As the three lads slipped down behind the loose stones on which they had been resting, all gazed in the direction Roger pointed out. On the other ledge several persons had appeared.
"Link Merwell!" gasped Phil. "And see, that Sol Blugg is with him!"
"And here comes Job Haskers and the man called Larry Jaley!" said Dave, in reply.
"Wonder where that other fellow, Staver, is?" murmured Roger.
"Maybe he was too badly hurt to come with them and had to go back," returned Dave.
"Say, I don't see much use of coming along this trail," called out Link Merwell, to those with him.
"It certainly is beastly walking here," said Job Haskers. "I've nearly sprained my ankle several times."
"Well, if we want to find that lost mine we got to hunt fer it," growled Sol Blugg. "It ain't comin' to you, you know."
"I agree thet this trail ain't none too safe," came from Larry Jaley. "If a feller slipped off he'd have some fall, so he would!" he added, looking down into the hollow with its jagged rocks.
Roger nudged Dave in the side.