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Well, yes. We took it to be that"  
Did you from the first?"  
I can't say we did at first. No, we didn't. Most of the indications  
were there, but not all of them, not all of them. So we thought we'd  
prospect a bit."  
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Well?"  
"It was tolerable thick, and looked as if it might be the vein--looked as  
if it ought to be the vein. Then we went down on it a little. Looked  
better all the time."  
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When did you strike it?"  
About ten o'clock."  
Then you've been prospecting about four hours."  
Yes, been sinking on it something over four hours."  
I'm afraid you couldn't go down very far in four hours--could you?"  
O yes--it's a good deal broke up, nothing but picking and gadding  
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