Brother was a miner, and dug gold out of a mine.

One day he went into his mine and never came out.

They searched for him, but he was not there.
Disappeared entirely," Shaggy ended miserably.
"For goodness sake! What do you s'pose became of him ?" she asked.
"There is only one explanation," replied Shaggy, taking another apple from his pocket and eating it to relieve his misery.

"The Nome King probably got him." "The Nome King! Who is he ?" "Why, he's sometimes called the Metal Monarch, and his name is Ruggedo.
Lives in some underground cavern.

Claims to own all the metals hidden in the earth.