Mining it is, Jim, but we three are young and tender, and not expert with pickaxes.

We'd better have some experts.

Can you pick up at least six real miners at Dugout City ?" "A feller usually can," Ferrers replied.
"Then if you'll put in a good part of tonight riding, tomorrow you can do your best to pick up the men.

Get the kind, Jim, who don't balk at bullets when they have to face 'em, for we've a hornets' nest over yonder.

Get sober, level-headed fellows who know how to fight---men of good judgment and nerve.