But that does n't do us much good." "Why not ?" Fairchild was staring with him, on toward the darkness of the farther recesses.

"If it is n't caved in farther back, we ought to be able to repair this spot." But Harry shook his head.
"We did n't go into the vein 'ere," he explained.

"We figured we 'ad to 'ave a shaft anyway, sooner or later.

You can't do under'and stoping in a mine--go down on a vein, you know.

You 've always got to go up--you can't get the metal out if you don't.