"But we'll look through the rest of the stuff that's loose." The two men who had hung back soon joined them.
"I wouldn't care about filing a claim to it," Mr.Dunlop, shaking his head after some further exploration.

"This rock wouldn't yield enough to the ton to make the work profitable." "Just a little, outcropping streak, possibly from the claim that I have below," was Mr.Dunlop's conclusion "By the way, Reade, how did you explode the mine ?" "With a magneto," Tom explained, then ran and took the battery from behind the tree from which he had fired it.

"I buried the wire, of course, so that no one would trip over it," he added.
"Just after I got it attended to Alf Drew happened along, looked forlorn, and wanted a job.

So I had almost forgotten the mine, until I realized that the thing was planted right in front of where Dolph Gage's crew were hidden.

By the way, Jim, where is Alf ?" "All the information I've got wouldn't send you two feet in the right direction," the guide reported gruffly.
"And where are our tents and the other stuff ?" Harry demanded.
"Gage's crew couldn't get far with them in the time they've had.
Shall we hustle after our property ?" "Yes," nodded Tom.
"At the momentary risk of being shot to pieces," added Mr.Dunlop, dryly.
"Those little chances go with being involved in a Nevada mining dispute, don't they ?" queried Reade.
"Where can we begin to look ?" Harry pressed.