Once more the vacant sidewalks resounded to the thud of sturdy hob-nailed boots; and along with the locaters came pumpmen and miners to sound the flooded depths of the Paymaster.
"Shadow Mountain"
Dane Coolidge
He might be one of those locaters, from the big towns, who prospect the lands, with a view of settling government warrants on them,-they were always so secret until they had found what they wanted.
"Openings in the Old Trail"
Bret Harte
And so by degrees the two original locaters of the great Cinnabar lode faded from the memory of Angel's, and Calaveras knew them no more.
"Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Stories"
Bret Harte