.

## In the story

### [Flush of Gold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/chapters/flush-of-gold)

The narrator's guide and friend, who knows the story of Flush of Gold and reveals her tragic past.

## Links

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