animation, and as full of his
eccentricities as ever. He was a character seldom met with--ever full
of a quaint humor and sociability, but never known to get mad, no
matter how great the provocation might be.

His chance strike upon the spot where lay the gold of Flower Pocket
imbedded--if it could be called a chance, considering his dream--was
the prelude to the opening up of one of the richest mining districts
south of Deadwood.

We left them after Harry had driven a stake to mark the place which
the somnambulist had pointed out as indicating the concealed mine.

On the succeeding day the two men set to work, and dug long and
desperately to uncover the treasure, and after three days of incessant
toil they were rewarded with success. A rich vein of gold, or, rather,
a deposit of the valuable metal was found, it being formed in a deep,
natural pocket and mixed alternately with sand and rock.

During the remaining four days of that week the two lucky miners took
out enough gold to evidence their supposition that they had struck one
of the richest fields in all the Black Hills country. Indeed, it
seemed that there was no end to the depth of sand in the shaft, and as
long as the sand held out the gold was likely to.

When, just in the flush of their early triumph, the old humpback was
visited by another somnambulistic fit, and this time he discovered
gold down in the northern mountain side, and prophesied that the
quartz rock which could be mined therefrom would more than repay the
cost and trouble of opening up the vein and of transporting machinery
to the gulch.

We need not go into detail of what followed; suffice it to say that
immediate arrangements were made and executed toward developing this
as yet unknown territory.

While Redburn set to work with two Ute Indians (transported to the
gulch from Deadwood, under oath of secrecy by the "General") to blast
into the mountain-side, and get at the gold-bearing quartz, the old
locater in person set out for Cheyenne on the secret mission of
procuring a portable crusher, boiler and engine, and such other
implements as would be needed, and getting them safely into the gulch
unknown to the roving population of the Hills country. And most
wonderful to relate, he succeeded.

Two weeks after his departure, he returned with the machinery and two
score of Ute Indians, whom he had sworn into his service, for, as a
Ute rarely breaks his word, they were likely to prove valu