To rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking.
In King Arthur what happened to the knights who went in search of the Holy Grail was that one of them died, while the other two returned home.
Given information is not enough to answer your question appropriately. Let me start explaining with the cases that we can extract from given information:
Case 1: Stacy was driving the car - in this case, Stacy was in driver seat.
Case 2: Someone else was driving the car - in this case, Stacy was in passenger seat.
In the text ransom of red chief Bill and Sam needed a hideout to keep red chief away from the town to kidnap him, although if your wanting the answer based on the movie it's because they bought the mine and found out it was worthless, so they used it as a hiding spot to keep red chief.