"The Baimuluo mining area is centered on Baimulo Mountain, with an area available for mining of about three square kilometers.
The total number of employees working in the current mine is nearly 200, of which 36 They are technical and management personnel sent from the company headquarters. The remaining personnel are recruited from the local area, mainly from the Wildebeest tribe.
Qirmia is an alliance composed of many tribes. The Luo area is the living area of the Wildebeest tribe. For mining here, we must not only obtain approval from the Chirmiya government, but also reach a cooperation agreement with the Wildebeest tribe. Otherwise, we will not be able to carry out work.
According to Qirmiya's practice of introducing foreign investment to develop minerals, we can only get half of the annual income from this mining area, and the other 30% will be handed over to the government, and 20% will be given to the wildebeest tribe.
The Wildebeest tribe requires that at least half of the workers in the mine be recruited from various villages in their tribe, but the people in their tribe are relatively honest and work hard, so they are still good miners.”
While Lao Yan introduced the situation, he accompanied Gao Xingyu and Zhou Hongsheng into the mining area.
The mining area is like a large construction site. From the office area above, it doesn't look like much, but when you get down, you realize that the ground has been dug up and down, making it really difficult to walk.
There are already miners working in the mining area. They were divided into several groups, holding small hammers and other tools, and carefully pounded the excavated rocks.
“Chilmi stone is found among these rocks. Cermi stone is small in size and high in value. Current technology cannot allow mining machinery to automatically identify it, so manual beneficiation is the only feasible option. Mining methods." Zhou Hongsheng said.
Gao Xingyu nodded. He tried it during his lunch break. Of course, he could tell the difference between ores and ordinary rocks with his spiritual sense, but this consumes a lot of his spiritual sense. It is not worth using his spiritual sense to exchange for these stones that can only be sold for money in the secular world.
Lao Yan asked Gao Xingyu and Zhou Hongsheng to go to a working group and watch the miners beneficiating minerals.
A group of four or five people, each with its own division of labor. Some people are responsible for moving rocks, some are responsible for grinding windows and others are responsible for cutting.
The most critical figure in the working group is the elderly black man in front of him. He held a small hammer in one hand and something similar to a copper trumpet in the other hand, with one end wide and the other narrow, folded at a ninety-degree angle.
He placed the wide end on a rock half a meter in diameter, and the narrow end next to his ear, and then used a small hammer to hit the rock in order from light to heavy.
After a few minutes, he put down the tools in his hands, shook his head, and then closed his eyes to rest.
The man next to him immediately moved the rock in front of him to one side and drew a mark on the place where he struck.
Lao Yan spoke at this time and said, "He uses listening to determine whether there is Chirmi stone in it. For larger rocks like this, after they inspect one side, they will use a cutting machine to Cut off a layer of five to ten centimeters, and then continueContinue to repeat the previous operation. ”
“How many pieces of a rock like this usually need to be cut to get a piece of Qilmi stone? Does it require such a step-by-step screening?” Gao Xingyu asked casually.
“The results of the ore production depend on the condition of the ore veins and personal luck. Our place is generally pretty good. On average, one hundred stones can be mined to produce one Qilmi stone.
The value of Chilmi stone is related to its color, but the size of the original stone is also a very important factor. Therefore, the mines can only carefully dig out the rocks and then slowly screen them manually.
Chilmi stones are sold as gem-quality raw materials. The smaller the size of the rough stone, the less valuable it is. The barbaric operation was satisfying, but if we continued like that, we might not even be able to recover the cost of operating this mining area. ”
Gao Xingyu has already used his spiritual consciousness to examine this rock, and there is indeed a Qilmi stone near the inside. However, this Qilmi stone is not large in size.
If the miners don't handle it carefully, it can easily be missed or even directly destroyed by the cutting machine.
As several people were talking, a burst of cheers came from not far away.
p>"Mr. Gao is so lucky. The Qirmi Stone was opened as soon as you came over there. Let's go and have a look. "Lao Yan said with a smile.
Gao Xingyuke followed the host and walked over. As for Lao Yan's kind words, just listen to them casually. Who is serious and who is stupid
This way The chermi stone that came out is not large in size, only the size of a pigeon egg, and is golden yellow, but it does not appear clear enough.
Now this is just a rough stone that has not been polished. After post-processing, the volume will be reduced. However, the color, transmittance and other indicators will rise significantly, reaching the level of ordinary people's perception of gems.
After looking at the rough stones, Lao Yan took Gao Xingyu forward and came to a mine. Front.
"Mr. Gao, this is the mine where those special stones were mined. Those stones are stored inside, and the mine has been temporarily closed. Are you ready to go in and have a look now?"
"Yes, I am going to have a look. Please make arrangements, thank you. Gao Xingyu replied.
Gao Xingyu used his spiritual consciousness to discover this place after he got off the plane. His spiritual consciousness is more sensitive to energy, and the concentration of vitality in this mine is much higher than in other places. , so it was noticed by Gao Xingyu a long time ago.
The mine passage is diagonally downward, changing direction every time it passes a certain distance. The total length of the passage is about a hundred meters, but it is not deep, only a dozen meters. It looks like. Every few meters in the passage, logs will be used to support it, and wires and lights will be pulled in.
The raw spiritual stones are placed near the exit. In the passage, one is next to another.
There is a window on the outer skin of one of the raw stone mines. Although it is not fully opened, energy is slowly leaking out from the window. < /p>
Gao Xingyu can even clearly discover that these raw spiritual stones areIt was dug out from somewhere in the mine, because the energy concentration there was obviously higher.
However, there seems to be a force in the channel. Although it is not strong, it effectively suppresses the vitality, so that the vitality in the channel is sealed within and does not spread out.
“Such mines were dug by the mining area in order to analyze the underground geological structure and determine the direction of the veins. A total of four mines were dug around the mining area. After the special stones were discovered here, we dug them in other areas. The mines in several directions have also increased inspections, but so far, only this mine has yielded results." Lao Yan introduced to Gao Xingyu while taking out the key and opening the key installed in the mine. The gate at the entrance of the mine closed and lit up the lights in the mine.
"Director Yan, what are these horns and these symbols used for?" Gao Xingyu asked, pointing to the entrance of the passage.
On the wall at the entrance of the mine tunnel, there is an animal's horn hanging, which looks like a cow's horn but is not a cow's horn. There are traces of artificial polishing.
There are also some ghostly symbols on the ground, one every few meters, extending deep into the mine.