Chapter 340: Meteorite Unearthed
After carefully taking photos from all angles and taking soil samples from around the crater, the construction team that Han's father found arrived.
The ski resort is putting the finishing touches on construction, the hotel is being renovated, and there are two red medium-sized crawler cranes that have been on the ranch for a long time, and they are coming with a loud noise.
Designer Jensen only received a phone call, saying that he had brought workers and cranes over, and he didn't know much about the details, and when he saw the huge pit in front of him, he asked, "Dig a pool or a swimming pool?"
"It's not that, the meteorite hit down last night, and now it's going to get it out, the crane is parked outside the pit, be careful not to crush here, and expect it to attract tourists in the future." Father Han said with a smile.
"When was the meteorite last night?" Jensen said in surprise, turning to look at the workers behind him, "Did you hear that?"
A worker replied to him: "No, I'm too tired to work overtime in a hurry, I go to bed very early when I go back, and others can't wake up when they snore, how can I hear this, we live far away from here." ”
"Me too. ”
"Hmm. ”
"When I got up to go to the toilet last night, it seemed to be a bit of an earthquake, and I heard a little noise"
When I encounter this kind of thing, I feel new and talk about it.
Father Han clapped his hands to attract his eyes: "Okay, we'll talk about it later, I'm sorry for you, Director Robbie, what should I do now?"
"Find someone to go down and tie up the meteorite, and then use a crane to pull it up vertically, how many tons can these two handle?"
"One is seven and a half tons, and the other is nine tons. The driver of the crane replied.
Robbie nodded, "It's enough, it's okay to cooperate with the two of them, right?"
"That's not difficult, but does the meteorite have radiation? I mean, is it harmful to humans. ”
Hearing the worker's inquiry, Nicole said, "Absolutely not." We checked the radiation content of the fragments and it was completely normal. “
"That's good, which of you goes down and ties the wire rope?" Jensen asked, looking around, the workers were a little hesitant, you look at me, I look at you. No one spoke.
Han Xuan didn't eat breakfast, he was hungry, and now he wanted to go home and go to the toilet, but he didn't see the meteorite and was unwilling, and said: "Add a thousand dollars to the monthly salary of the next month......
"Me!"
"I'm coming!"
"Bob, you join in the fun, drive your car!
Nowadays, construction workers are paid eight dollars an hour, and they can tie up something for half a month's salary, and they are all enthusiastic all of a sudden. Jensen picked two at random and patted them on the shoulder: "Go to me when it's over, and let the finance give you money when the time comes." ”
"Be careful not to break it, the basic material of the meteorite is metal, and there is generally nothing to do, go down first, see how deep it is, and record the shape of the meteorite." ”
Robbie said. Bend down to find two bags and a small shovel from the toolbox, "and take some dirt samples from near it." ”
"I see. Hey, man, tie the rope sturdith, get the money and invite you to drink!" one of the selected workers smiled at the man who was tying a wire rope around his waist, wearing a nylon harness.
"Don't worry, it's absolutely fine. ”
The cranes are parked facing each other on the north and south sides of the crater.
One of them started, shrinking with the wire rope. The workers were hoisted up by a crane and gradually moved towards the hole.
He waved and smiled, turned on the light on his hard hat, held a flashlight in his hand, and looked down. Descend slowly.
Han Xuan walked over with his father, looked into the hole, and accidentally dropped a piece of dirt, and soon there was a cry of pain from the bottom: "Oops!
"I'm sorry"
The lights keep moving down.
With a little rattling of water, the worker shouted, "Stop! it, I see it!" Now it's standing on it, only a small piece is exposed, the rest is in the water, it's not easy to get it!"
"Then take a sample first!" shouted Director Robbie.
"Is there a pump here?"
"Yes! I'll get it!"
Seeing that Old Patton reflexively prepared to go horseback riding, Father Han threw the car keys to Evans, "You can drive, right? ”
The worker shouted again that the sample was ready, and Nichole drew a trace with a pen on the wire rope that exposed the hole.
Jensen gave the crane cockpit a thumbs up, and when everyone stepped back, the winch turned and began to shrink the wire rope.
When the worker came out, his pants were wet to the crook of his legs, he took off his shoes and poured out the water, and sat cross-legged on the ground: "It's so deep, several meters of rock layers have been smashed through directly." ”
Nichole took the two generations of muddy water samples, carefully placed them in the prepared bottles, and asked him, "Is the volume measurable?"
"Well, the length is about two meters, the width is more than a meter or so, the stone is quite flat, at least it can stand people, it can't be seen, it only shows a little bit, the color is black, some green, and you can smell a burning smell underneath. ”
"Black?" Father Han asked, the pieces he had found earlier were silvery-white, not quite what he had described.
"Mr. Han, the temperature of their passage through the atmosphere was more than 1,200 degrees, and the outside was burned black by a few centimeters, as were the other meteorites they found. ”
After NASA's Mars finished speaking, he went to the crane and asked the driver to release the wire rope, dragged it back, and pulled it straight, Nicole found the tape measure to measure the length, and said in surprise: "Nineteen meters three! Oh my God, it was so deep!"
"It means that it is large, the house is so close, no one is injured, it is really lucky, it fell from the sky and the tail is close to a vacuum because of the high temperature, and the shock wave generated by hitting the ground is blocked by the surrounding hills, otherwise it is likely to shatter the glass of your house. ”
Director Robbie's face was delighted, and the meteorite talent was more valuable for research.
After waiting on the spot for more than ten minutes, the elder Barton and the others arrived in their car, and Evans carried a water pump, while the other cowboys went to the rear compartment to carry diesel generators.
After getting it done, the power was turned on, and the generator was noisy, and the muddy water continued to flow down the arm-thick leather tube into the grass next to the crater.
It took more than an hour for Han Xuan to return home, and when they came back, they had already built an iron frame above the entrance of the cave.
The workers and the cowboys grabbed the two ropes together, and when they heard the reply from below, they pulled back hard, and the rollers creaked, and the two workers who went down gradually came out.
After waiting for it to come out, the iron frame was removed, the two cranes were started at the same time, the drivers gestured to each other, and then the wire rope was stretched straight, and the sound of stones and metal scraping came, as well as the sound of falling stones and splashing water.
The crane struggled, black smoke continued to emit from the exhaust pipe, and several times it tended to slide down into the pit.
Han Xuan sweated in his heart, and if he didn't succeed, he had to find a large-tonnage crane, but fortunately, the wire rope was still shrinking, and he didn't encounter any problems, and after a while, a strange-shaped thing was pulled up.
"Be careful! Move it to the side slowly!Put it on the ground first!" Robbie shouted with a flushed face.
The length of the meteorite was almost two meters wide, and the height was the same, and there was a place where it was broken, and the sun shone with a shimmering yellow-red light...... (To be continued.) )