CHAPTER XXX THE LANDSLIDE They scarcely knew what to do with their treasure. The nuggets were heavy, so it would be no easy matter to move them from one place to another. "I think the best we can do for the present is to bury them," said Maybe Dixon. "We'll have to move up here," returned Mark. "To be sure--and bring our other gold up too. We can't be at two claims at once." So it was decided, and early on the following morning the three boys went back to the old camp and prepared to move. "Going to quit, eh?" said Mr. West. "We are going up in the mountain," answered Bob. "I don't suppose Tillie will want to go along." "No, her mother isn't feeling well and she will have to stay at our place now. I came over to tell you." "Tell her I am sorry," said Si. "I am coming down to see you folks some day." "Si is surely smitten on Tillie," whispered Bob to Mark. "Well, she is certainly a good girl and will make somebody a good wife," answered Mark. The three boys could scarcely realize their good fortune. With the gold previously found the four partners were now worth all of fifty thousand dollars. "That's twelve thousand apiece and two thousand left over for expenses," said Si. "Why, my father was never worth so much in his whole life!" "Nor mine," added Bob. "I am mighty glad I gave up whaling and took to gold hunting, I can tell you!" "We haven't got to the end of it yet," added Mark. "That cavern may prove to be more than a bonanza. We must be careful how we stake out our claim." It was nightfall by the time they reached the cavern once more. They brought Darling with them and all of their possessions. It was no new thing for gold hunters to leave a camp suddenly, so their departure from the gulch created no surprise. "Got tired of stayin' here, I suppose," said one old miner. "Wall, I'm gittin' a leetle tired o' it myself." It was decided to establish a camp to the north of the landslide, a distance of four hundred feet from the cavern. Here was a pleasant patch of timber and a spring of clear mountain water. They soon had the tent raised, and Si and Bob built a rude cooking place of stones. Then they cut some firewood, and sat down to the best meal they had had in two days. "We can afford a spread, after the find we have made," said Mark. It was decided to bury their nuggets and gold dust at the rear of the tent. An extra deep hole was made, and they covered it with a flat stone and over it placed a bit of a tree trunk that did for a bench. "Fifty thousand dollars in that hole," said Si. "We want to watch it." "We can see the tent from the cave," said Maybe Dixon. "So it will be an easy matter to keep an eye that way while we are working."