human
What think you of it, Jack?
gpt
It is growing soft in the drift, Jim; the stringers of ore are growing stronger and giving promise of concentrating soon.
human
So it strikes me, was the response,
gpt
And what were the two things, Jim?
human
Why, Jack, did you hear him sigh as he moved the candle along the face of the drift, and hear him say, 'You are doing beautifully, my sons, beautifully; I never had better men,' and then sighed again, and added, 'I fear it's no use; I fear we shall have to drop the work soon?' That was one of the things. The other was the light in his eyes when he examined the face of the drift. If I were a gambler, Jack, I would 'copper' what he said and wager all I had on the twinkle of his eyes.
gpt
It looks good in the drift, surely; and, Jim, if we break into an ore body any time, it will not surprise me.
human
Nor me, either, Jack; and if we strike ore here, it ought to be good, because, as I reckon it, since we left the Gould and Curry shaft, we have drifted out of the G. & C. ground, clear through the Best and Belcher, and some distance into the Consolidated Virginia, and by the trend of the lode, if we could find an ore body here, it would be in regular course from the Spanish and Ophir croppings.
gpt
How long have you worked here, and how much have you saved, Jack?
human
It is three years and a month since I went to work in the Belcher, was the reply;
gpt
I made $400 in Crown Point stocks, and I have saved altogether $2,800 and odd.
human
I beat you by a year's work, Jack, and I have, I believe, $3,300 or $3,400 in the bank. Suppose we try a little gamble in stocks. If we could get an ore body here, this stock would double in a week, and it will not fall very much lower if we do not find anything.
gpt
All right, Jim, if you say so. Meet me to-morrow at eleven o'clock at the California Bank, and we will put in and buy a few shares.
human
Agreed, was the answer;
gpt
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