I aren't no b--y quartz miner." "We ain't going to do no more MINING there than the bank," said Steptoe fiercely.

"And the bank ain't going to wait no three months for the end of the lawsuit.

They'll float the stock of that mine for a couple of millions, and get out of it with a million before a month.

And they'll have to buy us off to do that.

What they'll pay will depend upon the lead; but we don't move off those claims for less than five thousand dollars, which will be two hundred and fifty dollars to each man.