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Hogan next tried Mr. Bickford , but with like result . `` I ai n't quite such a fool , Hogan , '' said the plain-spoken Joshua . About this time a stroke of good luck fell to Joe . bout three o'clock one afternoon he unearthed a nugget which , at a rough estimate , might be worth five hundred dollars . Instantly all was excitement in the mining-camp , not alone for what he had obtained , but for the promise of richer deposits . Experienced miners decided that he had , struck upon what is popularly called a `` pocket , '' and some of these are immensely remunerative . `` Shake hands , Joe , '' said Bickford .