At the Jack Brothers mine, two bearded old men are repairing a 70's mine truck.

"Hey, old man, do you need help?" Ye Mu asked with a smile as he jumped out of the car.

"The bottom axle of the car was broken, and we thought about replacing it with one. Wilk Jack climbed out from under the car and opened his hand to hug Ye Mu, but noticed the dirty body and smiled: "Welcome back to this bitter cold place." ”

"Thank you. ”

Wilk took Ye Mu to the ore washer, the 27-ton old guy, older than Ye Mu, can still be started. 27 tons refers to the main structure, such as the ore transmission belt, these accessories have not been counted......

The most troublesome thing in gold panning is mechanical failure, while it is not transported away now, check it first, repair the repair, and replace the things that should be replaced.

Do a comprehensive and detailed inspection of the machine today, and record the faults. Back in the old mines, Karn was cooking, not to mention the old guy's cooking, canned beef mixed with potatoes and other things that I don't know what to do, how ugly and ugly it was......

"Ye, come over quickly, I have a portion of your dinner. Karn took a cauldron and served the food on three plates.

Ye Mu has been mixing here for several years, and this kind of food is not strange, and he can still eat it. You're welcome, just serve it and eat it......

Zhang Kun had an unpalatable reindeer meat dinner at Brother Jack's at noon, and when he came back to see this, his dark face was pale.

The canned beef mixed with mashed potatoes, as if there were other vegetables and unknown vegetables, also smelled strange...... For SC people who like to eat, it's really ......

"Blackbeard hasn't come back yet?"

"It's back. Pressing the specific direction of Orikoff's exploration vein, it is estimated that it will take another overnight. Old man Karn laughed.

"I haven't slept for more than thirty hours, and I'm not afraid of sudden death. Ye Mu was speechless.

"I just came back and he was asleep in the car. Karn shrugged, "He's that kind of guy, he can't be at ease until he's determined the grade of the gold." ”

"I can't bear it, so I'll go back to sleep as soon as I fill my stomach. By the way, no one is allowed to wake me up tomorrow, I will sleep until I wake up naturally......"

"Hahaha......"

Ye Mu went back to the mobile cabin after dinner, which is about 30 square meters. He used to live alone, and there were actually two beds in it......

It's okay to mess up in the wooden house, and Ye Mu is too lazy to clean it up now, so he washed his feet with liquefied gas and boiled water, spread a quilt and fell asleep.

Although it is May, the temperature at night is still cold, as low as below freezing, so this wooden house is simply foam insulation, soft cotton wool and thick quilts on the mats, very warm.

When I woke up, the sky was hazy and bright.

Bot had just returned, his eyes were red, and with the data he had sorted out from the drilling, he was out on the fire with Karn to discuss.

"Ye, come and take a look. Bot held up a piece of paper and shouted.

Ye Mu walked over: "How?"

"The result came out, it was an alluvial placer mine. You are very accurate...... "endogenous or exogenous deposits are weathered and broken by nature to form sand and gravel, which are transported by the water and leave the place of origin along the river valley and are deposited on the beach to become alluvial placers."

Bot took out the drawing, which was a vein distribution, Y-shaped. It turns out that two rivers meet here, which is the place where the first drill is drilled outside the Valley of Good Fortune. Two rivers have been diverted or cut off for some reason, and the original riverbed has been buried to present the current gold veins......

"Preliminary judgment, this is the area where two rivers meet, I drew a circle, the confluence area should be a bonanza area, the size of four football fields. The downstream of the river confluence area is scarce in gold and should not have mining value. Then there is the Valley of Good Fortune, with veins 7 meters wide and gold all the way to kilometres away...... Finally, this river, which should pass through this mining area under our feet, also has gold, and as for the gold content, it is difficult to say now......"

The two of them looked at Ye Mu together.

They dug up this vein leaf wood at their feet last year, and the gold content should be clear.

"It's also an alluvial placer. ...... mined last year A paw comes out about five or six grams of gold, a super bonanza. "Caterpillar's 36-ton excavator comes standard with a 1.67 square rock bucket, which is about 1.2 to 1.5 tons under one paw. Ye Mu pointed to the scale of this mining area, and the meaning was self-evident: "The ore vein from here to Happy Valley is not considered for the time being, and it should not be of much value if it is finally moved." ”

Karn and Bot understood what Ye Mu meant, and nodded.

Karn patted Bot on the shoulder, "Old man, your eyes are bloodshot, go back and get some rest, and I'll do the rest." ”

"OK, call me when it's time to wash the mine. Bot couldn't hold on anymore and said to go back to his room.

Haki yawned and slapped Karn on the shoulder, "Good luck, I hope to see gold when I come back in the evening." ”

"Definitely. ”

Ye Mu went back to cook, steaming rice in a pot. After the rice is cooked, the rice broth is strained and steamed in a pot over low heat...... A hard dish, stir-fried beef with potatoes, and a seasoning made with hot pot base, the taste of the stir-fried is not bad.

Zhang Kun got up smelling the smell of rice, this guy hadn't been able to adapt to life here, and he looked tired.

Karn sniffed the aroma and smiled, "Man, what if I don't want to cook in the morning?" ”

"I'm a miracle doctor. Ye Mu laughed, inviting Karn in.

On a cold morning, a bowl of freshly cooked rice paired with a spicy potato stir-fried beef, a hard dish, I just think I could cook a few more bowls.

Ye Mu grabbed the last bit of pot, and took the potato and beef soup on his plate, and the bite was crunchy......

"Oh, it's spicy, but it's great. Karn smacked his lips and said, "The gold mine in the Valley of Good Fortune has a soil layer of less than 3 feet on the surface, and a layer of mud below...... Gravel deposits are zoned at a depth of 15 feet. It is almost impossible to try to wash the gold mine today. "Gold is generally found in the area between the bedrock in the gravel sedimentary zone......

The Valley of Good Fortune is very close to the Arctic Circle, and the ground is hard permafrost all year round, and these permafrost soil can be dug up and the current temperature will take at least 20 hours to thaw. But as long as you dig into the gold-rich gravel layer, it's easy to deal with.

Karn looked at Ye Mu and expressed helplessness.

Ye Mu shrugged his shoulders and pointed to the house where Bot slept: "Water cannons are rushing, bulldozers are loading coulters, no matter what, we must wash out the gold today." Man, we're a team of 19 people and our operating costs are thousands of dollars a day. Only when you see gold can you have morale, and only when you have morale can you work hard......"

"Okay. Karn touched his forehead and continued, "The road to the Valley of Good Fortune will be cleared in the morning, whether or not it will be paved with ore now." ”

Gold diggers have a saying, never overestimate and be blindly optimistic until you dig up gold, and you can only be disappointed in exchange for it. This means that even if the mining area is determined by drilling, there should not be much action before the test wash.

The six kilometers of ore road that were paved were not a lot of work for them, but they were not small.

Karn gave the decision-making to Hagi because he wanted to know how much he expected and grasped the Good Luck Valley Gold Mine.

But the main task of the day is to dig up at least 10 tons of mineral sand...... Zhang Kun and I went to the Jack Brothers mine, good luck. ”