Alaska Gold Rush

Chapter 439 Staged Achievements

Chen Ruobai and Henderson worked hard, and now they finally found some information that seemed to be of some value.

After finding the ancient river channel, some river sand and gravel finally appeared in the sediment dug out with the Luoyang shovel, so these can naturally be regarded as some clear signals, which can prove that some of Chen Ruobai's speculations are correct.

This can be regarded as finding some valuable information, and it is an affirmation of the work of Chen Ruobai and Henderson.

Sitting on the ground, Chen Ruobai turned to Henderson and said, "Look, this is my strength. I know I can't make mistakes."

Henderson complained, "That's not what you said before. I know you were already wavering. You just persisted until the end and received some good feedback."

Hearing what Henderson said, Chen Ruobai did not object, "This seems to be the case, but you can't deny that all of this is the result of my persistence. We succeeded!"

Henderson was stunned for a moment, then joked, "Robert, although my prospecting experience and ability are not as good as yours. But I can be sure that these current discoveries are not successful, and there is still a long way to go before we find a gold mine." "

This is a fact. Now we have only found the ancient river channel. We are still far away from the success of finding the gold mine.

But Chen Ruobai had his own ideas and said, "This is a staged victory, this is a short-term result! Finding gold mines is our ultimate goal and our greatest success. And finding ancient river channels is only one of the staged goals." [-]. Obviously we succeeded and we are closer to the final victory!”

Since Chen Ruobai said so, it was natural for Henderson to object. He felt that what Chen Ruobai said made sense!
This is a staged victory. Now that we have made some small discoveries, if we continue to maintain this momentum, we will have the opportunity to gain more good news and achieve real success!
After the joke, Chen Ruobai said, "We have found the ancient river channel, and the next task will be difficult. Finding out the flow direction and trend of the ancient river channel is not an easy task."

Henderson naturally understood this truth and said jokingly, "Maybe we are very lucky and saw enough gold in the Zhaogu River, which can save a lot of trouble."

Chen Ruobai also joked, "This is the truth. We can save a lot of processes and find the results directly!"

If you think about it carefully, this possibility is not completely impossible. Maybe you saw enough gold sand while searching for the ancient river channel. If that is the case, it will save a lot of effort.

Of course, this relatively saves some time and effort. As long as a gold mine is found, it means that it is of sufficient value. We need to continue to dig deeper for some clues, and maybe the workload will further increase.

But those are not the most important things. As long as gold can be found, that is the best.Finding gold means that everyone's efforts have been sufficiently rewarded. It's too late to be happy, so how can you feel tired!

For gold diggers, the most fearful thing is spending a lot of time, effort and money, only to end up not being able to find enough gold and not making money. That situation is a real nightmare. Just think about it, it will be very stressful. .

Now this is considered good. Some clues have been initially found. Just continue to conduct further investigations based on these clues. Maybe this is because everyone is constantly getting closer to the gold mine, and the harvest will be getting closer and closer!

After a brief rest, Chen Ruobai and Henderson will continue to take action.

Even if there are some staged gains, it does not mean that they have really succeeded, and the workload next will not be less.

Just keep taking action, it’s such a simple thing.The ancient river bed has been found, but now we only know that there is an ancient river channel in the valley. We still know nothing about how wide and long the ancient river channel is, how wide the river bed is, etc.

According to current information, the ancient river bed was buried at a depth of five meters.But this is only the information obtained from one survey point, and it cannot be used as a reference yet. More information from more survey points is needed to determine something.

Therefore, Chen Ruobai and Henderson must not think that the next work will be easy, nor should they think that they can easily find gold mines, etc., because there are no such good things at all, and prospecting is not that easy.

Chen Ruobai knew this well. If it weren't for bad luck, it would probably be impossible to drill a drilling hole directly into the gold mine.

Putting on his gloves, Chen Ruobai pointed forward, "Let's go there. Our mission this time is to test the width of some river channels. I hope it will be wider, so that we can gain more harvest."

Henderson also believes that the wider the river bed, the theoretically means more river sand.Only then will it be possible to have more gold and make more money.

A big river can bring more rewards, but if it is just a small stream, it is a bit difficult to say.

While drilling the exploratory hole, Henderson was also a little worried, "Robert, do you think the river sand we just found is too fine?"

Chen Ruobai understood what Henderson meant and said with concern, "This is why I want to expand the excavation area. We may have found a bad location, so we got not very good feedback."

This was the case at the excavation site just now. Although river sand was found, the river sand was basically too 'fine', almost like sand.This is not a good thing, especially for gold diggers like Chen Ruobai.

Henderson comforted himself and said, "I think so too, we can find a siltation area, or a calm water area. I started to learn this knowledge, and I know that there will be sedimentation in that location, and their size will be smaller. a little."

Hearing what Henderson said, Chen Ruobai joked, "I really didn't expect you to take the initiative to learn this knowledge!"

"I don't like studying, but in order to be able to do this job well, I will work hard." Henderson said proudly and helplessly, "I have always been like this. As long as I am given a task, I will always try to do it perfectly. .Even if I can’t be perfect, I must still ask myself to reach a qualified level!”

Chen Ruobai had to sigh and said, "I know, so I admire you very much. Maybe except for gold mining, I have an advantage, but in other things I will definitely not have the same achievements as you."

Henderson was not modest and admitted directly, "Yes, I think so too. In the whole team, I am very good! But I don't think there is anything special about it, just because many people have lost their jobs now." respect and lost professional ethics. That is not my character, I have always respected work!"

For a moment, Chen Ruobai didn't know how to answer the question. He felt that what Henderson said made sense.

But if you think about it carefully, that may not be completely accurate.Henderson does work very hard and has a professional ethics, but some of his efforts may not necessarily mean that he has made much progress.Diligence may not always pay off sometimes.

While continuing to drill, Chen Ruobai said, "The only thing I can do now is to work hard and pray for some discoveries. If we cannot do this, our workload will soar."

Hearing what Chen Ruobai said, Henderson became nervous and worried.The workload itself is not small. If the workload continues to increase, it will really cost lives.

Sure enough, no job is easy to do. It seems that you can make more money in the gold mining industry, and it seems to be a little more stable.But all this is not without cost, and all this does not come easily.

All of this is achieved through hard work, and there may be certain risks in the process. There will be times when people's nerves will be tense. This is not something that can be done easily.

Both Chen Ruobai and Henderson were working hard, but as their work progressed, their bad premonitions became stronger and stronger, and they began to worry more.

Calculating the depth, Chen Ruobai asked, "How is the situation over there?"

Henderson replied, "The soil layer is about five and a half meters, but when it comes to the river sand, its depth is less than two meters."

Hearing such an answer, Chen Ruobai naturally couldn't laugh, and the worry in his heart was naturally understandable.

After digging five meters of soil, we found river sand, and we finally found the river bed.However, the depth of the river sand is only more than one meter, which means that even if there is a certain amount of gold in the river sand, at such a shallow depth, there is not much ore sand at all, and not much gold can be washed out!

Not to mention Chen Ruobai, a 'veteran' gold digger, even Henderson, a new gold digger who has become a monk, can understand these principles. This is basically knowledge equivalent to common sense.

And we came to the conclusion that it is strange that everyone can be happy at this time. This is an out-and-out blow!
Faced with such a result, Chen Ruobai and Henderson were both beaten by frost and generally couldn't cheer up.

But they couldn't give up easily, and they had expected this kind of result.The next thing they need to do is actually very simple, that is to regain their energy, and they need to continue the next prospecting.

Maybe this time the location of the selected exploration point was not good and it was located on the edge, so there was less river sand.

This possibility cannot be ruled out, and it can even be said to be relatively high.

Chen Ruobai and Henderson began to take action. They changed positions and started drilling again. Maybe they would make new discoveries. Maybe another village drama would happen. This is very likely to happen. .

With these thoughts and ideas, Chen Ruobai and Henderson took action again.It's a good thing to have some expectations in your heart, but whether you can get some good feedback depends on God's will.

Throughout the day, Chen Ruobai and Henderson were busy digging holes and looking for more clues.

The good news is that they basically confirmed that there are ancient river channels here. The bad news is that they are in an area of ​​narrow, fast-flowing river channels.

The width and depth are not enough, which naturally means that the two people need to continue exploring. They are now going to chase the direction of this buried ancient river, hoping to find some better feedback, hoping to find the open part of the river.

The exhausted Chen Ruobai collapsed on the ground and said to Henderson, "Man, I have a very bad feeling now. Our good luck seems to have run out, and I think this prospecting may not go well!"

Henderson glanced at Chen Ruobai, and then said, "I have a similar feeling, my intuition has always been very sharp!"

The two people looked at each other, which could be regarded as speechless, looking at each other, and even a little bit dumbfounded.

Chen Ruobai's feeling was rather bad, and Henderson's intuition was not very good either. He was very unfavorable about this prospecting. The two people's emotions had hit rock bottom at this time, and they were both a little bit shocked and couldn't lift their spirits. .

But even so, they seemed to have no other choice at this time.Although it feels very bad, the work still needs to continue and it is absolutely impossible to give up halfway.

Although many people in the United States are superstitious, it is obviously not okay to give up work just because some intuitions are not good.

At most, you can just be careful and confident at this time, and you should face the difficulties at this time!

A day's work is already very tiring physically, and now that the spirit has been hit a bit, it makes people feel even worse. This is truly exhausting both physically and mentally!

I happened to be prospecting in the mountains, so I needed to take some time to rest.

After dinner, it was completely dark, and Henderson got into the tent to rest first.While Chen Ruobai was watching the night, he was teasing Da Zhuang and adding some firewood from time to time.

Prospecting is like this, and the task of keeping vigil should never be taken lightly.Even if today's work is very unsatisfactory, you can't give up on yourself and be perfunctory at this time. This is a matter of life safety, so of course you can't be careless.

It was almost time to change the shift. Chen Ruobai got up and stretched. He was really tired now.

But suddenly something was wrong. A wolf howled in the distance, followed by wolf howls one after another.

The sound of wolves howling is very clear, so that means they may not be too far from the camp?

Chen Ruobai quickly woke up Henderson, "Man, our guest is here!"

Henderson rubbed his eyes, still a little confused, "Is the guard changing? Okay, I'm up."

Chen Ruobai said speechlessly, "We may not be able to sleep tonight, the guests are coming!"

Henderson immediately came to his senses and quickly got out of the tent, "Okay, I don't like excitement, but I'm not opposed to fighting!"

　Will change later
　　
　
(End of this chapter)