Alaska Gold Rush

Chapter 105
When the team arrived at the mine, they naturally had to prepare for the start of work, and many things had to be prepared.

The living quarters have been sorted out, and Chen Ruobai and the others are now settled down.There is no need to worry about the quality of life for everyone. It is definitely not comparable to that in towns, but as far as mines are concerned, the current situation is not too bad.

Looking at the water purifier in front of him, Devi said happily, "Our equipment is constantly being upgraded, and the problem of domestic water will be solved in the future."

Now this mine has no water source, and domestic water has always been difficult.But now there is nothing to worry about, the water purifier is here, and there is naturally no big problem with domestic water.

"Tomorrow, all the snow on the site will be cleared, and the waste from last year's gold laundering will be piled up." Chen Ruobai arranged the work and said, "We have to speed up the progress, and try to start work in three days."

Arrange all aspects of things so that work can start smoothly.Even though the mine has completed all kinds of work last year, that was all last year, and there will still be a lot of preliminary work to do when coming to the mine this year.

Drake came over, and the simple-minded fat man asked, "Robert, what should our menu look like?"

"Play freely, just cook some food you are good at." Devi replied quickly, "But you must ensure the portion. We don't care if it is particularly delicious, but it must satisfy everyone."

Drake said emotionally, "Of course, I understand the pain of not getting enough to eat. But I'm just worried. I'm in charge of the logistics. If it's just barbecue, hamburgers, fried chicken, sandwiches, and French fries, it's a big deal. It would make me feel like I might lose my job. I love studying food, but I'm not as good as restaurant chefs."

"That's pretty good, but occasionally I need to prepare some vegetable or fruit salad." Chen Ruobai comforted with a smile, "Working here is not so particular, we are gold diggers. While we can eat enough, as long as the food is not difficult Eating is enough."

Devi joked, "If you have time, you can also study some seafood. We have an extra meal time once a week. You don't have to worry about the ingredients here. You can choose king crab and sweet shrimp, which can be used for extra meals. "

It’s okay to eat some French fries, pork chops, etc., but it’s okay to add something good once a week.

Lawrence, who was eavesdropping next to him, was excited and curious, "King crab? Sweet shrimp? Extra meal every week?! This is crazy. There are many people here, and everyone can eat very well. Only two king crabs can satisfy us! "

Devi said calmly, "Is it very expensive? I don't think so! John, we are working in a mine now, we are panning for gold, and we make a lot of money! Two king crabs, high-quality steak, plus Serve two lobsters, that's just an ounce of gold, we can take it out anytime!"

The ignorant Lawrence was overwhelmed when he heard it. Usually, he worked hard, and it was worth four or five hundred dollars a week.Now a meal costs one or two thousand dollars, he can hardly imagine.Even if you can only eat it once a week, it's scary.

Chen Ruobai laughed, and said to Lawrence, "It's not so good usually, it's just a normal work meal."

While chatting, Montgomery came, "Robert, the situation over the waste dump is not very good. The ore sand was very fine, and now it's all frozen together. It may not be easy for us to clean them up."

Hearing this, Chen Ruobai couldn't sit still anymore, although he had a premonition that it would be difficult to start work before the winter had completely passed.It's just that when encountering these things now, I still feel a little tricky.

Many of the ore that was washed last year were finely divided silt, even soil, and now they are really frozen together.

After careful observation, Chen Ruobai asked, "If you use a bulldozer, you should be able to shovel it, right?"

"But, if you go to the waste dump, it's easy to slide down later." Montgomery explained, "Now it's all caked up, and the same goes for the waste dump. So we have to wait until the ice melts Clean it up later."

Chen Ruobai spread his hands and said helplessly, "That's the only way to go. I just hope that the Mining Bureau won't come over right away."

There is really no better way now, so I can only accept such a result, and I can only wait a little longer.

Let's not deal with these wastes for the time being, Chen Ruobai asked concerned, "What about the mine? Can we start working now?"

"We plan to use the drill bit to break the ice layer on the surface first, so there should be no problem." Montgomery said immediately, "Two large excavators are responsible for digging the ore sand in the mine, and their power is completely sufficient."

Large excavators, this is Chen Ruobai's "self-promotion". The three excavators are actually two small excavators and one medium excavator.But in any case, this is now an upgrade, barely enough.

Now this can be regarded as large-scale machinery is enough, and the types are also complete, Chen Ruobai and the others naturally have more confidence.

The bulldozers are working rumblingly, shoveling away the snow in the mining area.Originally, the snow cover could make this area look clean and refreshing, but now it is also filthy and messy, even those white snows are now filthy.

Big Zhuang is getting dirty again now, this fat dog looks very clean and fresh when he is in town.But it's not good in the mine. After running for two laps, his body is dirty. Compared with the image of Chen Ruobai, a gold digger, he looks even worse.

Everyone was busy, and Chen Ruobai was not idle either. He was going to the mine to check the situation.

As far as the eyes could see was the golden light, all of this made Chen Ruobai feel happy and looking forward to it, others could not understand his kind of joy and happiness.The bottom of the pit is not muddy, there is a golden light that cannot be hidden in the mud.

He was sure that his choice was right, he was still observing and analyzing the distribution of gold, and wanted to formulate a gold panning plan more accurately and efficiently.The sudden falling snow made Chen Ruobai speechless, it was almost April, and it was still snowing!
But there's nothing surprising about it, it's a normal thing that happens in Alaska.

Even snow is acceptable to Chen Ruobai, snow can be overcome, and rain will largely stop work.As long as the work can continue, then everything is acceptable, a little snow is really nothing.

Dewei and the others didn't stop working because of such a little snow. A little snow won't affect the overall situation.Generally speaking, the temperature is rising, and now the soil layer is thawing and the snow is melting, so we can start work.

Lawrence hurried over and said nervously, "Robert, I just counted the supplies, and we are short of a bunch of steel. I don't know if we forgot to bring it or it was stolen."

Hearing this, Chen Ruobai became anxious, and immediately grabbed the walkie-talkie, "Javier, a bunch of steel is missing, are you sure you brought it here?"

A moment later, Devi's voice came, saying, "I counted when loading the truck, and we definitely brought the steel."

"I took some steel." Dick's voice also sounded on the intercom, "But I suspect that our steel is indeed less, channel steel and angle iron are less, and this does not match our purchase figures."

Chen Ruobai and the others hurried to the warehouse, looking at the steel piled up in front of them, Chen Ruobai and the others looked unhappy.

If it hadn't been knocked down on the road, someone on the other side of the transport team had tampered with it and stole part of the steel.

Chen Ruobai was very upset about such a bad thing, "Is it counted? It was counted when loading the truck, and we can't check the numbers when we put it in the warehouse? I know everyone is very excited when they arrive at the mine, but such a low-level mistake There shouldn't be!"

Devi looked embarrassed and furious, "This part of the loss was deducted from my income, it was my mistake. I'm going to go to those bastards immediately, they stole at least fifteen hundred dollars of steel from me!"

There are some people who commit crimes or think of crooked ways everywhere, it is obvious that Chen Ruobai and the others have encountered some troubles this trip.The current situation is that Chen Ruobai and the others are likely to suffer a lot because they did not have more evidence.

If your work is not careful, then don't expect to recover the losses at this time, that is unrealistic.

At first, everyone was excited and happy, thinking that the new season of gold rush would bring more income and make more money to everyone.

Even in the early stage of this gold rush season, everything is going very smoothly, and everyone is a little blindly optimistic.But now, the low-level mistakes made everyone feel very ashamed, and they had to bear the results of the losses.

Whether they are happy or not, Chen Ruobai and the others must accept such a result.

Even if one learns one's wisdom, after all, not everyone is the kind of person who does things well.As for the current result, it naturally means that we should be more careful in doing things in the future. Such losses could have been avoided in the first place.

Chen Ruobai's team can find gold, and everyone can make a lot of money.It's just that such a low-level mistake now not only caused some losses to everyone's economy, but more than 1000 US dollars is not too small.

Furthermore, these things are likely to affect everyone's work, and this is the most important thing.There is no need to use these steels now, which is a blessing in misfortune, and it can be remedied.

There is good news and bad news. When everyone is happily looking forward to the arrival of the new gold rush season, they also encounter some bad things.

This is gold panning. There is no smooth sailing. If there are no twists and turns, it will not be realistic.

(End of this chapter)