You've been in this country a few years.

I was raised in it.

He said that a creek ran from the range, and, though there's mighty little water in it, I guess it does that now.

There's rock, milling rock shot with gold, under it, and a small flow of water will filter a long way through gravel." "But he described it as an ordinary open creek," persisted Weston.
"That's easy," said Devine.

"It was, quite a while ago, and nature handles these mountains mighty roughly, as you ought to know.