Anyway, we've found it." The walls of the cavern appeared to blaze with gold, in flakes and in small nuggets.

Here and there were empty pockets which appeared to have been stripped of their rich holdings.

Upon inspection the floor of the chamber was found to be covered, in places, with crushed rock, where blocks cut from the walls had been broken up.
"There is no knowing how many million dollars worth of gold have been taken from here," Nestor said, "and there is no way of estimating, at this time, how far this rich rock extends into the mountain.

The fact that the mine was abandoned may indicate that the ore became less valuable as the workers cut out from the center." "It is rich enough now to pay for working, all right! cried Jimmie.
"There appears to be millions in sight," Nestor said, putting away his paper..