"I know when there's no use in kicking." "An unsuccessful prospecting trip is an expensive undertaking," Scott said meaningly.

"Then there's the disappointment.

You would have got a big lift if you'd been lucky enough to find Miss Strange's silver." "The silver is not Miss Strange's.

The law gives a mineral vein to the person who stakes it off and records it first." "That is so," Scott agreed.

"Well, you don't look as if you had staked a valuable claim! I suppose you stopped too long trying to find the vein, and the ice was unsafe when you left.