Alaska Gold Rush

Chapter 5 Preliminary Preparations
It has been three days since he left home, during these three days Chen Ruobai has been on his way.

Along the river, Chen Ruobai also found some traces left by the early gold diggers.If it wasn't for occasionally seeing a little golden light in the river, Chen Ruobai would have doubted that his ability was just a flash in the pan.

Up to now, Chen Ruobai has not really panned for gold, it seems that he is just constantly on the road.There is no such thing as gold in the river, but more river water and useless sand and gravel.

It is also possible that the gold was buried deep at the bottom of the river, but Chen Ruobai did not discover it.

Gold panning is like this, it requires some luck, enough experience and advanced technology.

Chen Ruobai's ability may be able to make up for some shortcomings that lack advanced technology, and experience and the like can also make up for it.What he needs to do now is to make full use of his abilities to make up for various deficiencies.

Continuing to advance along the river, Chen Ruobai, who was already very sloppy, was looking forward to the moment when the will of the willows will be bright.He is still holding on, and he definitely has no intention of giving up halfway. He will definitely not give up lightly, and he will continue to move forward.

Chen Ruobai, who was walking along the river, seemed to be repeating the previous work in such a mechanical way, just work hard on his own, and leave the rest to God. These things really need some luck.

On the fourth day of going to the mountains to pan for gold, there was some drizzle in the sky, and Chen Ruobai continued to trek hard wearing a rain cape.

Continuing to walk along the river, after bypassing a forest, Chen Ruobai suddenly became excited.

The small creek not far ahead is not sparkling, it is simply overflowing with golden light, this is what Chen Ruobai needs to see!

"How much gold does this cost?!" Chen Ruobai looked crazy, and shouted excitedly, "Gold! It's all gold!"

Physical exhaustion seemed to be completely forgotten at this time, even though he stumbled a bit, but Chen Ruobai was still running towards the river bend ahead, he was about to develop.

Da Zhuang didn't understand these at all, it just felt Chen Ruobai's happiness, and barked happily and ran forward.

This is actually the river channel, but the river has a small turn here, thus forming a river bend.

The water flow is relatively fast on the outer side of the bend, but slower on the inner side of the river.The gold washed down by the river was also deposited in this inconspicuous river bend. After all, the density of gold is much greater than that of water.

"I've earned it!" Chen Ruobai looked at the distant river bend with fiery eyes, and carefully calculated, "In such a narrow river, who would have thought that such an inconspicuous river bend could have so much gold! "

The fiery Chen Ruobai was very excited and calculated, "Now the river with water is at most three meters wide, and the gold seems to be in the inner bend of the river, and only sank at a position of about one meter. Seeing that the distribution is not wide enough, But it has a length of five or six meters!"

It seems that this is nothing, but Chen Ruobai knows very well that this kind of density is enough, definitely not too small.

What's more, what you see now is some gold on the surface, and there will be more gold buried in the sand.

If it is really started, maybe it can be dug to a depth of several meters underground before the sand and gravel can be dug out, and there may be more gold.

"No, it's definitely worth starting work here, maybe a lot of gold can be dug up in one go." Chen Ruobai looked at the golden light in front of him, and after calming down, he began to think, "This is definitely not a place with an owner, but if I dig here If the mine is seen by others, it will definitely be reported, so I have to keep a low profile."

Not only do you have to worry about being reported, but also you have to worry about being seen and robbing the gold mine.

People make money and birds die for food. Although Chen Ruobai seems to be in the wilderness now, the surroundings are either forests or valleys, and there are basically no people.But there are also some people who like adventure, some people who dig for gold, maybe they will also appear in this area.

Not being seen is very important, but it is not enough.

"I have no formalities and no mining rights. It is reasonable to mine gold here, and the environmental protection department will definitely come." Chen Ruobai continued to analyze, and was also a little worried, "I will be accused of damaging the environment, and there will be a lot of fines. I want to mine. Gold, the river course must be changed, and the upper reaches must be cut off."

The amount of this project is not small, and this work is relatively sensitive, Chen Ruobai has to think about it carefully.

It is necessary to make a small diversion of the river, but it also needs to be careful.It doesn't matter if you cut off the small river, including the subsequent gold mining, you can't leave too many traces, so as not to be seen by people downstream.

Thinking of these, Chen Ruobai started to act.The general situation can be seen, Chen Ruobai is going to formulate a plan now, and he has to start working hard on these things now.Because if you don't prepare well and start work, you won't have enough supplies.

Walking to the upper reaches of the river bend, Chen Ruobai observed carefully for a long time, "Although the water flow is relatively large, it also appears to be relatively shallow. Generally speaking, the problem is not serious. Just pile up the stones and let the river make a small detour. As long as you don't walk The current river course is fine, just leave the river bay empty."

Continuing to observe, Chen Ruobai felt that the problem was not serious, "The water flow is here now. If it is really a flood season, the entire river channel will be full of water. It doesn't matter, start working now."

Lifting up the big stones, Chen Ruobai stacked these stones in the river, thinking to interfere with the direction of the river.When you encounter some relatively high places, start digging with a hoe, and you can always find a way to guide the direction of the river.

Although it was still raining, Chen Ruobai was still busy.Fortunately, he was wearing rubber boots. Although he was still trembling when he stopped, he could still hold on.

"It's almost time, I have to find a way to build a hut." Although his palms hurt and his waist was sore, Chen Ruobai knew he couldn't be idle, "I can't just build a hut by the river, I have to go to the edge of the forest ahead, that's good Hide some."

In such an environment, Chen Ruobai has no way to pay attention to the living environment, as long as he can sleep and have a rest.

Simply cut some branches, set up two thicker trunks, fix them, and then fix a tail.A piece of wood is placed on the beam, and then thin branches can be placed vertically, and several sticks can be tied horizontally to ensure stability.

Spread the moisture-proof cloth, even if this simple shack is set up now, there is no way to pay so much attention now.

Looking at the shack in front of him where only one person can lie down, Chen Ruobai laughed at himself, "Maybe in the next ten days and a half months, this will be my home. That's fine, go out and enjoy after earning money."

Although the firewood I picked up was a bit damp, I burned it first, and at worst, the smoke was a little bit thicker, and it was just a little smoky.Just get over it, as long as you can make money, that's fine.

"Don't worry, we have shelter from the wind and rain now." Looking at Da Zhuang who hid in the shack, Chen Ruobai smiled and comforted him, "Come back next time, let's bring more good things, we ants move, You can live here."

Set up a simple stove, hang the pot to boil water first, and water purifiers must be considered.After all, when Chen Ruobai used water now, he had already fetched some water first, and it immediately started to settle.Such efficiency is not high, but also makes people worry about water quality.

Although he was very tired, Chen Ruobai had more expectations, and he was getting closer and closer to success!
Tiredness turns into tiredness, but Chen Ruobai knew that these physical exhaustions were unbearable.

As long as more gold can be harvested, then everything is worth it.It doesn't matter if you find gold, even if it is scattered gold that some people think is not worth mentioning, or even a gold mine, it is enough to make money.

After a night's rest, Chen Ruobai still had a backache, but after eating breakfast, Chen Ruobai continued to move.

He dedicated himself to his work, and after spending more than a day, he finally completed an important basic work.

Seeing the river detour and the flat river bottom in front of him, Chen Ruobai couldn't help laughing.The bare river bed is his best place to work, and now he's about to start digging for gold.

"It's not bad, there are unexpected gains!" Looking at the fish that hadn't escaped in time, Chen Ruobai laughed, "This is a timely delivery of supplies for me, and the food for two or three days is not a big problem!"

Good news, all good news!

(End of this chapter)