He led Daylight away from the camp and men and told him things in confidence.
"She's sure there," he said in conclusion.

"I didn't sluice it, or cradle it.

I panned it, all in that sack, yesterday, on the rim-rock.
I tell you, you can shake it out of the grassroots.

And what's on bed-rock down in the bottom of the creek they ain't no way of tellin'.
But she's big, I tell you, big.

Keep it quiet, and locate all you can.
It's in spots, but I wouldn't be none surprised if some of them claims yielded as high as fifty thousand.