sentences:  He and two partners found a profitable gold claim involving a mine called the Ophir.Amanda had not seen her cousin in thirty-four years, but they were unexpectedly reunited for a brief time during Christmas 1849.During the short-lived reunion, Jared gave a brief account of his life since 1814, i.e., after the end of "the Seekers," and revealed that he now had a son, Jephtha, and three grandsons (plus a granddaughter, Annabelle, who died in infancy).