Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 530: A Work of Art Made by Supernatural Craftsmanship
After building the gold chute, everyone except Wang An guarded a gold chute and started the gold rush.

Although Wang An was not guarding the Gold Trough, he was not idle because he had more important things to do.

After observing the gold powder left in everyone's gold chutes and on every piece of tree bark, Wang An picked up a shovel and walked upstream of the river.

Each set of the gold trough built by Wang An used 5 sections of tree bark. In this way, although some gold powder would be washed away by the river water, it would be very small.

Besides, when it comes to gold panning, you must pick up the big ones and let go of the small ones. In other words, the most important thing is to get the gold powder out of the gold nest first.

For example, the small spot outside the golden nest is okay for people with nothing to do to play with it, at least they can earn some pocket money.

If Wang An and his gang were to dig for it, it would really be of no value.

Because the amount of gold powder scattered at the bottom of the river is quite small.

After one shovel, you may find four or five grains of gold powder, which is quite a lot. Sometimes, after one shovel, you may not even find a single grain. This is normal.

Wang An was walking along the river, dragging a shovel, occasionally using the shovel to dig up stones on the river bank or reflective spots in the water.

In fact, Wang An's purpose of going upstream was, on the one hand, to look for nugget gold, and on the other hand, to find the real location of the gold mine.

You must know that wherever there is gold sand in the river, there must be a gold mine somewhere upstream of the river.

This is something that is bound to happen!

However, compared to finding a gold mine, Wang An actually wanted to find more nuggets of gold.

Because the gold mine is there and it can be found sooner or later, but the nugget gold is also there.

But we have to admit that this thing may be missed if you are not careful enough.

After Wang An had dug at the stones for who knows how many times, he finally found the second piece of gold nugget he had found since arriving here, under a pebble.

To be precise, it is a pile of gold powder tightly stuck to an uneven stone.

Wang An didn't know how the gold powder stuck to the stone, but he knew that such nugget of gold was more valuable.

The reason why gold nuggets are more valuable than pure gold is because of their scarcity, ornamental value, and research value.

It can be said that the nugget gold is a purely natural work of art, and it is unique among all works of art.

Although it is extremely normal for gold nuggets to be mixed with sand and pebbles, it is extremely rare to see gold nuggets with gold attached to stone like this.

Wang An struggled to pick the stone off the ground, and only then did he see the overall shape of the gold nugget.

The whole stone plus the gold nugget weighs about three or four pounds. Overall, it is an irregular disc shape. The surface of the stone is bumpy, and the gold nugget is stuck in these uneven pits.

The entire shape of the gold nugget looks like a running horse. Of course, it is also correct to say that it is a donkey galloping.

To be honest, the wonders of nature are truly amazing.

Because this piece of dog-head gold looks like it is made up of countless gold powders hung on it bit by bit, just like painting with fine sand, except that the sand is replaced with gold powder.

Wang An held the stone and looked at it for a long time. He felt that this gold nugget was so beautiful that it was second only to Mu Xueqing.

Beautiful, especially beautiful!

Beautiful, very beautiful! This is simply a work of art!
After looking at it for a while, Wang An carefully put the stone with the gold nugget on it into the sack.

Many people may make this mistake. Stone is obviously very strong, but when it is given certain value, people will feel that the stone is quite fragile, as if it will break with just the slightest touch.

Wang An tied the sack of gold nuggets on his back and continued to drag the shovel to search.

To be honest, the gold nugget is something you can only come across by chance. In ancient times, this thing was a treasure that could be presented as a tribute to the emperor.

You can imagine that as the monarch of a country in the feudal period, the emperor had access to any rare treasures.

In addition, provincial governors from all over the country would continuously send all kinds of treasures to the emperor. If the emperor alone possessed nine of the world's rare treasures, there would probably be nothing wrong with that.

Because in ancient times, it was truly a "family empire"!
As for gold, it may be the most inconspicuous of all treasures.

However, as a type of gold, nugget gold can become a rare treasure. This shows how expensive the value of nugget gold is.

You have to know that anything is valuable because it is rare, so you can imagine how scarce gold nuggets are.

So, Wang An carried the nugget of gold and searched for several miles, but he did not find the third piece of nugget of gold.

However, just when Wang An was about to cross the river and continue searching on the other side, Wang An discovered that not far from the river bank, there was a piece of dried straw of some kind of plant.

In these mountains, dry straw can be seen everywhere, and it is not uncommon to see straw in large patches.

But when you know there is a gold mine in this area, you have to pay attention to these patches of straw, because anyone who knows a little about prospecting for minerals knows that many mines have companion plants.

Because there are records in ancient Chinese books, such as "There are onions on the mountain, and there is silver underneath", "The grass stems are red and beautiful, and there is lead underneath", etc.

I have to say that the wisdom of our ancestors is quite amazing.

As for gold mines, the plant that accompanies them is called "dianthus".

Of course, it doesn’t mean that where there are gold mines, there will be dianthus, nor does it mean that there are gold mines under all dianthus.

But if you accidentally come across carnations when you are in the wilderness.

Remember, you must dig it with a shovel or pickaxe. Even if you don't have any tools, just pick up a stick and poke it under the carnation.

Because there is a high possibility that there is a gold mine underneath this carnation!

Even if there is no gold, wouldn't it be nice to secretly bring back a few pieces of gold ore?

Speaking of dianthus, many people may not know much about it.

Dianthus
This thing is also called Luoyang flower, or Luoyang carnation.

The origin of Hua Xia is in Northeast China, North China and the Yangtze River Basin.

Dianthus is a perennial plant, and a perennial plant is one that can grow year after year as long as the seeds are planted.

Wang An looked at the plant stalks in front of him and walked forward subconsciously, because no matter how Wang An looked at them, they looked like carnations.

(End of this chapter)