Damn, the number of chapters in the previous chapter was wrong. I only found out today.

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At the head of the mine, Link watched as the miners used excavators to push down inside, and the cable car kept hauling the dirt out of the mine. Today, the mine has not yet reached the depth of the rock formation.

In the valley, there is a permafrost layer with a thickness of more than 80 meters, which is all soil. Although it is relatively hard due to the cold, it does not need to be blasted.

He saw that the progress was still very good, and in just over an hour, the mine had advanced three meters. There is not enough space inside, so only one excavator can use it, and the other miners just send the excavated soil to the gondola body, and the miners outside send the excavated soil to other places to landfill. Other miners are pouring the cement and rebar they have just arrived to support the tunnel.

Until these components are completed, the mine also needs some support to ensure safety, which requires workers to temporarily support the mine with timber to avoid accidents.

He watched for about an hour, and the miners were orderly, as if they had been set up by the computer, and the connection of work was very smooth.

Seeing this, he was also a lot more relieved. It looks like the mine should be able to mine the first gold this year.

He was watching when he received a call from Carrick: "I heard you went to Alaska." When do you plan to come back?"

"It's not certain yet. Do you have something to do with me?"

"Something to tell you?"

"Can't say it on the phone?" now their phones can be wiretapped. "It may take me a few days to go back. ”

Carrick didn't care when he would return: "Didn't you ask me to set up a system software for shipping? I can't tell you anything about this thing on the phone. When you come back, I'll tell you in detail. ”

Link then remembered that there was one more thing. He had previously suggested that Carrick design an intelligent system for automated loading and unloading at the port, and that he also design an operating system for long-distance transportation on the road.

He now has his own modest shipping company, which mainly delivers goods to his existing food processing plant. If Carrick's system had been available, he could have made a big push into the transportation industry.

It may not be an industry that makes a lot of money, but it can play a key role in the economy of the whole country.

Claude hurried over, still with a smile on his face.

Link smiled and asked, "Claude, don't tell me where you found the gold." That's all mine!"

Claude laughed and said, "It's not gold, but it's a good thing." ”

Link was just joking, but he didn't expect the other party to actually say that he had found a treasure. He asked curiously, "What is it?"

"I just got a call and found a complete mammoth on the other side of the mine. ”

"Complete?"

"Yes, very complete. ”

When Link heard him say this, he also became interested, and said, "Let's go and see." He asked Claude as he walked over to the car. "I remember that the depth was still shallow, and the mammoth bones were found so quickly. ”

"The depth of the discovery was about ten yards, which was the middle position, so the excavation progress was also the fastest. Claude said with a smile. "That's not that deep, though. ”

Complete mammoth skeletons are rare. Unless it is buried soon after death to avoid being eaten by scavengers. Otherwise, even if the bones could be preserved, they would be messy.

"The skeleton is on top of the top layer of ash, and I think the mammoth died from inhaling the ash and was buried by the ash shortly thereafter. That's why it's so well preserved. ”

They said they had gotten into the car.

When they came to the pit, Claude drove the car directly into the pit and came to the middle. There is still machinery working there, but it seems to be cautious.

In the middle of the position, a small pit has been dug out. The soil inside is black, which is supposed to be a layer of volcanic ash sediment. In the center of the pit, there was a bag of dirt, some black-brown bones were exposed, and half of a two-meter-long ivory was completely detached from the dirt. The long, curved tusks are longer than the longest tusks of African elephants.

Claude walked over and touched the tusks for a while, then turned back to Link and said, "One of these tusks is worth at least $10,000." And they're still intact ivory. Of course, the value of the whole skeleton is even greater. ”

Whether it's northern Canada or Alaska, gold prospectors often dig up fossilized ivory or other animal fossils.

Ivory is the most valuable, but it also depends on the condition. If the quality is different, it is about 2,000 dollars, and if it is in good condition, 10,000 dollars is no problem. Rhinoceros fossils are the second, saber-toothed tigers again, bison and reindeer fossils are the cheapest.

Link was also a little excited to see such a huge animal skeleton fossil. However, he didn't think about how much money he could sell, but thought that he could ship this thing back to Huazhou and give the children some knowledge.

"Do we need to get an expert to dig them up?"

Claude laughs, "Of course not, we used to dig up animal fossils a lot. We can do that, but it slows things down. ”

Link smiled and said, "It's just a small area, and there's no problem with delays." ”

Claude said, "I don't think it's necessarily just this place. He looked at the terrain around him and said, "Mr. Hans, I think you need to make a choice. I guess this valley used to be a place with a pleasant climate, and there may have been a lot of animals here millions of years ago. ”

"You mean, there may be a lot of fossils in the ground?"

"yes, I think that's likely. ”

Link understood what Claude meant. Claude wanted to know whether he wanted to be careful when mining in order to get more fossils, or whether he wanted to keep the fossils in order.

He thought for a moment and said, "If you come across it, make sure you can dig it out as much as possible." Don't think too much about it. ”

That's what Claude wants. He nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Hans, if you find a fossil like ivory, the workers will be careful, after all, it is worth a lot." And the discoverer will receive a certain reward. ”

Link nodded, signaling that he understood. Claude was suggesting that he needed to give a small reward to the miners who found the fossil.

Claude nodded at him, and said nothing else, and the miners began to dig up the mammoth's skeleton. Of course, it is impossible for this skeleton to be lifted out in its entirety, so the bones can only be carefully disassembled and marked with that part.

The miners did seem to have some experience, and they were careful to disassemble the skeletons, clean them one by one, and mark them and set them aside.

Once the skeleton was raised, Claude and Link transported it back to the dormitory. On the way, Claude suggested, "Mr. Hans, since fossils have been found here, I suggest you send a treasurer in advance." ”

"I'll arrange it as soon as possible. ”

The finances here must be someone he can absolutely trust. In mining such as gold mines, the amount of gold must be supervised by the representatives of the mine owners. This representative is mainly the treasurer, or the director of the mine.

Originally, he thought that it would take some time for the gold mine to be mined, and the finance here was mainly the expenditure of mining costs, so he handed over the finances to Claude for the time being. After Kai had mined the gold, he sent the treasurer.

But now that there may be fossils here, and those fossils are worth a little money. There is also income on the gold mine, which is also a bit inappropriate to hand over the finances to Claude. It's just that he hasn't thought about who to send over yet.

"If you dig up the fossils, do you sell them or keep them? Claude saw that Link was planning to keep the mammoth skeleton that had just been dug up. "Even if you can dig up fossils in the future, there are few that are as complete as this mammoth. ”

"If you sell it, it's in Alaska?"

"Yes, there are people in Fairbanks who buy it, and it can also be sold to museums. ”

Link thought for a moment and said, "If you find a relatively complete skeleton, keep it, and sell the scattered ones." If there are enough fossils, he might be able to open a private museum in Fox.

“OK！”

With Link's words, Claude will be able to deal with fossils in the future.

Link remembered what he had just hinted at and asked, "You just said that the miner who found the fossil should give a little reward, like this mammoth fossil, according to your habits, how much should I give?"

"As is the custom of our miners, we usually give 5% to 8% of the price of fossils. However, this mammoth fossil is very complete and must be of high value. Of course, it can't be calculated according to that ratio. ”

Link thought for a moment and said, "The fossil was found just now, whether it is one person or someone else." ”

"We usually count as a team. ”

"Then I'll give $20,000 as a bonus. If a fossil is found in the future, the bonus will be 8% of the selling price. "Fossils weren't his purpose in the first place, they were an accident. Take out a little bit to those miners, and give red envelopes at that time.

Claude laughed and said, "I think they'll be very happy." You know, in Las Vegas, there are definitely quite a few fossils. ”

If a good piece of ivory is found, the miner can get a windfall of several hundred dollars, which will make them more motivated.

Although the newly dug up fossil is only a skeleton, this skeleton has been petrified and is not lightweight. And it also takes up a lot of space, so it is a bit difficult to transport it back to Huazhou in the future. He asked Tiger to send the fossil back to Ozette first, and asked Jessica to find someone to reassemble it.

After Tiger left, he thought about it for a while, and called Arry in Texas, asking him to pick some people to be sent to the gold mine to garrison: "I need someone I can trust. In the future, they will be stationed in Alaska for about half a year in turn. ”

He asked for trustworthy people, mainly because he was worried that gold would move people's hearts. No matter how many trusted people he sends, they may not deteriorate. He needed one more person to supervise. He thought about it and thought about it, and it came to him the idea of having the security captain act as the overseer. Then he sent another trustworthy one to do the finances.

While there may be a shortfall, it's at least a bit more secure than just two people.