Same old story--lots of gold.

Shucks, I've bit on so many of them rumors that they don't feaze me no more.

One man who don't know nothin' about prospectin' goes an' stumbles over a fortune an' those who know it from A to Izzard goes 'round pullin' in their belts." "We don't pull in no belts--we knows just where to look, don't we, Tenspot ?" Remarked Tex, looking very wise.
"Ya-as we do," answered Tenspot, "if yu hasn't dreamed about it, we do." "Yu wait; I wasn't dreamin', none whatever," assured Tex.
"I saw it!" "Ya-as, I saw it too onct," replied Frenchy with sarcasm.

"Went and lugged fifty pound of it all th' way to th' assay office--took me two days! an' that there four-eyed cuss looks at it and snickers.

Then he takes me by di' arm an' leads me to th' window.