:10:00
How do you mean?
:10:01
I mean, he hires dumb guys like you
to work for him.
:10:04
When it comes time to pay off,
he takes a powder.
:10:10
How much we got left
of that $10 he gave us, Dobbsie?
:10:13
- $2.50.
- That's not even enough for one bed.
:10:17
I know a joint that's full of rats,
scorpions and cockroaches.
:10:23
The cots are only 50 centavos a night.
:10:30
Have another...
:10:43
...jobs for a dime a dozen
ain't to be had at all.
:10:46
Streets are full of guys...
:10:47
pushing each other over the hill.
:10:50
...not 10 days from here by rail.
:10:52
The mountain's waiting for the right guy
to discover and take her treasure.
:10:57
The question is: Are you the right guy?
:10:59
Real bonanzas are few and far between.
They take a lot of finding.
:11:02
Answer me this, will you?
Why is gold worth some $20 an ounce?
:11:05
- I don't know. Because it's scarce.
- A thousand men go searching for gold.
:11:09
After six months one of them's lucky.
One out of the thousand.
:11:12
His find represents not only his own labor
but that of 999 others to boot.
:11:16
That's 6,000 months to 500 years...
:11:19
scrambling over mountain,
going hungry and thirsty.
:11:21
The gold is worth what it is 'cause of
the human labor that went into finding it.
:11:26
- Never thought of it like that.
- There's no other explanation.
:11:29
Gold ain't good for nothing
except for making jewelry and gold teeth.
:11:33
Gold's a devilish sort of thing.
:11:34
You start out to tell yourself
you'll be satisfied with $25,000 worth.
:11:38
So help me Lord and cross my heart.
Fine resolution.
:11:41
After months of sweating yourself dizzy,
few provisions, finding nothing...
:11:44
you finally come down to $15,000,
then $10,000.
:11:46
Finally you say,
"Lord, let me just find $5,000 worth...
:11:49
"and I'll never ask for anything more
the rest of my life."
:11:52
$5,000 is a lot of money.
:11:55
In this joint it seems like a lot.
:11:56
But if you made a real strike,
you couldn't be dragged away.
:11:59
Even the threat of death wouldn't
keep you from adding $10,000 more.