I look for and find small to large areas on and under the
ground: lands and rocks that have something we want, something
that we will mine if we can make enough money. First, we drive
or fly into an area of great promise, so we can put small and
large rocks into bags. These rocks in bags are sent away so we
can find out what they are made of, so we can see what the
numbers will tell us. If we like what the numbers say, then we
walk around the area of interest making notes and drawing lines
in our field books and on large pieces of paper, and searching,
always searching for the right signs. After that, if the signs
are good and the numbers from the rocks are even better, we push
long, round, empty spaces into the ground and pull out rocks to
place in bags or boxes, all so we can continue to find out what
the rocks are made of. After looking at several areas, we
eventually find exactly what we are trying to find--rocks that
can make us some money (the numbers, some computers, and men and
women that study number