Mountain driving career since 1982

Chapter 680

Chapter 680

In fact, the blue letters, gunpowder letters, and military commission letters mentioned by Lu Lu are also methods of finding gold among the people, and they have been proven to be feasible.

Already deep into the mountains, the next thing to do is to look for it.

"Also, in the process of searching, if you come across those brightly colored stones, don't forget to take them with you if you come across them." Lu Lu smiled and reminded.

He has not forgotten that there is a good thing that abounds in the wilderness - agate.

The borders of Tahe and Huma are also places where agate is produced.

Raw agate is a very common stone, and there may be rough agate in many rivers, mountains, and wildernesses.

In these days, in the eyes of many people, agate is a better-looking stone.

But in later generations, there are more people with spare money, and the strange little things like agate can be used as decorations and ornaments, and the price will rise accordingly.

Unlike the agate in the south, which is closer to stone, the agate of the black dragon is more of a manifestation of jade, so it is called northern red agate.

Northern red agate is widely distributed in the middle and lower reaches of Yichun, Xunke, and Nenjiang Rivers. The reserves are limited, but it is gorgeous, warm and rich in color, especially the red agate, which has good transparency and ranks among the top quality agates in the world.

Wuyiling District in Yichun is known as the hometown of Northern Red Agate.

When Lu Lu was looking around today, he accidentally saw a piece of agate. The quality was not good, but there were enough reasons for him to start thinking about it.

He couldn't help thinking that in his free time, he would find a chance to go around and look for agates in the river ditch, just like playing, and unconsciously, he could save some valuable things.

There are not many reserves of this thing, so there is something to do.

Now, I planned to look for gold mines along the valley. If I saw things like agate, it would not be a bad thing to collect some.

"Why do you want that thing?" Zhang Shaofeng asked a little strangely.

"This is agate, find some and keep it, maybe it will be worth some money in the future!" Lu Lu said casually, afraid that they would not attract attention, Lu Lu emphasized again: "It can almost be called a gem."

"Gems are obviously just stones. Who wants them? My two mischievous sons dug some up in the ditch before. When they got tired of playing with them, they threw them with their backhands... I am too lazy to ask for them. If you want them, I will If you encounter it, I can keep it for you!"

Zhang Shaofeng still didn't care.

Judging from Liang Kangbo's and Chen Xiuqing's reactions, it was probably the same.

"Okay, when you see it, pick it up and keep it for me. You don't want it, I want it!" Lu Lu said with a smile: "Don't regret it when the time comes!"

"There's nothing to regret about this!" Chen Xiuqing also laughed: "There are plenty of them in the ditch!"

Lu Lu shook his head, that is, he can see more now, try it in a few years... Since they don't take it seriously, it just happens to be cheap for him.

You know, northern red agate has the five characteristics of gemstones: bright and beautiful color, high hardness, good transparency, stable and scarce chemical substances.In later generations, northern red agate is also a good thing to vigorously promote.

Yesterday, he shook the wooden dustpan for a long time during the day, and he didn't have much time to sleep at night. In addition to running around all day today, Lu Lu couldn't help yawning while eating.

Quickly filled his stomach, boiled some corn noodles, added the internal organs of those small animals, and fed the ingots, Lu Lu explained to Zhang Shaofeng and others what to pay attention to, and then went straight into the tent. Hei went to bed early.

Today's situation is different from the past. Being robbed by someone turned out to be robbed by others. This is in the deep mountains. Not only must beware of wild animals, but also people who may cause trouble, so you have to be even more careful.

However, Zhao Yongke and Liang Kangbo are on duty tonight. Both of them are very experienced and more vigilant than Zhang Shaofeng and Chen Xiuqing, so Lu Lu is relieved.

Lu Lu, who spent the night peacefully and got enough sleep, woke up in the morning, only to feel that most of the exhaustion in his body had dissipated.

When he got out of the tent, he saw that Zhao Yongke was already cooking.

As Lu Lu got up, Zhang Shaofeng and others who were awakened also got up and went to the river to wash their faces.

"Did anything happen last night?" Lu Lu asked.

"Nothing happened, Yuan Bao never made a sound!" Zhao Yongke said: "Do you think those people are afraid to find them?"

"I hope so... Anyway, it's better to be careful."

Lu Lu rubbed the dogs such as Heihu and Bailong who were flopping around, stretched out his hands and stood close to Lu Lu's left leg, looked up at Lu Lu's ingot, and then went to the river to wash his face .

When returning from the river and waiting for breakfast, Lu Lu confessed: "Let's search along this river valley today!"

Leaving Xinglonggou and entering the deep mountains, Lu Lu did not stop climbing to see the mountains along the way. After entering the mountains to the northwest for a while, he led a few people to turn around and head north.

This is walking in the direction of Baoxinggou.

Baoxinggou Gold Mine, also known as Xiaoxiergenqi River, means meandering river in Oroqen language.

Lu Lu knew the location of this gold mine, and it was facing the Lawagan Forest Farm, forty or fifty kilometers to the east. The location of this gold mine has not been discovered in this year. It was discovered around 1990, and it was not officially mined until around [-].

And until [-], two large gold mining areas were discovered in that place.

Nowadays, no matter where, it is a place where few people patronize.

Lu Lu suspects that the reason why the gold mines here were discovered so slowly is probably because this is a remote forest in the deep mountains, a place where gold diggers have not yet arrived, otherwise, the reputation would have spread far and wide.

Of course, it is not ruled out that someone like me, who obviously found it, but hides in it alone and makes a fortune silently.

It goes without saying that the last thing Lu Lu wants to see is something that has already been patronized and mined.

He also wanted to make a fortune silently when he found the vein.

The gold sand brought back, after a little smelting and purification, is 30 yuan a gram in the first year, and it will cost 30 yuan a gram in the past 400 or [-] years. Hard currency, I am afraid there will not be so much!

Along the way, there are many valleys and ravines. Lu Lu only knows the approximate location, but he believes that it will not be difficult to find places with so many placer gold veins in these rivers.

At a time like this, who would go shopping slowly? As long as you find a place, it is reasonable to pick it up along the river.

After breakfast, a group of people began to walk north along the river.

Along the way, Zhang Shaofeng and Zhao Yongke walked on the left side of the river bank, while Chen Xiuqing and Liang Kangbo walked on the right side of the river bank.

The two groups of people and horses were carefully looking at the rocks and vegetation on both sides, including the sandy soil on the river beach.

If you have any doubts, let Lu Lu check it out.

And what Lu Lu did was to walk on both sides of the bank, and every two hundred meters, he would take out a wooden dustpan, get some sand on the river beach, wash it in the river, and check for gold.

What he did was actually very particular.

As the old saying goes, gold grows out of shadows.

This is exactly the folk experience summed up in the frigid regions of the Great Wilderness.

Alluvial gold deposits, especially terrace mines, are mostly distributed on the shady side of the valley.

That is to say, in the east-west valley, there are many placer gold deposits on the terraces of the unfathomable slopes of the valley, but few on the north side.

For the north-south valley, the gold deposits are mostly distributed on the terraces on the west side, and there is little ore formation on the east side.

The valley does not go straight to the north, but meanders among the mountains, running east-west or north-south.

Therefore, Lu Lu chose to walk in the shade as much as possible, so he had to jump to both sides of the valley from time to time.

The river is also more than two feet wide, which is not difficult for Lu Lu.

Riding on Zhuifeng, he can walk directly through the shallow water area, and even if he encounters a deep water area, Zhuifeng can swim directly there with him on his back.

Yes, swim over!

Horses can swim, and pretty well.

Swimming across the river with people on their backs, not to mention a strong and tall horse like Zhuifeng, even a petite Oroqen horse can do it.

However, this is enough, Lu Lu's pants have not been done all day long.

Of course, Lu Lu used a wooden dustpan to wash, and it wasn't a random thing.

This is also a very delicate thing.

Taking heavy sand samples along the river for placer gold prospecting is one of the most commonly used gold prospecting methods among the people.

Generally, the sampling interval is required to be 300 to [-] meters, and the sampling location should be the internal measurement part where the river changes its flow direction (turn), the section where the river flow speed is obviously slowed down, the place where there are large obstacles in the riverbed, and the gully everywhere. , next to the junction of the mainstream and tributaries.

Moreover, when sampling, it is required to have soil, sand and gravel before taking it. If the three are missing for a while, the effect will not be good.

It should be noted that the samples are not taken in water.

The purpose of Lu Lu's doing this is to determine the location of the vein.

Of course, he also glanced at the river, especially wishing that he could suddenly see the sandy bottom of the river, with a sudden golden reflection.

If you can see that kind of situation, it is likely to be a piece of dog's head gold. If you pick up a piece casually, you may be looking for gold for many days.

The rivers in the mountains are crystal clear, which is easy to see.

He was also looking at the water, whether he could see a piece of transparent agate.

What's more, every time he walks, he has to find a high place to judge his own position, so as to ensure that he can keep approaching Baoxinggou, instead of following the rivers and mountains, getting further and further away.

Time flies by like sand between fingers, every minute and every second.

As a result, at night, without accident, the few people found nothing at all.

The only harvest is that Chen Xiuqing actually found two fist-sized rough agate stones for Lu Lu, which looked beautiful and had good transparency.

When camping at night, a few people gathered around the firewood and passed around two agate stones.

When Liang Kangbo took it to look at it, he joked with Chen Xiuqing: "Qingzi, are you focusing all your attention on finding stones today to please your Brother Lv?"

"You don't need to please me, Brother Lu has always been nice to me." When Chen Xiuqing said this, she was a little embarrassed.

Zhang Shaofeng took over the conversation from the side: "That's right, you don't have to please, Xiuyu just pleases! By the way, did you dream of swallows again last night? I heard you barking non-stop at night. Humming... Didn't you do anything good in your dream?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiuqing's face turned red, and she argued forcefully, "That's right!"

Who knows, Zhao Yongke will add a knife at this time: "I was woken up by you last night, you just missed touching my whole body and scaring me..."

"No wonder you suddenly wake up early and replace me with vigil..." Liang Kangbo grinned.

Chen Xiuqing's face suddenly turned purple.

Last night he slept soundly, Lu Lu didn't know about the situation, but looking at it like this, it's likely to be true.

With a tacit understanding, several people turned their heads to look at Chen Xiuqing: "Qingzi, take it easy!"

At that moment, Chen Xiuqing really lowered her head and pulled at the stone in front of her, probably looking for a crack.

Laughing is laughing, quarreling is quarreling, and the few people were also worried that the quarrel was too much, afraid that the little brother would not be able to bear it, so they enlightened a few words, and then talked about other things.

At this moment, Zhao Yongke also took out a stone half the size of a fist from his pocket and handed it to Lu Lu: "I also found a small piece, here it is!"

When Lu Lu saw this agate, his eyes couldn't help but brighten: it was crimson, transparent, and it was a very pure piece of onyx.

good stuff!

　Thanks to the book friends who have traveled all over the world for their rewards!

(End of this chapter)