Heavy as were his expenses, he won more heavily.

He took lays, bought half shares, shared with the men he grub-staked, and made personal locations.

Day and night his dogs were ready, and he owned the fastest teams; so that when a stampede to a new discovery was on, it was Burning Daylight to the fore through the longest, coldest nights till he blazed his stakes next to Discovery.
In one way or another (to say nothing of the many worthless creeks) he came into possession of properties on the good creeks, such as Sulphur, Dominion, Excelsis, Siwash, Cristo, Alhambra, and Doolittle.

The thousands he poured out flowed back in tens of thousands.

Forty Mile men told the story of his two tons of flour, and made calculations of what it had returned him that ranged from half a million to a million.
One thing was known beyond all doubt, namely, that the half share in the first Eldorado claim, bought by him for a half sack of flour, was worth five hundred thousand.