You see the difference.

The Old Stick-in-the-Mud is an established kind of thing.' 'It's a paying concern, I suppose,' said Caldigate.
'It has paid;--not a doubt about it.

Whether it's played out or not, I'm not so sure.

But Ahalala is a working-man's diggings, not a master's, such as Crinkett is now.

Of course Crinkett has a down on Ahalala.' 'Your friend Jack Brien didn't seem to think much of the place,' said Dick.
'Poor Jack is one of them who never has a stroke of luck.