"All of the snow is melted from the sides of the mountains, and there are no lakes to feed this chasm stream.

Within a week there won't be more than a few inches of water below the fall." "And that is when we shall find the gold!" declared Rod with his old enthusiasm.

"I tell you, we haven't gone deep enough! This gold has been here for centuries and centuries, and it has probably settled several feet below the surface of the river-bed.

Ball and the Frenchmen found twenty-seven pounds in June, when the creek was practically dry.

Did you ever read about the discoveries of gold in Alaska and the Yukon ?" "A little, when I was going to school with you." "Well, the richest finds were nearly always from three to a dozen feet under the surface, and when a prospector found signs in surface panning he knew there was rich dirt below.