Alaska Gold Rush

Chapter 37

The initial 'infrastructure' is basically completed, which means that Chen Ruobai and the others also need to enter the working state.

Sleeping in a shed is actually pretty good. The wilderness is relatively quiet, and you can only be woken up by insects and birds in the morning.But it could also be the sun, the alarm clock, or the biological clock. After all, I’m here for work, not for vacation or sleeping in.

After washing up, Chen Ruobai naturally put on his hard hat and reminded everyone, "When you enter the venue, you have to wear a hard hat. I don't want anyone to be caught, and I don't want to pay a fine or even be rectified. Do you understand?"

Lesnar responded immediately and said, "I know, this place is too close to the city, and the patrol helicopters will definitely come here often."

This is also a characteristic of the United States. There are city police patrol planes in big cities, and guard helicopters at sea.And some other government departments are the same, and sometimes they will use helicopters to come out and go around.

Don't think that you can hide from law enforcement officers in the deep mountains, old forests or above the sea. Once they take photos and videos and find places that violate regulations and laws, they will definitely not be polite.

Devi came out of the kitchen and said braggingly, "Omelettes, oatmeal, and I've prepared toast for you."

It's not a rich breakfast, but it's still nutritionally balanced, and the most important thing is to have a large amount and keep yourself full.

After breakfast, Lesner said while making coffee, "Our task today is to complete the dam. This project is not difficult. We only need one morning, and we can dig out the drainage channel in the afternoon."

Montgomery said, "I think we can dig the drainage channel first. Once the river changes direction, it will be easier for us to stack and pull. The water flow here is not large, and this work is not difficult."

This job is really not too difficult, Montgomery and the others are very confident.

After a brief discussion, everyone set off and went straight to the river to start preparations to complete the final preparations before mining.

Montgomery climbed onto the excavator, started the machine skillfully, and drove the excavator forward.Devi leads in front, communicating with Montgomery and Lesnar with simple gestures.

Lesnar drove the small excavator to stop above the water pool, about three meters away from the water pool, and directly began to dig the nearby river stones to pile up in the river channel.Simply pile them up first, which also hinders the flow of the river and quickly flows from both sides of the stone dam.

This is not a newly opened river channel, so the construction difficulty is not too big.And Montgomery also took action, and the excavator was digging bucket by bucket, digging out a deep river channel, allowing the river that had lost its flow direction to find the correct flow direction again, and continued to flow.

Holding the walkie-talkie, Chen Ruobai said, "Ruen, widen the dam a little more, we must pay attention to flood control."

Lesnar didn't reply, just gave Chen Ruobai a thumbs up, and then continued to work with the excavator.

It is not difficult to build a simple dam, but to make it strong enough, you need to increase the area and tamp it down.This kind of work is also rough and detailed, and requires a sufficiently correct attitude.

Because the upstream is cut off, there is no substantial flow of water to replenish it, so the water pool has lost its replenishment.But it does not mean that the pool is dry. After all, it is a pool, and there are some depressions at the bottom, and a lot of river water has been accumulated.

There was no need to use a water pump or the like. Montgomery directly used an excavator to open a gap, and the water in the pool just flowed slowly.

One morning is enough. A simple dam has been built. This one-meter-high and two-meter-wide dam is enough.

Looking at the meandering river, Chen Ruobai was very happy. "It seems that there is no big problem. As long as there is no flash flood, as long as there is no heavy rain, the dam should be safe, and the mining area is unlikely to be washed away."

This is Chen Ruobai's simple idea, there is no need to ask too much for many things now, just enough is enough.

The whole morning's work was completed, and everyone didn't feel tired, and there were no mistakes.The main reason is that these tasks are actually not difficult, so naturally it will not make everyone feel in a hurry.

Chen Ruobai didn't stay idle either, after working for a while, he returned to the shed ahead of schedule.Start frying steaks and frying two dishes. The four elders have big appetites, and they can't be stingy when it comes to eating and drinking.

Chen Ruobai's current eating habits are relatively complicated, and the Chinese stomach he developed when he was a child can't be changed for a while.But after being in the United States, I also got used to eating meat, fish, and vegetables as my staple food. That is to say, there is no need for rice, noodles, etc. on the dinner table.

Devi came back humming, took off his hard hat and said, "Smooth than we expected, we will take out the work site in the afternoon."

Chen Ruobai nodded and said to Dewei, "We can't guarantee the specific area of ​​the mining area now. My idea is to use the water pool as the center of the circle. Do you understand what I mean? We have leveled out some sites that can be used to pile ore. But in the end The main thing is to ensure that the water pool is dug directly, and there is gold there.”

Dewei naturally understood what Chen Ruobai meant, it seemed that Chen Ruobai was planning to die in the pool.Even if there is some extension, it is basically around the water pool, rather than opening up a radius of one mile with the water pool as the center.

Lesnar joked, "If it's just a water pool, if it's not deep enough, we might be able to dig the ore in three days."

This is the uncertainty of gold panning. Although Chen Ruobai saw some gold on the surface, he still doesn't know what is going on at the bottom of the pool.It is hard to say whether to go down with a shovel directly to the bedrock, or to dig deeper and deeper.

Hearing what Dewei said, Chen Ruobai said, "Okay then, let's put it at a distance of 50 meters. I don't believe that the radiation area of ​​this pool is so large, and the distance of 50 meters is enough for you to drive an excavator. gone."

Devi has no objection. It is of course good to excavate directly, but the excavator needs a certain amount of space to rotate.First dig the surrounding area wider, and the follow-up work of the excavator will be easier to carry out.

While the two were chatting, Lesnar and Montgomery also came back and simply talked about the work situation.

After lunch, it is natural to immediately throw yourself into work.When Chen Ruobai was still supervising the work, the mine owner Dawson came.

This shrewd old man stood on the shore and said to Chen Ruobai, "Get your workers to work quickly, you should start mining directly."

"I know how to work." Chen Ruobai was not polite, but said, "My employees are already working, we need to level the site so that we can start the follow-up work."

Dawson was not happy, and said to Chen Ruobai, "I started panning for gold at the age of 15, and I have been panning for gold for 50 years! Boy, this is a suggestion that no one will tell you. Your workers can start working directly. Do you want Digging that puddle, right?"

Chen Ruobai was even more unhappy, pointing to the pool and said, "Didn't you see that there is a steep spot in that pool? My excavator is not big enough, it will fall into it! If I don't dig the site wider, if I need to expand the excavation area later, What should I do then?"

Dawson was even more unhappy, and said directly, "This is my land, and I know it better than you. I have taken people to measure it many times, and we have found mines in the river many times! Listen, there is no more ore here. , the bedrock will be dug to a depth of only half a meter! If you want to make money, you should collect all the ore on the surface of the river!"

"That's your choice, that's why you can't find gold here!" Chen Ruobai couldn't be angry, and continued, "This is my team, I know how to work!"

Chen Ruobai had a quarrel with the mine owner, and the quarrel started on the first day of work, which seemed to be nothing wrong.

It is enough to stand on their respective positions, and it is precisely for this reason that they quarreled.Maybe there will be more quarrels in the future, because this is also related to their respective interests.

But so what?

It's not that Chen Ruobai can't listen to simplicity, but he has his own judgment, and some people's suggestions may not be useful!
(End of this chapter)