Alaska Gold Rush

Chapter 4
In terms of ability to act, Chen Ruobai is definitely not lacking, and he also has a bit of adventurous spirit.Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone to Alaska to do a job that seemed unstable in some people's eyes.

He started to pack a large bag full of luggage. He is already preparing to sleep in the wilderness, so he must be fully prepared.

Needless to say, sleeping bags and moisture-proof pads, Chen Ruobai has no shortage of these things.It's not a high-end product, but it's fine if it works.Bring some food like potatoes, chocolate, these things can't be expected to hit the wild in the wilderness.

There is certainly no shortage of self-defense weapons, that is, Ruger 10/22.This is a small-caliber semi-automatic rifle with low recoil and high quality and low price. Although the buttstock is made of engineering plastic, it is only 230 US dollars, and the price is still very attractive. Compared with Remington 700 and Winchester M70 cheaper.

There is also an NP27 pistol in the waist, which is an export version of the pistol, and the price is 350 US dollars.

It's not that Chen Ruobai doesn't like good guns, but if he was asked to spend six hundred dollars, one or two thousand dollars to buy a gun, he would definitely not be willing to part with it.The weapons in his hands are basically enough. If it is difficult to face a brown bear, it will be fine if you are more accurate with your marksmanship and calmer.

The well-prepared Chen Ruobai led Da Zhuang out, and first went upstream along the Chena River.

Along the way, you can occasionally see a little bit of golden light, but in Chen Ruobai's opinion, it's not worth digging.Scattered one or two pieces of golden light are not worth selling. He still needs to consider efficiency. It is not worth spending an hour or two to find one or two pieces of gold.

Certainly not going to places with a lot of people, Chen Ruobai knew very well that his actions were a bit embarrassing.

There are also some people in the United States panning for gold, and they go to the wilderness without formalities, but if someone reports such a thing, it is also illegal.Especially once it breaks into private land, or an area where mining is prohibited, it will be even more troublesome.

In the wilderness, that is where Chen Ruobai belongs, and it is better to be in a place that is inaccessible.Maybe some people didn't come there, maybe there was more gold in the river, which could make him earn a little more.

In the tributaries of the Chena River, that was not enough, and the search for tributaries still needed to be continued.Even though it's just a small river, that's enough, as long as there is gold in the river, Chen Ruobai's request is so low and so direct.

It's better to be more pragmatic. He really doesn't have the capital to pick and choose.It is true that the baskets are full of vegetables, but it is also true that there are as many rice bowls as there are.

Walking in the increasingly uninhabited river, heading towards more and more remote places, Chen Ruobai didn't think there was any problem.

"It's okay, it's all a natural river, and it hasn't rained yet, so the road is fairly smooth." After climbing over a pool of river rocks, Chen Ruobai sat down to rest, "This side is okay, but it will be difficult to continue walking, it may take Into the mountains."

This is also impossible. Alaska itself has many mountains, and most of the rivers flow down the valley.The road ahead will definitely be more and more rough, and that can only overcome these things.

After resting for more than ten minutes and replenishing some energy, Chen Ruobai got up and continued walking along the river.

It has begun to thaw, so the flow of water in the river has increased a lot.The river water is relatively dirty, basically it is muddy yellow river water, and you can also see some ice floes in the river.

This kind of thing is too common in Alaska, Chen Ruobai doesn't think there is any surprise at all.

It will only make his trek more difficult. In some places, there is no way to pass through the river, and he can only detour through the mountains and forests beside the river.If you encounter a cliff or the like and need to detour, etc., it will take more time.

"If I find a gold mine, the first thing I need to do is to bring some water purifiers." Patting Da Zhuang on the head, Chen Ruobai said with a smile, "I thought it would be fine in the mountains, but the river water is too muddy. There is not enough water.”

Da Zhuang rubbed his head against Chen Ruobai's hand, it also looked a bit tired, after all, it had been a day of walking.

"Let's walk forward and find a place with a leeward wind to build the shack." Chen Ruobai smiled, and continued to move forward with his sore legs, "If I really make money, I will definitely drive out Montgomery's small speedboat .”

Although this is a natural river, big boats will definitely not be able to open it.However, some flat-bottomed speedboats can still travel when the water volume is relatively large, but they may not be able to go all the way, because there are also some small canyons and rapids along the way.

He found a small slope with a leeward wind, Chen Ruobai thought it would be better here.Even in the river, but there is no need to worry about the surge of the river affecting him.If there is a flood, it can only be said to be unlucky.

It was pitch black all around, Chen Ruobai hurriedly found some firewood, boiled some water, roasted some potatoes, spread the moisture-proof mat on the ground after filling his stomach, and got into the sleeping bag with Da Zhuang in his arms.

"Don't move around, you can't handle the cold outside." Chen Ruobai rubbed Da Zhuang's head, and said with a smile, "This time I didn't prepare enough, if we get rich, we will definitely bring you a sleeping bag, a bit warmer All the air is blown out."

Although the environment was harsh, Chen Ruobai didn't care about it anymore, and managed to survive the night.Although I didn't sleep very soundly, I had some rest and recovered my spirits.

After dealing with some breakfast, Chen Ruobai took Da Zhuang and continued to set off, they were going to continue searching for gold.

Climbing up a pile of rocks again, Chen Ruobai stood on the rocks and watched, "Da Zhuang, I'm optimistic. If a small boat comes over, it will definitely not work. At most, we can transport a little material halfway. We can only use all-terrain vehicles, even if we take a detour." It's barely enough."

Da Zhuang was panting heavily, it was not easy along the way, but he didn't plan to go back home either.Wherever the master goes, Da Zhuang will naturally follow him. This is Da Zhuang's life and cognition.

The surrounding environment is getting more and more primitive, and there seems to be almost no trace of human activities.But these are all superficial phenomena, Chen Ruobai is not the first person to come to this river.

Seeing some fine sand and gravel piled up on the edge of the river, Chen Ruobai didn't think it was someone who had picked river sand here.After digging through the fine sand with a small shovel, Chen Ruobai also found a faint golden light.

It seems that someone once panned for gold here, and there seems to be no big mines around, etc. This may be the trace left by the first batch of gold diggers 100 years ago.Those people's gold digging equipment back then was even more primitive than Chen Ruobai's.

"It looks good around here, but this pile of ore is not good, and the gold has been washed out." After digging up some ore again, Chen Ruobai couldn't help complaining, "There was a lot of gold in the river 100 years ago, these gold diggers really Carefully!"

This is not a leak. At first I thought that there might be some gold in the ore sand that was hundreds of years ago that had not been washed out.But looking at it now, Chen Ruobai thought too much, there is almost no gold in these ore.

Chen Ruobai also has some awareness of his own abilities, he can see some unprocessed gold.

It's just that there is a premise for this, that is, he can't see things under the surface.Chen Ruobai couldn't see the gold covered by the soil.But substances like river water cannot cover up the golden light of gold.

It seems that there is no valuable discovery, Chen Ruobai can only go deeper.It seems unrealistic to want to pick up leaks, etc., which is a bit extravagant for him, and a bit too optimistic.

But it doesn't matter, just keep moving forward, Chen Ruobai is also psychologically prepared for this.He is also very confident that as long as he can see the golden light, it naturally means that he can make a fortune and he has the opportunity to find more gold.

After walking less than 500 meters, Chen Ruobai noticed something was wrong. He saw traces of the first batch of gold diggers.

Those people didn't seem to be mining gold in the river, they dug up the sand and gravel in the river.

"That's right, the development of hundreds of millions of years, the movement of the earth's crust, and the diversion of rivers are all normal." Chen Ruobai suddenly realized, and said, "I can't just look for gold in the water, there will also be on the shore. But I can't help it with this ability See, unless the gold is on the surface."

Think again, if you have the opportunity to consider finding gold buried in the ground again in the future.It’s better not to be so ambitious now, first look for the ones with low mining difficulty, and accumulate some capital first.

No capital, no capital, directly challenge the high difficulty now, that is death!

(End of this chapter)