nine o'clock
`` If it had n't -- well , I would n't be here , lookin ' for the Landslide Mine , '' concluded Tom Dillon . `` I do n't know that I want a bear to corner me , '' said Phil , with a shiver . `` No , we 'll leave the bears alone , if they 'll leave us alone , '' returned Dave . It was a little before nine o'clock when they came in sight of Black Cat Camp , a typical mining community , perched on the side of one of the foothills leading to the mountains . There was one main street , stretched out for the best part of a quarter of a mile . All the buildings were of wood and none of them over two stories in height . `` We 'll go to Dick Logan 's place , '' said Mr. Dillon .