"Looks curious, doesn't it?
If I didn't know, I'd think them chaps fools, stoopin' over there and siftin' mud.

It 'minds me of when I was a boy and used to make dirt pies." "Suppose we take a day and look round a little.

Then we can find out about how things are done, and work to better advantage." "Just as you say, Joe, I must go to work soon, for I hain't nary red." "I'll stand by you, Mr.Bickford." "You're a fust-rate feller, Joe.

You seem to know just what to do." "It isn't so long since I was a greenhorn and allowed myself to be taken in by Hogan." "You've cut your eye-teeth since then." "I have had some experience of the world, but I may get taken in again." Joe and his friend found the miners social and very ready to give them information.
"How much do I make a day ?" said one in answer to a question from Joshua.

"Well, it varies.