# Dan — Roughing It character guide

> Dan in Roughing It by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Daniel

**First appearance:** 0001-roughing-it

## Who they are

A miner and companion of the narrator.

## Relationships

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/roughing_it_se/characters/narrator)

_friendship_

Dan is a fellow traveler and companion who shares adventures and hardships with the Narrator on the frontier.

## In the story

### [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/roughing_it_se/chapters/xlii)

Former reporter whose methods (e.g., hay wagon stories) are cited by Mr. Goodman as an example.

### [LV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/roughing_it_se/chapters/lv)

Dan, the narrator's associate, informs him about the opportunity to sell a rich silver mine in New York and promises to recommend the narrator to the mine owners.

### [LVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/roughing_it_se/chapters/lviii)

Mentioned as the person to whom the narrator entrusted the sale of his silver mine; letters to him went unanswered.

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