George Acton entered the two room cabin at the edge of Selkirk in which he lived with his wife, Anna, and their eight year old daughter, Gloria. Anna and Gloria came from the other room as George sank wearily into a chair and rested his head in his hands. He's fed up of working on their claim, convinced that it's no good, and he's spending so much time trying to find gold that he doesn't have any time left for working on his experiments...