I believe there were eighty such shafts in all and the ore was analyzed at every few feet of depth, so that before we paid over the hundred thousand dollars asked we knew exactly what there was of ore.

The result hoped for was more than realized.

Through the ability of my cousin and partner, Mr.Lauder, the cost of mining and washing was reduced to a low figure, and the Scotia ore made good all the losses we had incurred in the other mines, paid for itself, and left a profit besides.

In this case, at least, we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

We trod upon sure ground with the chemist as our guide.