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Hardly one of us, I think, really believed in the auriferous probabilities of Eureka Gulch1. Following a little stream, we had one day drifted into it, very much as we imagined the river gold might have done in remoter ages, with the difference that WE remained there, while the river gold to all appearances had not. At first it was tacitly agreed to ignore this fact, and we made the most of the charming locality, with its rare watercourse that lost itself in tangled2 depths of manzanita and alder3, its laurel-choked pass, its flower-strewn hillside, and its summit crested4 with rocking pines.
"You see," said the optimistic Rowley, "water's the main thing after all. If we happen to strike river gold, thar's the stream for washing it; if we happen to drop into quartz6—and that thar rock looks mighty7 likely—thar ain't a more natural-born site for a mill than that right bank, with water enough to run fifty stamps. That hillside is an original dump for your tailings, and a ready found inclined road for your trucks, fresh from the hands of Providence8; and that road we're kalkilatin' to build to the turnpike will run just easy along that ridge9."
Later, when we were forced to accept the fact that finding gold was really the primary object of a gold-mining company, we still remained there, excusing our youthful laziness and incertitude10 by brilliant and effective sarcasms11 upon the unremunerative attractions of the gulch. Nevertheless, when Captain Jim, returning one day from the nearest settlement and post-office, twenty miles away, burst upon us with "Well, the
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justification
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proceeding
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utilizing
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astonishment
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鄙视( disdain的现在分词 ); 不屑于做,不愿意做 | |
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labor
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anticipation
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