"Then I reckon you'll have to be shown a few things," grinned Dunkan.
"We have been," answered Stacy.
The boys by this time had dismounted and were tethering their horses while the mountaineers looked on curiously.
"You younkers 'pear mighty handy. Guess you aren't tenderfeet," observed Sam Ellison.
"Not exactly, sir," answered Butler. "We have been riding the mountains and plains for a few seasons."
"Do you gentlemen live in these parts?" asked the Professor, seating himself by the fire.
"No. We're up here prospecting."
"Ah! Gold?"
Dunkan nodded briefly.
"I discovered some indications of gold yesterday," announced the Professor.