Chapter 179 The discovery of a new mining area
ps: I really can't continue to change today, I'm sorry, there are only two watches, Lao Yang's acute enteritis, the little belly is pulling, it's poof, starting at four o'clock in the morning and ending an hour ago. The three medicines were smashed at the same time, which was much better, but both legs were about to weaken. Here, I would like to thank the book friend 44657962, 1 Zhiqiu Yiye 1, Magic Pattern 2010, the name does not match the real 0, Luo Bing Di Wei, because of your love, Uncle is very calm, ckyl9876, Luban baby, 80 years T generation, Pp_peggy, book friend 53759270, Tiger and Rabbit, Yangcheng Young Marshal 1, book friend 49562359, Ling Tianfu Ling Yu for the monthly ticket reward, the chapter owed will be made up tomorrowγγγγγγγ
It rained heavily for three days in a row, and Xiao Peng carnivaled with the enthusiastic townspeople of Zephyr Town for three days. Although there are endless incidents against Chinese people in Australia, this is not the case in the Australian outback. The people here are very welcoming and friendly.
If you think about it, if you don't see a strange face for a few months, and by chance a new person arrives, and this new person is still very helpful to you, can they not be happy?
It's like if you go to the Inner Mongolia prairie, the Inner Mongolian compatriots are hospitable one by one, and the guests are entertained with good wine and meat, and the amount of wine is not afraid that you will get drunk, and the bedding is ready for you, and the tourists will be poured down directly. The truth of the matter is: it's so lonely on the prairie that it's hard to have a new face to talk to, and you can stay for a day, and get drunk firstγγγγγγ
James, who was stung by a bee, also recovered, and expressed his gratitude to Xiao Peng with his son, who brought Xiao Peng and others to the mining area, let Xiao Peng get familiar with the environment, and the three of them surveyed the boundary of their mining area together.
"Isn't that the coward James who was bitten by a bee? What's wrong? Crawled out of the bed? I advise you not to come here, if another little bee bites you, your little life will be gone, not always so lucky, someone will save you!" The three of them walked and walked, and a nasty voice came, Xiao Peng didn't even need to look at it to know that this was the voice of Buck from Parrot Valley, tilting his head, sure enough, it was still those few who were drinking with him, why didn't these people have a long memory?
James snorted coldly: "Buck, do you want to fight again?"
When Buck heard this, he laughed and waved his hand: "James, please, I can't fight anymore, and it's a shame to beat a coward who is not as good as a bee?" I'm a real Australian man, and I can't do such a shameful thing. β
Xiao Peng asked on the side: "James, do you real Australian men all lie on the ground and vomit themselves?" I have seen the photos taken by Steve, and I feel very good. β
James laughed: "I prefer the picture of them hugging each other in the back seat of the car! By the way, now every household in Zephyr Town has an enlarged version, and you will give you a copy too?"
"That's not necessary, how good is it to post it directly on the Internet? β
Barker's face instantly turned as red as pork liver. Xiao Peng looked at Buck with an innocent expression: "I said that you people don't have brains? What are you doing to provoke us? Isn't this asking for your own suffering? How much do you have to suffer to remember for a long time?"
Buck pointed at Xiao Peng: "Chinese, don't think I don't know, you bought this scrap mine, do you think anyone can dig Black Opal? β
Xiao Peng didn't speak, but directly took out a piece of black Opal from his pocket and tossed it, which was the black Opal that Buck lost to him. Buck was even more angry when he saw it, and shouted from his feet, "We'll see!"
Xiao Peng shrugged: "James, let me tell you, in the eyes of our China, the more those who have no ability, the more they can scream." β
With a look of sudden realization, James pointed at Buck and said, "Is that what he is?"
Xiao Peng snapped his fingers: "BINGO!
James laughed, and an angry Buck slammed his pickaxe to the ground.
Buck shouted behind him, "Hmph, this is Lightning Ridge! Digging Black Opal is the skill! Let's see, you can't dig up Black Opal even if you dig up magma here!"
Xiao Peng kept throwing away the piece of black Opal, humming a little song, without looking at Buck, and left with the two of them, his attitude of ignoring was even more angry Buck's madness!
James walked and walked: "Shaw, thank you. β
Xiao Peng was stunned: "Thank you, what? If it's to thank me for saving your father and son, you've thanked you too many times." β
James waved his hand and said to Xiao Peng: "Is the life-saving grace a way to express your gratitude by just talking about it?" I thank you for speaking for me just now and making Buck deflated. Okay, we're at the mine. β
Xiao Peng saw that a big hole in the ground was the inclined mine shaft for digging Opal. James said: "During this time, everyone tried their best to dig this half of the mine, after all, it was everyone's own mine, and a total of 32 mines were drilled. But no more than five pieces of black opal were excavated from it, and none of them were of poor quality. To tell you the truth, I had a quarrel with Maxim about selling this mine to you, and wouldn't it hurt you to sell this mine to you?"
Xiao Peng smiled and said: "This is what I forced Lao Ma to buy for me, you don't know, in our Chinese land state-owned, you can't buy land, to your Australia, but to realize my dream of the landlord." β
James sighed: "You really want to buy land, this money can buy a good farm, why buy this scrap mine?"
Xiao Peng said: "I opened a horse farm in China, and the place is not small, and a few cows and sheep are farms. It's better to have a mine to play around, and you can change your taste. β
James smiled bitterly: "I see that you Chinese are rich, and you really know how to play." β
Yang Meng snorted coldly: "People go to Australia to see beautiful women in swimsuits, but we turned out to be good and went to Australia to be a gopher." β
Xiao Peng laughed: "Then you can't go to the mine?"
"Of course, what else are you doing?" Yang Meng glanced at him. After saying that, he was ready to go to the mine.
After listening to the conversation between Xiao Peng and the two, James hurriedly stopped the two: "You can't go to the mine now, it's raining for three consecutive days, and the underground of the mine is already full of water." It's too dangerous for you to go down the mine like this. The water must be drained with a water pump first. Wait for me, I'll bring the pump. β
Xiao Peng nodded: "Okay, we'll wait for you here!"
After a while, James drove a pickup truck over, brought a generator and a pump, the pumping power was still not small, and soon a mine was drained. James took a few logs and walked down the mine, did the reinforcement work, and waved his hand at Xiao Peng: "Don't go deeper, the mines are not safe after the rain." Come down with me. After speaking, he handed the two hard hats and turned on the headlamps above.
Xiao Peng nodded, followed James and walked down the mine, only to find a problem after going down: "Why is the mine here so shallow?" The pit is only less than ten meters away from the ground: "James, how is this mine in Lightning Ridge so much shallower than Coober Pedy's mine?"
"That's because the fault layers here are shallower than on the Coober Pedy side, generally at depths of about five to eight meters," James explains. β
Xiao Peng stroked the wall in the mine and walked all the way, but his heart was cold, and he didn't feel a trace of the smell of black opal. Is there really no black opal here? is it a complete waste mine?
Xiao Peng sighed and was about to go to other mines to have a look, but he accidentally tripped over the pickaxe that the miners had put on the ground before, and fell heavily to the ground.
"Xiao, are you okay?" James hurriedly helped Xiao Peng up. Xiao Peng looked happy: "Of course it's okay." Let's go, let's go back, and then come back to work when the land is dry, the ground is so soft that it is easy to get out of danger. β
"Xiao, I was worried that you wouldn't be able to mine, but in this way, you are very experienced, so I am much more relieved. James said. "You can't be fools like Baker, it's easy to get into trouble if you go to the mine like this. β
Xiao Peng said with a smile: "We have just dug Opal in Coober Pedy for nearly a month, of course we have experience. Let's go, let's go back. Come to me for a drink or two?"
James nodded: "No need, come to me at night, little Isaiah's mother's cooking skills are still very good, so come and sit at my house." β
"I can't ask for it. The trio drove out of the mine and went to James's house.
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On the RV, Yang Meng stretched his waist: "Xiao Peng, why are you so happy today?"
"Happy, how do you see that?" Xiao Peng asked curiously.
Yang Meng glanced at him: "How many years have we known each other? I don't know what virtue you have? Got shit picked up?"
Xiao Peng smiled: "We're going to get rich again." β
"Well, so many people haven't found Black Opal, how can you be sure that there is one underneath?" Yang Meng asked puzzled.
Xiao Peng couldn't be happy: "I'll tell you, they all dug it wrong!"
"Dig wrong?" Yang Meng didn't understand what Xiao Peng meant.
Xiao Peng nodded: "Our mining area is a slope, they detected it correctly, it is true that the high-quality sandstone layer is five to eight meters away, but that mining area is very interesting, it is a double-layer sandstone layer, and there is a sandstone layer below." β
Yang Meng's eyes lit up: "Are you sure?"
"Sure, surely, and surely. Xiao Pengle said: "And let me tell you, there is still a bonanza below, and I feel that there will be a lot of black opals." β
"Then what are you waiting for? let's go dig it up, isn't that what we do at Coober Pedy?" Yang Meng had already come to his senses.
Xiao Peng smiled slightly: "This matter can't be rushed, let's wait for two days, let's dig more than ten meters suddenly like this, it will definitely arouse suspicion, we have to think of a good excuse." β
Yang Meng disagreed: "What good excuse do you have to think of? On such a rainy day, the rain in the mine washed out an underground tunnel, what a good reason?"
Xiao Pengleng froze in place and stretched out his thumb: ", genius! It's too down-to-earth here, that's right, let's just say it, let's go digging tomorrow!"