:31:01
Gold ain't like stones in a riverbed.
It don't cry out to be picked up.
:31:04
You got to know how to recognize it.
:31:06
The finding ain't all. Not by a long shot.
:31:08
Got to know how to tickle her
so she'll come out laughing.
:31:10
Yeah, it's mighty rich. It'll pay good.
:31:12
- How good?
- About 20 ounces to the ton.
:31:15
- That's $20 an ounce.
- How many tons can we handle a week?
:31:18
Depends on how hard we work.
:31:19
We better pitch our camp
down the mountainside.
:31:21
Why, when the digging's here?
:31:23
Anyone comes by, we say we're hunters,
and get away with it maybe.
:31:26
- Wouldn't it be easier to file a claim?
- Easier but not so profitable.
:31:29
An emissary from a big mining company
would be here soon...
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with a paper in his hand
showing we had no right to be here.
:31:37
How does it feel to be men of property?
:31:44
The tanks'll leak some at first...
:31:45
until the boards begin to swell
and close the seams.
:31:50
I sure had some cockeyed ideas
about prospecting for gold.
:31:54
It was all in the finding, I thought.
:31:57
I thought you just had to find it,
pick it up, put it in sacks...
:32:00
and carry them off to the nearest bank.
:32:02
You're learning. Pretty soon
I won't be able to tell you a thing.
:32:05
- Tank full yet?
- Right to the top.
:32:07
Open the sluice gate.
:32:44
How much do you figure it to be now?
:32:47
About $5,000 worth, I reckon.
:32:51
When are we going to start dividing it up?
:32:56
Anytime you say.
:32:58
Why divide it at all? I don't see any point.