Harry came nearer, that Bush might examine for himself.
“Yes,” he said, “there is a little.”
“It’s the only gold I have found to-day.”
“Yes, lad, we are not growing rich very fast, that’s a fact. We’ve been at work more than three weeks, and I don’t think we have netted five ounces.”
“No,” said Harry.
I may remark here that an ounce is worth not far from twenty dollars. It follows accordingly that the amount referred to represented less than a hundred dollars.
“I’ll tell you what I have been thinking of, Harry,” said Bush.
“What is it?”
“I think our chances will be better further up the hill. Here we may, if we are lucky, get three ounces a week,—probably not as much. What I want is a nugget.”