"Tired of the ancestors!"

Dawson City, Great Forks Gold Mine, Aldena Mine, Yukon Territory, Canada. At 23 o'clock local time, the sky was still bright and bright, Mo Fan turned off the ore washer, ready to take out the gold sand to wash and take stock of the harvest of the last two days, Zhang Dong jumped down from the mine car, complained about the high-intensity work and handed over a bottle of mineral water: "I take a few days off, can you advance me a little gold?"

Mo Fan unscrewed the mineral water and took a sip: "The little gold that belongs to you is not much." What are you going to do with it?"

"Isn't the work visa down? I'm going to buy a car. ”

"I'm afraid Dawson can't buy a reliable car here, so I have to go to Whitehorse. Are you flying or am I driving you there?"

Whitehorse, Whitehorse, is the capital of Canada's Yukon Territory and Canada's northernmost city. Dawson City, the former capital of the Yukon, is about 500 kilometers by road.

"No, I don't. Lacey drove me over. Zhang Dong said with a smile, squeezing his eyebrows.

Mo Fan rolled his eyes: "Damn, when will you get better?"

"Recently, recently. ”

Mo Fan was depressed, Dawson City had declined very early, and it was said that the city was not even as lively as the small town in the southern region. Dawson City now has a resident population of just over 1,800. Lacey is a famous Dawson beauty who works in a casino...... Two years ago, Lacey was harassed, and Mo Fan helped her......

For beauties, men are all virtuous, and it would be too fake to say that Mo Fan didn't mean that. However, Lacey has no feelings for Mo Fan, after a long time of contact, Mo Fan regards her as a buddy, and she also regards Mo Fan as a best friend. They are very good friends......

"The price of gold has fallen a bit lately, selling for about $1,250 an ounce. What kind of car are you going to buy?"

"Wrangler, second-hand. I've contacted a used car dealership, and there's a Wrangler who has traveled less than 30,000 miles, and all the formalities are complete, $25,000. What's going on?"

"It's okay, look at it yourself. Back at the owner's wooden house in the mine, Mo Fan took out the checkbook and filled out a check for 30,000 yuan: "Take the gold out of trouble, this check will be exchanged in the bank." I'm also going to wash the mine, car keys...... Stay safe on the road. ”

"Thank you. ”

Zhang Dong is Mo Fan's good buddy, the two grew up wearing open crotch pants since childhood, in the same village, with elementary school, junior high school, and high school. After graduating from high school, Mo Fan followed his relatives to Canada to work, and his relatives opened a restaurant in Whitehorse, where Mo Fan worked as an apprentice for almost half a year, but because the salary was too low, he chose to work on his own. Zhang Dong graduated from high school and became a soldier, and only retired from the army last year......

Mo Fan is notoriously not afraid of hardship, as long as he can make money, he has worked as a construction worker, a road builder, a lumberjack, and finally a miner, digging gold mines. After becoming familiar with the gold mining industry, Mo Fan became a gold digger. A gold digger is a person who digs gold on his own.

Over the years, I have saved some money and won a mining contract at the Aldena mine at the Dawson City Grand Forks Gold Mine for $100,000 a year plus 20 percent gold share, and the contract is for three years, and this year is the third year.

The Aldena mine is very large, close to 40 square kilometers, and there are not only Mo Fan and others who are panning for gold here, but there are four other teams. Of course, everyone's 'territory' is clearly demarcated, and no one will deliberately cross the line.

The Aldena Mine is a large, proven low-grade gold mine with less than 0.2 grams of gold per tonne of ore, which is not valuable for mining due to climate and reserves. However, there is an ancient riverbed here...... The specific gravity of gold is 16 times that of water, and the river washes away, leaving a large amount of gold on this ancient riverbed. Digging up the frozen soil, silt, soil, and gravel deposits of the riverbed are mineral sands from the middle and lower layers to the bedrock, which is a good alluvial gold belt, and each yard of mineral sand can wash out about $18 of gold.

Lacey is such a beautiful woman, but she feels about herself either as love or as a simple friend. Mo Fan once had thoughts about her, but slowly became friends. It's also a good thing that she gets along with her best buddy, and the fat water doesn't flow into outsiders' fields. Besides, Mo Fan is really not a dedicated man......

Sending Zhang Dong away, Mo Fan lit a cigarette and touched his chin stubble.

Zhang Dong's guy is not handsome, tall and burly, he can only be said to be not ugly. On the contrary, Mo Fan has a handsome appearance, a slender figure, angular and angular cheeks and a pair of dark and deep eyes. Mo Fan's popularity has always been very good, even in a small place like Dawson, he has never lacked women's popularity. But the good buddy Zhang Dong got the heart of the most beautiful woman in Dawson Town, but he became best friends with her, although he was happy for Zhang Dong, but it also made Mo Fan doubt his charm somewhat.

What a strange aesthetic!

Mo Fan spat out the smoke and put everything down to Lacey. Lacey's personality is hearty, as if she gets along with her, she doesn't think of herself as a man...... Sweat!

I also blame myself for being too good-looking.

"Hey, Boss, can you get a day off tomorrow?" Holker walked over.

"Okay, let's take a day off. Mo Fan handed over a cigarette.

The gold diggers in Dawson are a race against time, working at least ten hours a day with high intensity. Dawson's gold rush season only lasts until mid-September, and from May onwards, there are only four or five months of the year that can be used to pan for gold. Gold diggers, like guests, come and go, and if they want to make a fortune, they must not only find a rich mine, but also have to pay the hardest labor. Mo Fan and his team have a total of five people, and they have been working for twelve days in a row, and everyone is so tired.

"It's amazing. I informed Jeff and Elson and asked them to clean the machine. ”

“OK。 ”

Mo Fan stood up and looked at the time, and a dusty pickup truck arrived as scheduled.

The pickup truck comes to the mine every other day and is on time. The car drove directly to the washing machine, played a nice tail flick, and kicked up dust on the ground.

"Hey my buddy, hurry up. Aldner bared a mouthful of big yellow teeth and spoke non-standard Mandarin: "I am not active in mine washing, and I have a problem with my braincase." That's what you told me, what's wrong, it feels like you've been losing your initial enthusiasm lately. ”

"The gold is in the sink, and who else can snatch it. Mo Fan walked over with a smile and hugged Aldna.

"I, I'm the big thief who came to rob the gold. Aldena laughed.

Mo Fan shrugged his shoulders, Aldna is the owner of the mine, and he comes over on time every time to watch the gold washing, for fear that Mo Fan will swallow him.

Mo Fan They are an excellent team, except for Zhang Dong, they are all experienced gold diggers who know how to get the most gold in the shortest time. There are two ore washing machines here, if the machine is not in condition, it can wash 2,400 yards of ore a day, and both machines are operated by Mo Fan alone. For the work of washing mines, Mo Fan has long been familiar with the road.

Peeling off the baffle of the flow tank, taking out the sediment inside, and finally carefully taking out the sticky gold cutwork grid, you can already see the glittering gold, golden sand, granular gold, and irregularly shaped gold nuggets......

"It looks like another good day. Mo, you're amazing. Aldner smiled and gave a thumbs up, and continued: "Think about renewing the lease next year, how about the annual rent be reduced to 50,000?"

"God, your mine is running out of goodings and piled up tailings everywhere. If you don't need to pay rent, you can consider digging for another two years. Mo Fan shook his head.

There are many gold miners in the Grand Forks Gold Mine, and most of them do not mine themselves, but lease out their mines and collect their own rents and shares. An excellent team is very popular with gold miners, and other gold miners have invited Mo Fan to mine for rent before......

Gold miners do not assume any risk and investment, and the largest income comes from the gold share. You must know that the investment in gold digging is very expensive, such as Mo Fan's equipment, if it is rented for use, the rent for a quarter will cost more than 100,000 Canadian dollars. Mo Fan's equipment was bought and cost nearly a million dollars. In other words, if there is no output, in one day, Mo Fan will lose about 1,700 Canadian dollars. And that's without the machine being started......

Aldena had a hurt look on his face: "The gold in the main riverbed is running out, but there are still a few tributaries. At least another five years of digging. ”

"The price of gold continues to move lower. In the current situation, I don't dare to promise you anything, wait until next year. Mo Fan loaded the washed concentrate into a bucket and asked Aldena to take him to the car and send it to the warehouse with a small washing machine.

The rough wash and the final fine wash still take advantage of the high proportion of gold.

Two days of hard work unearthed 63.7 ounces of gold, worth about $80,000. Aldena smiled and got his share, hugged Mo Fan and left.

As soon as Aldena left, the three of them came in: "How much did you wash?"

"Normal, 63.7 ounces. Mo Fan took out the account book, wrote down the amount of gold produced, deducted the part that Aldena had taken, and then took out the calculator......

Holke and the others are all experienced gold diggers, and Mo Fan hires them, and in addition to a fixed weekly salary of 500 Canadian dollars, each of them also has a share of the total amount of gold 5 percent.

Today is the seventy-sixth day of the first gold rush season, and there has been a gold split before. Mo Fan took out the account book and showed it to a few people, and said, "This time, each of you can get 44.8 ounces of gold." See if it's not wrong, sign it and I'll write a check to you. ”

"That's right, 44.8 ounces of gold. Holker said.

Elson patted his bald head vigorously: "God, I regret it so much." ”

Jeff smiled and lit a cigar: "The one we invited you last year was your own choice." ”

"But you didn't tell me I could get so much gold. ”

Jeff spread his hands: "These are trade secrets, and if too many people know about them, I'm afraid it's not safe for us to stay in this place." ”

Mo Fan smiled, waited for them to sign, then took out the checkbook, filled out three checks for 58,000 Canadian dollars, and handed them over: "Super bumper harvest, although it is hard, but it is worth it, isn't it?"

Holke yawned speechlessly: "Only you can do 12 hours of continuous ore washing every day, operate two machines, and ensure that the machines do not have major problems." I think the rest of the work can be slowed down a bit, according to the current progress of about 30 days of work to the tailings area, and there are still 50 days before the winter, which is very time. Elson was the first to follow Mo Fan, and the partners he had worked with before couldn't stand such intense work and chose to leave......

Elson is a new partner this year, Jeff joined last year, and privately, they often complain that Mo Fan is like Superman, not only is he Superman, but also requires his companions to be Superman. But every time the gold was distributed, he couldn't help but be excited, and he was excited to hug Mo Fan.

"Aren't you going to explore the valley?" Mo Fan said as he melted the golden sand, made gold bars, and winked at Elson.

"God!" Elson let out a bitter wail.

"God, not everyone is a monster of steel and iron like you. ”

"The mining season is still a long one. Elson is right, we can slow down the progress we are making and we can adjust our work and spend the time before winter to explore the valley. ”