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

Chapter 559 Nothing Found

It was not until this time that everyone could no longer hold back and started talking about it. The main reason was that this harvest was really a bit hard to accept.

I only heard He Liang say:

"Is that all they have? What are these people doing guarding here? In my opinion, they should go home and farm. At least they can live well if they farm."

Wang Shuai also frowned and said:

"This is quite strange. There is a gold mine but no gold. What are these people doing here every day?"

As soon as the two finished talking, Wu Dong pointed to the pits full of broken limbs and arms below and said:

"Is it possible that the gold is hidden somewhere down there?"

After Wu Dong finished speaking, everyone subconsciously looked towards the pothole.

But the entire pothole was not very big and could be seen at a glance, so it didn't look like it could hide anything.

After a while, Wang An took the initiative to say:
"Come on, let's go down and take a look. We can't just go back like this after working all afternoon."

As they talked, everyone walked downstairs together.

When everyone walked to the pothole, everyone's expression became unsightly.

The main thing is that there are broken limbs and pieces of flesh everywhere, which almost cover the entire ground. Every step you take will almost certainly touch or step on them.

And I didn't feel anything when I was on the slope, but when I reached the bottom of the pit, the smell of gunpowder, blood, and internal organs mixed together. The smell was so strong that it made people nauseous.

Fortunately, although everyone looked unhappy, they did not vomit, but Feng Chengmin vomited again.

However, Feng Chengmin had already vomited before entering this pit, so there was actually nothing in his stomach at this time.

This resulted in Feng Chengmin's retching sounds almost never stopping. He just kept retching, and retching non-stop.

To be honest, this kind of scene and environment really makes people feel numb all over and stuffy in the chest.

It seemed as if the entire pothole was filled with endless wronged souls telling of their grievances. Every step I took, I felt an invisible sense of squeezing and oppression.

In fact, the reason for this is that the area of ​​the pothole is too small. The wind from outside cannot get in, and the air inside cannot get out, giving people the illusion of being trapped inside.

The worst thing is that the two ore crushers are still running and making very loud noises.

I have to say that the quality of these two diesel engines is really good. Neither the explosion of detonators and explosives nor the explosion of mines have affected their operation.

Wang An walked forward and directly disconnected the throttles of the two diesel engines.

Finally, the whole world fell silent!
And once the noise stopped, everyone's faces seemed to relax a lot.

Without anyone's request, everyone started searching in the potholes.

The gold-mining method used by this mining gang is the same as that used by Wang An and others.

However, the gold trough they used was made of wooden boards, which was much easier to use than the bark gold trough made by Wang An. The main reason was that if more people were working on it, the efficiency would be much higher.

Not far below the gold chute are five crucibles used to melt gold powder. The crucibles are not large, about the size of a safety helmet.

The crucible is not complicated to make. It only requires three materials: clay, graphite and kaolin.

There is nothing much to say about clay and graphite, they are almost common knowledge. If you don't know, you only need to know that clay is a kind of soil, and as for graphite, you only need to know that pencil leads and dry cell batteries are made of graphite.

Kaolin is actually a type of clay and is the raw material for firing porcelain.

Remember, it is the soil for firing porcelain, not the soil for firing pottery!
Each crucible stove is equipped with a manual blower, also known as a "wind box".

The bellows is actually a wooden box with a pull rod. Almost every household in the countryside in those days had one.

Although the working principle of the "bellows box" is very simple, this thing is only useful if it is made by a skilled carpenter.

In other words, making this thing requires a certain level of technical skills.

Because although the two bellows look the same, the amount of air they emit is different.

Simply put, this thing is used to blow air into the stove, which can make the fire temperature a little higher.

To be honest, I really have to admire the wisdom of our ancestors who managed to develop such a magical thing as a manual blower.

Of course, this series of explosions has left only one of the five crucible stoves, and the crucibles in the other four crucible stoves were blown away for quite a distance.

The place was not big, so everyone finished the search quickly. Even the four crucible stoves that were blown to pieces were searched by everyone.

However, the gold was still not found!
Not only was the gold not found, even the gold powder that was washed out was not found!
Feng Chengmin, who had finally adapted to the surrounding environment, could not help but utter his first complaint. He said weakly:

"That's really awesome! Where did these bastards hide the gold?"

Wang Shuai heard this and echoed:

"Yeah, it's such a small place, can it grow wings and fly?"

Sun Nian pointed at the mine and said:

"They didn't hide the gold in the mines, did they?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked towards the mine, but from their expressions, it could be seen that they had no hope for this mine.

Because the entrance of this mine is very large but not deep, you can see the deepest part of the mine at a glance.

Overall, this mine is like the side of a mountain, dug into a recessed area.

In this concave place, there are many small holes. These holes are not deep. The deepest one is only four or five meters, and the end can be seen at a glance.

It can be seen that this gold mine is a typical linear vein with many veins, making it an absolutely rich mine.

Because these small holes are left after the ore is dug out.

Although everyone had no hope for these mines, with the attitude of giving it a try, they still went into the mines and started checking them out.

The mine was very shallow, so after a few minutes, everyone came out again, shaking their heads as they came out.

It was very obvious that everyone gained nothing!
When everyone gathered together again, Wang An frowned, took out cigarettes from his pocket and distributed them.

After lighting it and taking a puff, Wang An looked at the smoke in front of him and was completely confused.

Of course, everyone was confused, except for two non-smoking ladies, Zhang Shuya and Sun Nian, who were still looking around.

At this moment, the entire pit was terribly quiet except for the crackling sound of people smoking!
After finishing smoking, Wang An habitually flicked the cigarette butt away. Seeing the cigarette butt fall into the lake, Wang An was stunned!
(End of this chapter)