Alaska Gold Rush

Chapter 375 Continuous Survey

Chen Ruobai watched with interest as Dick began to make the final preparations. Seeing that drilling was about to begin, the next exploration work was about to begin, and he was still a little nervous.

Everything was ready, Chen Ruobai nodded.At this time, Dick didn't need to say anything. Montgomery started the machine directly and started drilling.

The roar of the excavator is nothing, everyone is just staring at the drilling machine.

The equipment of the drilling machine also uses the excavator's own hydraulic system as the driving source. The drill bit is easily inserted into the ground and continues to penetrate deep into the ground while rotating rapidly.

Looking at the drill pipe connected, Chen Ruobai smiled happily, "Look, this is the power of the machine. If it were our manpower, it would take an hour to achieve such results."

Morgan next to him couldn't stand listening any more and corrected himself, "I know the power of the machine is very powerful, but we can't deny our labor. It doesn't take an hour at all, we only need 15 minutes to complete such a workload."

Henderson joked, "As you speak, it has completed another five minutes of our work. Not including the time we may need to rest, it is indeed more efficient."

"You need to have a sense of urgency!" Morgan said, a hater of steel. "You have to consider our work efficiency and our salary. The boss will definitely not pay you more, once we are replaced by machines , you will lose this job!"

Henderson suddenly understood, and then quickly said to Chen Ruobai, "It seems to work very fast, but it is not as accurate as us!"

Dick just watched the excitement and was not afraid of trouble. "As long as it follows the set parameters, it will work with higher accuracy, and it will not even deviate by more than one inch. It is more efficient and more precise than you!"

Henderson gritted his teeth and asked, "I will be replaced by it, and so will you!"

"I'm a maintenance technician, and mechanical equipment also needs maintenance!" Old Dick still looked very confident, "So even if you all lose your jobs, I can continue to make money here."

Henderson thought for a while and cursed viciously, "It seems that you can only be replaced by a mechanic with better skills, but I am not surprised at all. You have always been able to do some simple maintenance. Not really an engineer.”

Seeing the members of the team playing tricks, Chen Ruobai could just watch and there was no need to get involved.

Everyone is actually joking. There is a high probability that the current team will not need to introduce new blood. There is no larger mine for the time being, which means that there is indeed no need to increase manpower and costs.

But what is certain is that today’s mines do need these manpower.The existing team composition is basically complete, which naturally means that it will not be easily eliminated. It is best to maintain the current scale and existing model.

There is no harm in being more stable, at least for Chen Ruobai now.

The members of the team also think so. The current situation is quite good, and there is really no need to make any more changes.

Although everyone was talking and laughing, they were also observing the drilling machine from time to time.

Of course, there can be small talk, but now we are not at a party or a bar, but now in a mine.Work comes first, especially now that we are still carrying out extremely important prospecting work. This is the most stressful time.

Montgomery looked at the data and grabbed the walkie-talkie, "It's already three meters deep. Do we still need to continue drilling?"

Chen Ruobai gave a thumbs up directly and nodded.A depth of three meters is not enough, and such a depth does not have much reference value. We need to continue to go deeper, so that we can have some reference value.

When the depth reached five meters, Montgomery's feedback was that although the resistance to drilling was increasing, everything was going smoothly, which meant that the bedrock layer had not been encountered yet, which was good news.

Chen Ruobai thought for a while, set the target at a depth of six meters, and then began to observe the situation.

After receiving the response, Montgomery knew more clearly what he was going to do. He drove the machine and continued drilling, and soon reached a depth of six meters. At this time, he could hand over the work here to others.

After the drill pipe was recovered, Chen Ruobai immediately brought someone over, "Your task now is to start sampling and collect the ore sand. I need to observe and judge."

Henderson and Morgan coming here this time are not just for show, they also have some tasks of their own to do well.

Although the addition of a drilling machine can indeed make drilling holes easier.However, such a machine still cannot allow Chen Ruobai to directly see more ore samples, so some manpower will be needed.

Fully automatic, etc., such machines do exist, but they also cost a lot of money.

Henderson and Morgan naturally have no objections. This is what they should do and start collecting mineral sand samples now.

It was also because some preliminary survey work had been done before, although the data samples obtained were not complete enough.But Chen Ruobai also knows very well that the subsequent work can now be carried out more accurately and efficiently.

Pointing forward, Chen Ruobai said to Montgomery, "Nathan, go to the opposite river beach and start drilling there. Today's task is to continue drilling. I will first determine the scope of the mine and drill holes at intervals of five to six meters. The depth is also controlled at six meters.”

Montgomery nodded and then asked, "Do I need to continue drilling? If there is no clear distance limit, I will probably drive the excavator back to Anchorage."

"If that happens, we will make a fortune." Chen Ruobai joked with a smile, "First expand along the horizontal line. When there is no gold, we will move along the vertical line."

Montgomery naturally had no objections. In fact, he was very happy to see that the distance could be extended.The farther the distance, the larger the mine, which means there are opportunities to make more money.

These are the jobs that everyone knows, and everyone knows how to have the opportunity to make more money.

Kessler walked up to Chen Ruobai and asked, "You don't have specific information yet?"

Knowing what Kessler meant, Chen Ruobai explained, "I just found traces of gold mines in this river, but the specific scale is difficult to know. I don't know how big it is, nor the depth of the ore sand layer. how many."

This is the meaning of prospecting. First find a point, and then radiate around. Only in this way can you slowly figure out the scale of the mine, and only then can you truly know whether there is real mining value here.What Chen Ruobai just said is partly true. He doesn't have a particularly deep understanding of this gold mine now. He really doesn't know how big it can be here.

But it may not necessarily be all the information. For example, he suspects that the gold mine here and now being mined should be one.Perhaps it was just a small fault caused by some reasons that caused his previous prospecting work to fail to find anything except errors.

There is really no need to tell other people these things, lest those people rejoice in vain. It is also because there is not enough information to support it. Even Chen Ruobai does not dare to draw some conclusions directly now.

So now let's continue prospecting in a down-to-earth manner. As long as we can get more information and feedback, we will know the answer soon.By then, everyone will know what the specific situation will be.

Montgomery, of course, continued driving the excavator and drilling holes, which was his job.

Henderson and Morgan's task is also very simple, just take samples along the holes drilled by the drilling machine.

Everyone has their own work content, including Chen Ruobai. It is impossible to just stand aside and watch the fun.

At most, Chen Ruobai's mission seems to be more core. What he needs to do is to see if there is gold in the ore. This is his core character.

Henderson and Morgan have already collected some mineral sand, and it seems that they can be carefully observed by Chen Ruobai.

Chen Ruobai, who was squatting on the ground, looked at it carefully. These were some of the ore discharged during drilling.After pushing it away with a stick, he saw an extremely tiny golden light, and the density did not seem to be very high.

As for the ore sand collected by Henderson and Morgan, it does not appear to contain much gold at the moment, and the density can be said to be very average.If it were somewhere else, maybe Chen Ruobai wouldn't take it seriously and ignore it.

It's just that it's different here. This is the key area he has designated. A sample from a mine is not absolutely convincing.It is necessary to continue excavation and collect more samples before we can determine whether there is any mining value here.

Only in this way can we make some conclusions and judge whether the gold mines are really connected.

A drilled sample is still unconvincing, and further observation is needed. Chen Ruobai is also relatively patient about this.

As for some of the situations he discovered now, he felt there was no need to tell others in the team.It's okay to know some things yourself, or let others do what they should do. There is no need to bear any burden and pressure, and there is no need to have your mentality affected by such news.

Naturally, Chen Ruobai would not be affected by such a thing, and continued to observe. It was as simple as that.

Kessler squatted on the ground and carefully examined the ore sand. He wanted to follow suit and tried to find gold particles among the ore sand.

There is actually no problem in doing this, because some gold particles are relatively large, or if a person is slightly lucky, it is naturally possible to see those gold particles with the naked eye.

It's just obvious that Kessler's strength may be relatively average. After all, he doesn't have a 'golden eye', and it's difficult to find those gold particles that are almost invisible to the naked eye among the dense sand and gravel.

Moreover, his luck seemed to be relatively average, as one or two relatively large pieces of gold did not suddenly appear for him to find.

So Kessler meant that he had gained nothing, but all this also made him a little confused.

"Robert, don't you need to observe it further?" Kessler asked without understanding. He looked at Chen Ruobai and said, "I looked at these ore remnants, but I can't find gold here for the time being."

Chen Ruobai nodded with a smile and said, "I know that you did not find gold particles. So you can carefully observe other samples. This is not a job you are good at in the first place. You don't need to waste time here."

Kessler was not particularly happy to say this. He really did not need to follow up and observe the prospecting situation here.He is indeed a manager and has some work priorities of his own.

But it really has nothing to do with him. He is a member of Robert Mining Company. Everyone is prosperous and suffers losses. Naturally, he is one of the members who hopes to find gold more.

It's just that these things seem to have no effect now. The main reason is that Chen Ruobai has some ideas of his own.

Continue to look at other places. There may be some more valuable discoveries there. This is also a possibility.

The drilling machine is still working continuously, and can drill holes one by one relatively quickly, which allows Chen Ruobai to collect some mineral sand samples more easily, allowing him to make some judgments more quickly and efficiently.

Henderson and Morgan are also working hard to complete some of their own work. Their task is to continuously collect some mineral sand in the cave, and then mark it for Chen Ruobai to make some inspections.

Everyone only needs to do their own jobs well. Only in this way can we cooperate tacitly and the team will operate more efficiently.

Coming to a hole again, Chen Ruobai immediately asked, "Who stole my gold!"

Henderson opened his palms and said proudly, "Robert, I'm sure there is gold here, a lot of gold!"

This is gold with larger particles, which is directly visible to the naked eye.It's not just visible to the naked eye, it's almost the size of a soybean particle. It doesn't take much effort to see gold like this in an ore sample.

"So our experiment was successful. There does seem to be gold here." Chen Ruobai smiled, but still said, "But one gold is not enough. We need more samples, so that we can be sure that there is gold here." size and value.”

Everyone thinks so, because now it seems that the frequency of gold appearing is a little low. For the time being, there is no guarantee that there is a relatively large gold mine here, nor can I say that you can definitely make money here.

But there is good news, that is, seeing gold means that exploration can continue here, and maybe there will be more harvests or some surprises in the future.

(End of this chapter)