to put down a deep shaft, and finding gold from the second bottom on the bore.

But I'm right off the line again.

`Old Pinter', Ballarat digger -- his theory on second and other bottoms

`Ye see, THIS here grass surface -- this here surface with

trees an' grass on it, that we're livin' on, has got nothin' to do with us.

This here bottom in the shaller sinkin's that we're workin' on

is the slope to the bed of the NEW crick that was on the surface

about the time that men was missin' links. The false bottoms,