Chapter 63: Searching for Gold on the Plateau
Grandpa died, and the craft was passed on to Zhao Guangming.
Zhao Guangming is only half a jar level, and he travels all over the place, but the harvest is not big.
Later, the idea was hit on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
As we all know, the roof of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Himalayas and the Kunlun Mountains stretch millions of square kilometers, across several countries, can be described as the ancestor of a hundred mountains, the head of the dragon vein, and is the source of a hundred rivers, including the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, are all from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, rich in minerals, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, several large gold mines have been detected in it.
Even if the ancient method of gold panning, for thousands of years, the Tibetan area has also accumulated countless gold, just a cloth .0 Da.0 La.0 Palace, the gold decoration inside, according to unconservative estimates reached more than 30 tons.
You can even pick up gold by walking.
This is not a joke, many herdsmen have hidden dog head gold, horseshoe gold, the quality of gold in Tibetan areas is very high, often gold and silver accompanied, Tibetan gold, Tibetan silver jewelry has thousands of years of cultural accumulation, after the peaceful liberation, the whole country into a pole, due to the particularity of the times, this industry has also appeared fault.
After the reform and opening up, although the state carried out gold control, but the underground trade is still very hot, gold and wealth are equated, Zhao Guangming felt that this was an opportunity, so he and two other friends, into the Tibetan area to find gold.
They must not dare to think about it, the target is mainly sand gold, sand gold comes from the river, and Tibet, originally rich in sand gold, snow water from the Himalayas, the rocks, the soil slowly separated from the golden sand, rushed into the quicksand river, and then into the yak river, Dadu River, and finally into the tributaries of the Sichuan River, into the Yangtze River, and this tributary, there is a very vivid name, called the Jinsha River.
XJ County, Dajin County, and the Beauty Valley of Danba in Tibet all belong to the basin of the Liusha River, and the content of Jinsha is very rich, but most of the sections of the river with rich reserves are all mined and operated by the state.0 Huang.0 gold.0 company, and the state.0.0.business.0 gold.0 mine, and private enterprises and individuals can only play the edge ball, borrowing the name of cement pre-product factory, sand and gravel yard, etc., to dig for some sand gold in the downstream.
After the three of them entered the Tibetan area, they investigated for a long time, and finally selected the Xiaojin River in XJ County, one of the sections, there are already several sand and gravel yards in the upper reaches, as well as large machinery, and several good river sections, all of which have been discovered, digging 5 meters deep, washing again, backfilling, and another boss, digging 10 meters deeper, washing again, backfilling.
And a folk gold digger like Zhao Guangming is looking for this kind of sand field and secretly washing the three slags downstream.
Although it is sneaky, it is much better than the outside, mainly because the transportation is inconvenient, the information is relatively closed, there are few leaks, and no one pays attention to you if there is a cat in the ravine.
At first, the harvest was still good, and they could find a few grams or dozens of grams of golden sand every day, but soon they found that they had overlooked one problem, it was too cold.
In a year, the river water is frozen for half a year, the river water is cold and biting, only the hottest two months of summer in a year are better to find, and the rest of the time can only be sifted and netted, and if you can't dig two handfuls of sand, you will freeze into a dog.
The other two people couldn't stand it, and they only panned for two or three months a year, which was too much for gold diggers like them.
The other two only stayed for less than a year, and they couldn't stand it, and they couldn't bear the loneliness and bitter cold, so they left.
But Zhao Guangming refused to give up, because he hid a hand of ancestral gold-seeking skills, gold in the water like flowing water, nine bends into a gold pit, although he only half a jar level, but always believe in the ancestral secret, only these two sentences, that is, to find a roundabout place in the river section, the density of the golden sand is large, will naturally sink to the bottom, the water flow with the sand every time it forms an arc, it will form a natural beach, and the golden sand will accumulate more and more.
If these twists and turns, and then there is a lot of land that can form a backwater beach, that is, the river can still spin when it reaches a certain arc, then this kind of naturally formed sandy beach, or quicksand, may form a rare gold pit.
But there are many detours, and those that can be seen at a glance are often occupied by people.
But Zhao Guangming still didn't give up, his requirements were actually not high, and he would be satisfied if he found a small pit.
It is said that his ancestors, can not find out which generation, can not be traced back to the Ming and Qing dynasties, has found a golden pit, the golden pit away from the river is hundreds of meters away, almost in the middle of the mountain, a few acres of large, used to plant peanuts of yellow sand.
It turns out that the water level of the river has not been fixed for thousands of years, and even a flood may raise or lower the water level by tens of meters in the event of a flood discharge or man-made dam.
It is possible that this half-hillside was also a backwater of a river thousands of years ago.
And the so-called gold can overcome wood, wood is more gold shortage, wood is weak and gold, gold is born, soil is more gold buried, high gold content of sand, plant growth will be difficult, through the interpretation of the terrain, the growth of surrounding plants, observe the surrounding mountain shape, water potential, etc., experienced gold seekers, often can find the legendary gold pit.
It is said that his ancestors found this small pit, the sand dug out, directly with chopsticks to pick in it, can pick out gold grains, gold flakes, sand with water wash, the rest is the yellow cancan golden sand.
A few acres of sandy land were mined out of 10,000 taels of gold.
If he finds such a gold pit, it will be big.
Therefore, he never gave up, and stayed in Tibet for several years.
"That's it, that's it, what do you want?" Zhao Guangming stared at an inconspicuous corner under the bed, calm on the surface, but his heart had fallen into deep panic and entanglement.
Raised his head and looked at Fan Yang.
And Fan Yang also felt it, Zhao Guangming's eyes were flustered, dodging, and he also looked under the bed from time to time.
"Brother, you're thinking too much. ”
Fan Yang smiled slightly and shook his head: "Who do you think of us? Are you bandits? Or are you still robbers? You're just digging for sand gold, and I'm not unseen, what's the matter? Are you afraid that we will rob you?"
Fan Yang thought for a while, there are some words, it is better to say them clearly.
Like Zhao Guangming, who is both reactionary and afraid of death, if you don't make it clear, he will always be a stalk, and if he does something unpleasant when the time comes, he won't be able to do it.
I was just worried, the capital chain in Tibet was about to be broken, so I sent myself a new business, selling Buddha statues, whether Zhao Guangming agreed or not, this routine was known by Fan Yang, and he would definitely try it.
One is not to break the law, the other is not to deceive people, to do this, Fan Yang has no psychological burden, in fact, it is also a kind of information asymmetry, everyone is willing to love me, one is willing to buy, and the other is willing to sell.
When I followed Zhao Guangming at the beginning, I had such a thought.
On the contrary, panning for gold, Fan Yang was not very interested.
In his opinion, this is a hard work, even all over China, such gold diggers are everywhere, often soaked in the water for a whole day, but also can not find a ten grams and eight grams, gold panning technology, Tao, is only the first stage, there is refining, but also alchemy, big waves of sand, take tens of millions and get one, one or two tons of sand, often can only dig out a handful, and this handful, there are all kinds of ingredients, copper, iron, gold, silver, and all kinds of impurities.
Ordinary people, even if you are given a handful of sands, you may not be able to recognize it.
Because the original sand is often black and dark, you can directly get yellow golden sand, and it is good to be able to produce two or three grams of a handful, but you have to use a crucible, add quartz sand and other purifiers to refine the gold, which is very troublesome.
Even if Fan Yang is asked to go to Tao, he lacks interest.