Alaska Gold Rush

Chapter 3 Future

Chen Ruobai returned to his residence, and he took the pan with him, along with a hoe and a shovel.He wanted to go back quickly, to see what the golden lights he saw were exactly what they were.

Hurrying along the way, Chen Ruobai who soon came to the stream again took off his shoes decisively.

Chen Ruobai who had just entered the creek couldn't help shivering, the water temperature was still relatively low, and there was indeed some bone-piercing feeling.

Just grit your teeth and get over it, and get into work right now.

Holding a small shovel, Chen Ruobai carefully shoveled up the dirt and gravel while sticking to the bottom of the stream.It also included the thing emitting faint golden light, which was scooped up together.

Put these shoveled sand and stones into the pan, first of all, pick up some relatively large-grained stones and throw them away.Chen Ruobai, who was holding a frying pan, carefully shook it gently in the water, then slowly tilted it to pour out the stone particles and so on.

Although this method is a little primitive, a little bit of impurities are constantly removed, and the glowing substance in the pot is also seen clearly.

Gold, although it is only a very small and fine particle, is not even half the size of a sesame seed.But this kind of gold sand is no longer small. Some gold sand is really the size of sand grains, and the gold that can form large particles is very large.

Carefully sticking the gold sand together with his fingers, and now he doesn't feel the piercing water of the stream anymore, Chen Ruobai's heart is full of fire.

Looking greedily and fieryly at the gold dust in the palm of his hand, Chen Ruobai felt that he might be getting rich.

"I can see the gold in the river! Then I just need to keep searching along the river. Even if I can't find any big veins, as long as I can wash out some gold, that's enough!"

"Gold can be sold for $[-] per ounce now. If I'm lucky enough to find a big mine, I'll take off in no time!"

It is also normal to find gold in rivers.

Regardless of whether it was the previous California Gold Rush or the Alaska Gold Rush, gold was found in the river at the beginning, and then they went to find gold mines.Many primary gold deposits, due to various reasons, will cause part of the gold to be removed, decomposed, and will accumulate in a certain part of the river to form a gold mine.

This is the so-called placer gold deposit, and these are 'a drop in the bucket' washed down from the veins!
The grain of gold that Chen Ruobai found was washed out of the gold mine without accident.It's just that it was not discovered, or it failed to form a gathering in a certain river bend, and it just sank at the bottom of the stream.

"There is still light in front, that is the front!" Chen Ruobai carefully wrapped the gold sand with a paper towel, and acted, "There is a lot of golden light in front, there must be more gold sand there. This is the gold on the surface I saw, and the depth of the shovel Maybe even more gold can be found!"

Thinking of these, Chen Ruobai couldn't relax anymore, and immediately moved forward with the stream flowing.Shovel up those things that exude golden light together with the gravel at the bottom of the river. This time it's not just a shovel and a wash.

One shovel after another, some are ore with golden light, and some are sand and gravel around the golden light.Chen Ruobai also felt that there might be more gold buried next to the gold.

After working hard for an hour, a small pile of ore was piled up on the side of the road.

Chen Ruobai, who was almost numb from the cold, left the stream with great difficulty, "Start washing ore, whether we can develop or not depends on this time!"

Carefully start washing ore, which is mechanical and repetitive work.Finding gold in ore is a very difficult thing in itself.Especially the novice Chen Ruobai's washing technique is even worse, and the efficiency is naturally lower.

It took an hour to mine the ore sand, and two hours to wash the ore.

The result also made Chen Ruobai extremely excited, he felt that the collected gold might be close to one gram.

The ounce is both a unit of weight and a unit of capacity, and one ounce is about 31 grams.In other words, the gold in Chen Ruobai's hands was worth about fifty dollars!
This is definitely not high, and I have been busy for nearly four hours to get this income, so it is not a big deal.But anyway, through this practice, Chen Ruobai found more possibilities!
This time, I found a little bit of gold sand in the stream. If I am lucky enough to find some gold placer in the future, it is possible to get rich overnight.

Maybe I should consider investing in this promising job now and become an excellent gold digger.

Keep searching along the stream, once you find some more suitable places, once you find a gold mine, you will be developed!

Thinking of these, Chen Ruobai couldn't help being excited, why was he thinking about finding a job or something like that.Now that his opportunity has come across, he will try to seize this opportunity.

Chen Ruobai who returned to his residence immediately began to look up the information. Although it was all public information on the Internet, it could also let Chen Ruobai know a lot of things.

For example, the area where I was located was built and prospered because of the gold rush, although the big mine veins must have disappeared.However, there must still be some leftovers. Not all the gold has been caught in one go, and he can still find some fish that slipped through the net.

"It doesn't work now. Many places have owners and cannot mine. However, mining is not allowed in some places where there is no owner. If you want to mine, you have to apply for mining rights. That is also a troublesome thing."

Many people say that the land policy of the United States is completely privately owned, including underground minerals, etc., which are completely owned.But these things are also specious, they are private real estate.

Relatively speaking, it is much easier to mine in private real estate. You only need to apply for environmental protection, safety and relevant departments.But on the land of the country, you need to pay the cost of prospecting, and spend a sum of money to buy the mining rights
Now go to the Mining Bureau to buy the mining rights, even if it is a short-term mining rights, Chen Ruobai can't afford some money.What's more, some areas are actually strictly protected by the government and will not allow mining.

"It seems that I can only hold a pan and a small shovel now, and I don't need large-scale equipment now." Chen Ruobai said a little helplessly, "In this case, there is no need to report for the time being. .”

It is also very realistic to find some small places that large mining companies look down upon.

I don’t know how many times the advanced instruments have measured the land in Alaska. Some large deposits have been explored and even mined long ago.Some places where gold has been produced have long been known.

Chen Ruobai knew that now he could only find some 'fish that slipped through the net', some gold that didn't seem to be taken seriously by others, or that hadn't been found.

Even if it's a little less, it looks like it's just a few bits and pieces, but as long as you can find it, it's a lot of money.

"I'll still search along the river, focusing on the places at the bend of the river." Chen Ruobai thought carefully and needed to make a plan, "It's more suitable to pan for gold by the river, the difficulty of mining is relatively low, and it's also convenient for washing the ore. First, save some Besides capital, without capital, everything is a castle in the air.”

Now it is true that we can only start with a low cost, and we can only save some capital first.It's better not to be so ambitious now, not to mention that Chen Ruobai also needs to constantly tap his own potential.

One's own eyes can see the gold in the water, whether it is a short-lived ability, or an ability that has always been possessed, one needs to continue to observe.It is also extremely important to study the limits of one's abilities.

Now there is no more time to think about some things, Chen Ruobai only wants to start working early.

Take out the map and study it carefully, summing up experience from various aspects of information.

It was true to search along the rivers, but he also hoped to search in those rivers that once had gold mines upstream.Avoiding some private land, he didn't want to get into more trouble.

Including if there is no accident, it may be a period of time in the wilderness, so prepare some camping equipment now.It might not just be camping anymore, it's simply survival in the wilderness.

We must prepare more fully and not fight unsure battles, so that we have the opportunity to return with a full reward.

Chen Ruobai can accept a certain risk, but he will definitely not risk his own life.

(End of this chapter)