There is gold there too.
You know now the reason why he guards the approaches of the lake so jealously.

I have seen our men digging for diamonds and they looked just like what these seem around us." Ashman had paused again and his eyes roved around the magnificent scene, whose splendors were enough to turn the head of Solomon himself.
Thousands of the points were gleaming from all portions of the roof, walls, and even on the ledge along which they were walking.

There was enough wealth within his gaze to pay the national debt of his country and to effect a revolution in any nation.
"I would be a fool," he reflected, "not to gather some of these while the chance is mine, even though I may never live to carry them away.".