"So am I glad!" put in Tom Dillon, heartily. "It was sure some landslide! Almost as bad as the one that wiped out the mine!"
"We've got good news!" cried Roger. "We have relocated the lost mine! Dave did it!"
"You and Phil did it, too," said our hero, modestly.
"Wot! Have ye located the Landslide Mine?" roared Abe Blower.
"We sure have," returned Phil. "Look here!" And he brought out some of the nuggets he carried. And then Roger and Dave did the same.
"This is grand!" exclaimed Tom Dillon. "Nuggets, an' pretty big ones, too. But how do you know it's the mine?"
"We found some landmarks," answered Roger. "And my uncle's coat and a note-book——"
"And his pick, crowbar, and lantern," added Dave. And then the three boys told their story in detail.
"It must be the lost mine," said Abe Blower. "An' if it is, I congratulate ye!" And he shook hands all around. "Tom, they got ahead o' us," he added, with a grin.
"So they did," was the answer. "Well, I'd rather have it that way than have those other fellers locate the mine. By the way, I wonder how they fared in the landslide?" the old miner continued.