Chapter 11: Revelations and Complications   Nothing decided!
Then what were you all doing? You were shut up for hours.
Talking. There was a deal of talk, and everyone had an eye-
opener. Even old Gandalf. I think Legolas's bit of news about
Gollum caught even him on the hop, though he passed it off.
Pippin and Bilbo—The Fellowship of the Ring (The Ring Goes
South)   Gimli would be the first to admit that when it came to
finding one's way around an unexplored cavern, there were better
dwarves for the job.  Not that Gimli was unskilled in such
matters. Far from it. He was leagues ahead of any man or elf and
far more adept than most hobbits. But among his own people,
Gimli's talents beneath the earth were considered average at
best. He had a discerning eye when it came to the potential of
virgin lodes, but the actual exploration and excavation of a
mine were things that had not interested him as a child.
Instead, he had spent most of his youth accompanying ore
shipments across Eriador, protecting the goods from