Alaska Gold Rush

Chapter 15 Upgrade
Chen Ruobai was a little absent-minded, looking towards the river valley from time to time, waiting for his heavy machinery to enter the arena.

It has been ten days since I returned to the mine again, and now I can slowly see some signs of spring.There is almost no ice floes in the river, and the weather has warmed up a bit. Now is a good time to work hard.

During this period of time, Chen Ruobai and the others also made a little money, and the output was pretty good. Three to five ounces of gold could still be panned out every day. big money.

And during this time, Chen Ruobai and others also made new discoveries.They also have a better understanding of the size and depth of the mining area. If it is purely manpower, it is estimated that they will not be able to dig it out even in a whole year, and the efficiency will not be high.

So when Chen Ruobai and others found some money with great difficulty, they immediately ordered a 3.5-ton small excavator with a bucket capacity of 0.11 cubic meters from California.

Although it is a little small, it can still be used anyway, allowing Chen Ruobai and the others to improve their work efficiency.

Lesnar also looked at the river valley, and said with some concern, "Is Javier capable of driving the excavator back?"

Chen Ruobai was also a little worried, but he could only say, "He hasn't called for help yet, so there shouldn't be any problem. I can only hope that he didn't slack off during the training period, and you are the same. When you go back to training, you must study hard and work hard. Practice on the machine."

It is also very necessary to improve the skills of employees.

Devi and Lesnar are also taking turns to participate in the training. In addition to the safety and environmental protection training of gold panning, the most important thing is to go back and learn how to drive the excavator.Even if you are in a hurry now, you must learn some basic knowledge.

Just as Chen Ruobai and Leisner were looking forward to seeing it through, they saw a small excavator appearing from a distance, driving slowly along the river valley to the mine.

For a moment, Chen Ruobai felt tears welling up in his eyes, his mine finally had some modern machinery and equipment.There is no need to continue to use primitive human gold mining, which is a huge improvement.

"If I'm not mistaken, there is another car?" Lesnar was a little uncertain, and asked, "Could it be Abby?"

Seeing an all-terrain vehicle following the excavator, Chen Ruobai couldn't help complaining, "That will cost a lot of money, I hope I don't need to be reimbursed."

"This is an asset of the mine, and it must be reimbursed." Lesnar said happily, "We spent 1000 dollars to transport the excavator to Alaska, right? This all-terrain vehicle might also cost more than [-]." Dollar."

Small excavators are actually not particularly expensive, but the full purchase plus shipping and accessories still costs [-] yuan.What about more than ten ounces of gold, what Chen Ruobai and the others got from panning for gold for three days!

It wasn't Abigail who was driving the ATV, it was Devi.That guy happily waved at Chen Ruobai, looking a little high-spirited.As for the driver of the excavator is Dewei and Chen Ruobai's workmate Nathan Montgomery, this is a versatile worker.

Seeing Chen Ruobai, Montgomery asked loudly, "Where do I need to drive it?"

Devi said first, "Stop at the mine first, we have to put the oil down."

Devi was very smart. He knew that his ability to drive an excavator was mediocre, so he didn't dare to take risks, so he asked Montgomery, who had better skills, to drive the excavator to the mine.He also knew that the mine was inconvenient to transport, so he filled up the oil when he came, and there were still several barrels of oil on the excavator.

Let's start unloading. The oil drums tied to the excavator and the materials loaded on the all-terrain vehicle must be moved down.

Handing Montgomery a cigarette, Lesnar said with a smile, "Why did you come here?"

"Javier and I are friends, and you and I are friends." Pounding Lesnar's chest, Montgomery said with some dissatisfaction, "But now you are all here to pan for gold, you are making a lot of money, only I am still logging field work."

Nodding to Chen Ruobai, Lesnar said, "He lost his job at the lumberyard and started panning for gold. We just followed him to work. He is the boss, and he gave me and Javier jobs."

Montgomery lit a cigarette, and said to Chen Ruobai, "Robert, aren't we friends?"

"What do you mean?" Chen Ruobai pretended not to understand, and said with a smile, "Do you want to dig for gold? Look at my hands, they are all blisters now, this is hard work."

Naturally, Montgomery also heard about it. He knew that Chen Ruobai and the others had been digging for gold by hand.To be honest, if he was really asked to do it, he would definitely not be able to bear it, it would be too tiring.

Chen Ruobai was still very happy, and said to Montgomery, "Fortunately, you came here now. If I came here a few days ago, I could only sit on the rock and chat with you. Now you can go to our office. It was built just the day before yesterday, and you can drink Cup of coffee."

Pointing to a row of four wooden houses, Chen Ruobai said, "The three of us each have a wooden house, and the remaining one is an office."

Montgomery asked curiously, "Then where do you cook?"

Chen Ruobai smiled triumphantly, "It's the office, where we boil water and drink coffee, and we're still preparing to build a few chairs. But it's a bit difficult, so we can only make a simple dining table."

This is considered an upgrade. If you don’t eat on the earthen stove or sit on the stone, you can still have a dining table and drink a cup of coffee.

"It's not easy to make money." Lesnar put his arms around Montgomery's shoulders and said with a smile, "People from the Environmental Protection Agency came over two days ago and issued a ticket to Robert. We cut down a few trees and it cost five hundred Dollar."

Chen Ruobai didn't have anything to say, it was indeed their fault, if they were caught, they would accept the punishment.

After making a cup of coffee for Montgomery, Chen Ruobai said, "How is the logging camp now?"

"It's still the same as before. You also understand the work of the logging camp." Montgomery said casually, "It's hard work, but you can't make any money. Now many people are talking about your gold digging, and they are all guessing how much money you made. .”

Chen Ruobai was not surprised by this. After he bought the mining rights of the mine, it was difficult to hide this matter.Furthermore, during this period of time, Chen Ruobai and others were constantly training, and many people could also notice these things.

This is the case in a small place, basically no secrets can be hidden, and some news can spread quickly.

"We've just started, maybe we can make some money." Chen Ruobai said modestly, "No one knows what to expect until the last moment. You are from Alaska, and you know that many people who want to make money by panning for gold bankrupted."

Montgomery nodded solemnly, "Nowadays, many gold diggers are foreigners. They came to Aslaga with the dream of getting rich, and they will leave here in embarrassment when winter comes."

It is also true that gold mining can indeed make you rich overnight, but such a myth of making wealth is only a small part.The vast majority of people are still doing nothing, and not many people will pass on the stories of some people going bankrupt.

But Chen Ruobai doesn't seem to be particularly worried about such things, the main reason is that he now has the magic weapon to make a fortune.

Being able to see the golden light and find gold relatively easily, this is where Chen Ruobai's greatest confidence lies.

Montgomery just chatted with Chen Ruobai and others for a while, and left with a salary of 150 US dollars.Friends are friends, but it took money to help drive the excavator to this remote place for a day.

Chen Ruobai also didn't feel that Montgomery was 'not enough friends', it was normal for everyone to support their families.

Watching Montgomery leave, Chen Ruobai said happily, "Now we have our first excavator, which is a huge improvement. We will continue to work hard, and the small washing machine is our next goal!"

Devi and Lesnar have no objections, having the new machine can make their work easier and allow them to earn money efficiently!
Slowly developing and continuously accumulating, this is what Chen Ruobai and the others should do.

If the foundation is too poor, it can only be accumulated slowly.Not only in terms of hardware, but also software needs to be continuously improved.

(End of this chapter)