Fill your pan with the dirt, go to that sluice, and let the water run in on the top of the pan--workin' it round so," he added, illustrating a rotary motion with the vessel.

"Keep doing that until all the soil is washed out of it, and you have only the black sand at the bottom.

Then work that the same way until you see the color.

Don't be afraid of washing the gold out of the pan--you couldn't do it if you tried.

There, I'll leave you here, and you wait till I come back." With another grave nod and something like a smile in the only visible part of his bearded face--his eyes--he strode rapidly away.
Clarence did not lose time.