Alaska Gold Rush

Chapter 45
There is no need for Chen Ruobai to worry about the work in the mine, Dewei and the others can take care of these things.

And Chen Ruobai's most important job is actually to set off with a gun and luggage on his back.With a big backpack full, I drove an all-terrain vehicle and set off to find a new mine and make some preparations for the next work.

Chen Ruobai, who was in a happy mood, hummed a song, he felt very good, and was about to make a detour.After all, I walked a long way along the river a few days ago, so don’t repeat the same mistakes now, the river is indeed a bit difficult to walk, so it’s better to simply take the mountain road.

Even if it is still relatively rugged, it must be much smoother than the river.Da Zhuang, who is squatting on the car, has a say in this point. It doesn't feel bumpy at all, and it can still squat firmly on the car now.

"It's ahead!" Looking at the hillside in the distance, Chen Ruobai said happily, "It's uphill all the way, we should go downhill too!"

Although it was about to go downhill, Chen Ruobai also twisted the accelerator and increased the horsepower for the last sprint.

Lowering his body, Chen Ruobai planned to speed up.Just suddenly, some faint golden light broke into Chen Ruobai's field of vision.

"That's not right!" Chen Ruobai naturally knew the meaning of those golden lights, and hurriedly stopped, "The left side is the valley, and the right side is the mountain forest. The one from the right side, what does this have to do with me?"

Even if he had some doubts, it didn't affect Chen Ruobai to stop the car immediately, he still had to find out.

Looking to the right, there is a mountain forest that has been dug half of the mountain.This is also very common, at least very common in mines.

The golden light did not come from those mountains and rocks, but from the flat open space.These made Chen Ruobai puzzled, and quickly took out the map.

"According to what Dawson said earlier, there used to be one of the mining sites of the mine, but it was a long time ago." Spreading the map, Chen Ruobai said to himself, "If you really say that, it is the remnants of the previous gold digging?"

He didn't think too much anymore, Chen Ruobai drove immediately, although it didn't matter if he had to take another detour.As long as gold can be found, everything is valuable, and things like detours have never been a problem for him.

After spending half an hour, Chen Ruobai finally arrived at the destination, and what caught his eyes were indeed some faint golden lights.

Looking at the hole-ridden mountain wall dug ahead, Chen Ruobai said with emotion, "Your place is really worthless, at least from the exposed section, I don't see any gold at all, old man They are still great!"

After stomping the ground under his feet, Chen Ruobai said with a smile, "I'm lucky, even if I pick up people's teeth, maybe I can make money."

According to the map and the information given by Dawson, this place was indeed one of the mining sites of the mine before.

In fact, before Dawson bought it, it had been mined several times.A lot of gold has been produced around here, and the gold diggers have almost dug out half of the mountain. This is one of the best proofs.

The gold diggers did not give up lightly, and expanded around the pits mined by the old predecessors. They even dug out the ore backfilled by the first generation of gold diggers and washed it again.Such things are very common in Alaska. Now many gold prospectors are digging the former mines and ore, thinking about collecting the missing gold.

Quickly opened the atlas, Chen Ruobai had a lot of maps in his hand.The larger one is a map of Alaska and the smaller one is a map of the Outback.There are also maps of Fairbanks, and approximate maps of some of the surrounding rivers and mountains.

More detailed, of course, is the map of the mine from Dawson, which also shows the former mining area and so on.

Turning to the map of the mining area, Chen Ruobai took a closer look, "Did the mining start in 43? Here, the first generation of mine owners mined gold here. Only here has always been the main mining area."

Looking around, Chen Ruobai analyzed, "Then the place I stepped on is the backfill area of ​​the mine dug out later."

Turning out the mining shovel and taking out the gold suction plate, Chen Ruobai felt a little nervous, "Dawson and the others have washed the ore sand backfill area of ​​the first generation of mine owners, and it seems that they have also washed it clean, and it has also extended around along the veins. Theoretically, this place has been dug clean."

However, things like gold panning should not be just based on theory. These also involve a lot of luck and uncertainty.Just like Chen Ruobai, he originally planned to find gold mines in the river, but he didn't expect to go to the mountains to pan for gold like most gold diggers.

I carefully collected some sand and gravel with a shovel. It is obvious that this place was once a backfill area.

"Isn't it?" When a hole was dug, Chen Ruobai couldn't believe it, "I'm so lucky? Several generations of gold diggers have washed the ore from the past, but they didn't wash it clean?"

It is also possible that the latecomers seem to be washing the previous ore from generation to generation, but they will also follow the veins to find new mines.Or feel that some predecessors washed the previous ore, so there is no need to continue washing, which may also cause a small part of the legacy.

"Look at this, it must be that the former people missed a small piece and didn't wash it." Chen Ruobai was a little excited in his heart, and he really felt lucky, "But I definitely can't dig like this, and the efficiency is too low if I don't use an excavator. "

The most important thing is not to dig out the layer of soil on the surface thoroughly, the ore sand underneath cannot be seen, and Chen Ruobai has no way to determine the mining value here.

It depends not only on how much gold is contained in the previous ore, but also on the scale of mining.

Thinking of this, Chen Ruobai did not delay, "Javier, you stop the machine and drive the small excavator along the No. [-] mountain road."

Immediately, Devi's surprised voice came from the satellite phone, "Robert, you found the gold mine so quickly?"

"I'm not sure now. You came here with the excavator." Chen Ruobai immediately provided information and said, "You should remember the map here, right? It's the No. [-] collection area of ​​the mine. I'll wait for you here."

Dewei was puzzled, according to Chen Ruobai's habit, he must go along the river to find gold mines.Before that, he also proposed to visit the former mining area. Chen Ruobai always said that it must be dug up by the former people. Why did he suddenly change his mind?
Although there would be some doubts in his heart, Devi didn't hesitate at all, so let's set off immediately.

Pausing work, Devi jumped off the excavator and came to the big excavator, "Nathan, let's change a machine."

Montgomery also stopped, full of energy, he asked strangely, "Didn't you always like big excavators? You think it's more efficient!"

"Robert may have made a discovery and needs me to go there." Devi immediately explained, "In the No. [-] mine, he needs a small excavator to help. Obviously he can't continue to dig for gold manually."

Montgomery thought for a while and said, "I'd better drive the excavator there. It may take more than an hour to drive there, and the road is not convenient."

Devi didn't try to be brave anymore, thinking that when the excavator entered the mine twice when it was mining in the river, it was Montgomery who helped drive the excavator over.Speaking of the driving experience of the excavator, Montgomery is indeed a little better.

As soon as he said it, Montgomery turned the direction immediately, the mechanical arm lowered slightly, and the bucket was also retracted and propped on the ground.Push the joystick again, which reverses the direction a bit.Only then did the forward lever be pushed, and the excavator easily climbed out of the pit.

Montgomery didn't leave immediately, he filled up the oil first, and brought a series of supporting equipment equipped with lifting buckets, grab buckets, slope buckets, loading buckets, rake teeth, crushing cones, etc. Anyway, the excavator is fine. , and he doesn’t need to carry it on his back.

Be prepared, so that you don't have to worry about lack of tools when you get it.

As more and more qualified gold diggers, Montgomery and others also know that time is money, and they know that time should not be wasted.

Watching Montgomery drive away with the excavator, Devi and Lesnar felt like cats scratching their heads.They really wanted to know if Chen Ruobai had any new discoveries, and they really wanted to know if they could make more money.

But it's useless to be curious now, let's work steadily.There is gold in this water pool waiting for everyone to dig, first dig out all the gold here, and then look forward to more harvests.

(End of this chapter)