Most of the ruby mines in Mogok are open-pit mines, which are relatively easy to mine, but they are limited by the beneficiation process, so the output has not been very high. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the ruby mine, in addition to ruby, there are a variety of associated precious gems such as spinel, garnet, moonstone, aquamarine, crystal, topaz and so on, and its output can even reach dozens of hundreds of times that of ruby, so Myanmar is also known as the country of gemstones.

The annual output of gemstones in the Mogok mining area is more than half of the national gemstone production in Myanmar, and it is a veritable treasure land!

Dan Rui took Li Yi and them to a ruby mine called Nake, this mine is a new mine that began to be mined at the end of the last century, the reserves of various gemstones are very rich, and the ruby ore excavated also contains a very small part of the pigeon's blood ruby rough, and its quality is in the forefront of the entire Mogu mining area.

The owner of the Nakko mine is the Burmese military, and Min Teng, who is in charge here, is a colonel-level officer and a personal friend of Than Shwe.

"The ruby mine in Mogok is said to have been excavated since the 15th century and has a history of nearly 600 years. It's just that over the centuries, rubies are being dug less and less, and last year's output in the entire Mogoku mining area was less than 1.5 million carats, and this number is decreasing year by year, so now the ruby trade restrictions are very strict, except for the annual gem fair and some old customers, it is difficult to buy real Mogoku rubies in other ways. ”

"However, the general is very satisfied with Mr. Li's previous transaction, so if Mr. Li has this demand, just ask, the general has already spoken, and the rough stones that have not yet had time to be transported away from the mine can be selected at will, and the price will definitely satisfy you."

Li Yi frowned, a little puzzled, if he really wanted to sell him rubies, Mandalay should also have a warehouse, why would he say that it was a rough stone that had not been transported away from the mine?

Dan Rui smiled, although there was no one else in the car, he still lowered his voice,

"There are now a total of 49 mines in the Mogok mining area, of which 11 belong to the military, and only Nake is completely controlled by our generals. Mr. Li, if you have heard these words, whether you simply want to visit the mine or want to purchase rubies this time, our general hopes that you will always be his good friend. ”

Li Yi raised his eyebrows and understood, it turned out that this general of the government army who had never met before wanted to smuggle goods! No wonder, he only occasionally mentioned that he thought of Mogu and his party, and the other party arranged for Wang Gang to send a pass directly to the mining area, which turned out to be waiting for him here!

But this is a good thing, now on the market, the price of a good quality ruby is comparable to a diamond, although he still has a lot of rubies on hand and has not sold it, but this kind of opportunity to make a fortune, he has no reason to refuse.

After a deep groan, Li Yi took out an envelope from his backpack and stuffed it into Dan Rui's hand,

"If you can purchase a batch of rubies, of course, it is the best, but at this price, I need a lot of help from Mr. Dan Shwe......"

took the envelope and gently pinched the thickness, Dan Rui's face showed a smile that could only be understood,

"Minden will be there later......"

Li Yi nodded, indicating that he understood, and then, neither of them spoke, and an hour later, the off-road vehicle stopped in front of a row of improvised barracks.

"Hello Mr. Li, I'm Minden, welcome to Nako!"

A dark and thin middle-aged man in civilian clothes heard the sound of the car and greeted him from the room, and as soon as he saw Li Yi, he warmly shook hands and exchanged a few words, and then hugged Dan Rui vigorously, and invited Li Yi and Gu Feng to the room.

"Mr. Li, would you like to visit the mining area first or ......?"

Obviously, Minden had also been instructed a long time ago, so he asked Li Yi directly about his plans as soon as he came up.

"Let's go to the mine first, I've never seen how it's mined."

Minden smiled and dragged a cardboard box out from under the bed,

"I knew that most of you were going to the mine, so I had already prepared, but the conditions over there were a bit difficult, and Mr. Li had to be prepared."

Li Yi saw that the carton contained several pairs of high-waisted rain boots, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange, do you have to change your shoes when you go to the mining area?

"Not only do you have to change your shoes, but you also have to change your car, otherwise you ......"

Minden shook his head, pointed to a few old yellowed photos on the wall, and said:

"The excavated soil needs a lot of water to wash, so there are mud pits everywhere near the mining area, and it is better for several people to change their clothes, otherwise they will be in trouble."

Looking at the photos, he found that the situation at the scene really didn't seem to be optimistic, Li Yi smiled and changed into a full set of equipment, and then followed behind Minden, and boarded a car with a broken jeep splashed with yellow mud and almost no original color.

"Sit tight!"

With a slap on the accelerator, the jeep let out a dull roar and sped out of the camp, and within a few minutes, it was at a place full of loess slopes of varying heights.

"These are all excavated and nowhere to pile up, and it's fine on a sunny day, but when it rains, the road is almost impossible for people to enter."

In the violent jolting, Minden drove forward for a few more minutes and stopped at the edge of a large pothole.

"This is the Ruby Mine, how about it, a little disappointed, right?"

What appeared in front of Li Yi was a huge pit with a radius of more than one kilometer and a depth of more than 50 meters. On the wall of the pit, there is a ring road like a winding mountain road, several large trucks full of sand are emitting black smoke, slowly climbing up along the road, and at the bottom of the pit, several excavators are digging hard.

"The mining of rubies is very simple, you only need to dig out the sand and gravel, but the next beneficiation is difficult, so it is difficult to increase the production."

Li Yi nodded, the scene in front of him was similar to the jadeite mine he had heard of, but compared to the jadeite rough, the particles of the ruby rough were too small, and it was indeed not easy to select them from this pile of sand.

"It's not easy, such a large cart of mineral soil, the ruby in it is no more than 10 carats, can you imagine what kind of concept that is?"

10 carats? Li Yi blinked, the heavy-duty truck in front of him, the weight of a truck of sand and soil was at least more than 10 tons, and the ruby in it was actually less than 10 carats, which ......

"It seems that it's not that rubies are worth at all, but that labor is more valuable!"

"Hehe, we are all used to it, in fact, the ruby mine is okay, because there are more associated gemstones, and a car can be selected with a few hundred carats, if it is a diamond mine with relatively low reserves, it will be even more annoying, sometimes a whole car of mineral soil, even a piece of broken diamond can not be selected is a common thing!"

Li Yi nodded, he had already remembered at this time, after the discovery of gold mines in Coconut City, he had specifically checked the information about gold mines, and it seemed that a ton of ore containing more than a dozen grams of gold could be regarded as a bonanza, then, as rubies and diamonds that are more valuable than gold, it should be normal for this ratio to appear.

"Mr. Li, there's nothing to see here, let's go to the concentrator area, right?"

Li Yi hesitated for a moment, pointed to the bottom of the pit and asked:

"Mr. Minden, may I go to the bottom of the pit and have a look?"

"Go to the bottom of the pit?"

Minden scratched his scalp, a little unclear why, what else is there to see at the bottom except digging the soil?

"Does Mr. Li really want to go down?"

Seeing Li Yi nodding, Min Deng smiled bitterly, beckoned a person with a walkie-talkie to the side and said a few words, then turned his head and said to Li Yi:

"When these trucks come up, we'll take the empty cars over there to go down, I used to go down often, but now the pit is digging deeper and deeper, it looks a little dangerous, I haven't gone down for a long time."

Li Yi smiled, he wanted to go down, just to see what the reserves here were, he had just seen through the ground near here, and only found a few rough gemstones, none of them were rubies, but they were still excavating below, the reserves should be considerable, since he came, how could he miss it?

As for the danger, there should be no, plus the big trucks with a weight of at least more than 20 tons can drive safely along the ring road, what else is there to worry about?

After a while, several large trucks drove up, and Li Yi and the others jumped on the several trucks that were about to go down and drove towards the bottom of the pit.

Circling all the way, Li Yi looked through the pit wall all the way, but after a while, he closed his eyes, the gem content here was too low, even inferior to the ones he had just seen on the ground.

Soon, the truck drove to the bottom of the pit, and several people jumped out of the truck and looked at Li Yi, all wanting to see what he wanted to see.

Li Yi shrugged his shoulders, shook his head slightly, and looked directly at the ground in front of him.

In an instant, a feeling that he had never felt before came to his heart, and some sparse flashes began to appear in his sight, red, purple, yellow, and maroon, these large and small flashes of light, just like the lonely starlight in the vast sky, penetrated the thick layer of soil and broke into his sight.

Suddenly, his heart moved, he slowly squatted down, put his hand on the ground, and in an instant, a cold cold current rushed into his body......

"There are really a lot of reserves......

Li Yi muttered, stood up, and slowly walked forward, casually looking at the ground, suddenly, his eyes moved, and he gently kicked away a clod of soil in front of him, and then picked up a red stone the size of a pigeon's egg from the ground.

"Huh? It's actually a pigeon's blood ruby! ”

Minden had been paying attention to Li Yi's actions, and when he saw him pick up a stone from the ground, take a look at it, and find that it was a rough pigeon's blood ruby weighing dozens of carats, he couldn't help but be surprised, this luck is really a bit too much, right?

"Hehe, since Mr. Li picked it himself, let's give it to Mr. Li as a souvenir, Minden, are you okay?"

Than Shwe took the ruby and glanced at it, and gave it back to Li Yi. Although the size of this rough stone is large, most of them are impurities, and most of them are some fine gem particles after cutting.

"Okay, no problem, if Mr. Li is interested, you can look around, and if you find any of them, we will give them to you!"

"Oh? Sometimes, you can't talk nonsense, my eyes are very sharp! ”

Li Yi smiled while picking up two more rough stones from the ground, one of which was a ruby, and the other was an associated moonstone.

The two of them walked around the neighborhood without believing in evil, but they found nothing except stepping on a foot of mud, and when they turned back, they found that Li Yi had another fist-sized aquamarine rough stone in his hand, and the quality of this rough stone seemed to be particularly good!

"Oh my God, if the guys in charge of mineral processing had Mr. Li's eyesight, the mine's output would have more than doubled in a year!"

"Hehe, it's just luck, let's go, go up and see the beneficiation!"

Li Yi handed over the aquamarine to Gu Feng, although this thing was not worth much, but after all, he picked it up from the mine with his own hands, and the meaning was different.

Half an hour later, Minden's jeep drove into the concentrator, Li Yi jumped out of the car and found that although it was not like Minden described that there were mud puddles everywhere, the condition of the ground was indeed not optimistic, fortunately they all changed into rain boots, otherwise if they came in in sneakers, it is estimated that they would not be able to ask for these shoes after a circle.

The equipment for mineral processing is very simple, not only the machine is simple, but the principle is also very simple.

The ore transported by the trucks is poured into a large funnel-shaped object, which then flows slowly from the bottom of the hopper to a belt conveyor. The device shakes incessantly during the conveying process, sieving some particles to the surface.

The workers on the side would remove some of the large stones that obviously did not contain gemstones, and occasionally pick up one or two of the more obvious large gem roughs, and the rest would be transferred to a large sieve-like object, which would then be sifted through as the water was flushed.

When the soil is washed away, the last thing that remains is basically some small particles of stone-like material, and then it has to be sifted by hand.

All the sand and gravel poured out of the large sieve was piled up on a flat field on a hill next to several long, rudimentary cement platforms on which the workers conducted their primaries.

"This thing, it's too hard."

Dan Shwe grabbed a handful of rough gems selected by the workers, looked at them carefully for a while, shook his head, and put them back again.

Li Yi grabbed a handful of unscreened sand stones, carefully identified them for a while, picked out a moonstone the size of a fingernail, looked at the sun, and then threw it into the tray in the hands of the concentrators.

"This time we call it the primary selection, where all the rough stones with the characteristics of the gemstones are selected and then sent there for sorting and selection. As for the leftover stones, they will also be selected, and if the amount of rough gems left in them is relatively large, these workers will be punished. ”

While inspecting the rough stones selected by the workers, Minden introduced to Li Yi,

"The last remaining worthless slag will be dumped somewhere, and if you are willing to pay a fee, you can also try your luck in the slag heap......

Li Yi nodded, followed him for a while, and after watching the workers beneficiate, he turned his gaze to the hill made of stones on the side.

In an instant, a colorful world appeared in his eyes, and the red, purple, yellow, and even blue rubies and gemstone companions, like shining stars, were dotted among a large mass of white, yellow, brown, and black mixed sand grains, and his eyes were dazzled in a moment.

After a while, he shook his head slightly, the gem particles were too small, and they were not as clear as they could be seen when they were scattered underground. And the amount of this pile of sand and stones is too much, even if you occasionally see one or two pieces of excellent color, it is difficult to locate accurately.

"Let's go, let's go look at Mr. Mindon's stock, and if possible, I think I'll buy one."

Seeing that Li Yi finally mentioned that he wanted to buy gems, there was a hint of joy in the eyes of Min Deng and Dan Rui, this kind of private transaction, the benefits they can get are much greater than normal transactions! (To be continued.) )