Chapter 1808 EP1810. Skye's Discovery

"I think you may have misunderstood." After listening to Shi Xiaolei's words, James replied with a smile: "The gold sand sieved from the river sand is actually smaller gold ore. Take out a single grain, the gold content may be higher than that of a large piece. The gold ore is higher, but compared with the gold after purification, it is still too far behind."

"Uh..." Looking down at the gold pan, Shi Xiaolei understood: "After a long time, it turns out that these are not real gold."

"That depends on how you understand it." James responded: "If it is directly packed in a small bottle as an ornament, you can say that it is gold. But if you plan to make it into other things, such as jewelry If not, it has to go through a purification process before it can be used.”

"Then... you just said that you can get more than ten grams of gold dust in a day. If you purify it into gold, how much can you get?"

"Maybe it's only two or three grams." Guessing that Shi Xiaolei would continue to ask questions later, James simply gave the answer: "According to the current market conditions, the profit is about one hundred dollars. The various expenses spent, the net profit has to drop a little bit more, and it may be eighty or ninety dollars."

I thought it would be eight or nine hundred, but when I actually calculated it, it was only eight or ninety.

Comparing before and after, the final result is only one-tenth of what was expected.

"I see." Shi Xiaolei nodded, with a look of emotion on his face: "I thought I could earn hundreds or thousands of dollars a day. Now it seems that I was wishful thinking and thinking too much."

"It's pretty good to be able to earn this level of income based entirely on manpower. After all, the 'day' I'm talking about refers to the time it takes for guests to go down the river to experience gold panning. Generally speaking, there may be two or three About an hour. Even if you meet a more resilient guest, it will not exceed six hours after one experience."

Speaking of this, James smiled again: "And those gold diggers who came to Alaska specifically for gold panning, except for eating and sleeping, basically work. Calculated, they spend at least ten minutes in the creek every day. More than two hours."

"So, there are actually quite a lot of gold sand in this stream?"

"Yes, it has barely reached the level where it is worth using machines to mine." First he gave an affirmative answer, and then James shook his head again: "However, considering all aspects, it is still a gimmick to attract tourists It’s more cost-effective to come and stay.”

If the main purpose is to mine sands, not only will there be investment in equipment and manpower, but an environmental management fee will also have to be paid.

In addition, the taxes in the mining industry are not low. On the whole, the net profit that fell into the pocket in the end may only be a few hundred or two hundred thousand dollars.

It can be changed to the current form, and the result is completely different.

There is no need to invest in costs, equipment and manpower can be saved, and there is no need to pay environmental management fees, including taxes, which are also calculated according to the standards of the hotel industry. The cost alone can save a lot of money.

Add in the revenue earned from staying guests...

It is no exaggeration to say that before all the sand in the creek is sifted out, the hotel can earn tens of millions at least.

The account is easy to calculate, and it is obvious how to choose.

Of course, all of this has a premise - there are only so many gold sands in the creek that have been discovered, including the surrounding underground, and there are no other undiscovered gold veins.

"Huh?! What did you say? Did I hear you right?"

Looking at Skye, who still had some steam in his hair, Shi Xiaolei's face was full of surprise, and his eyes widened involuntarily.

"You heard me right." With a smug smile on his face, Skye nodded vigorously: "I'm 80% sure that there is an unmined ore vein under that hill. Locke, you know, I never joke about things like this."

"80% sure, tsk tsk..." Smacking his lips, Shi Xiaolei managed to control his emotions, and there was a trace of emotion in his gaze towards Skye: "Let me guess, this should be the result of your detection using the vibration ability, right? ?”

"Yeah." Nodding vigorously, Skye excitedly took out a small notebook and opened a page in it: "Here, this is what I drew just now. I used the map software on my mobile phone to call out the hotel The topographic map here, and compared to draw this 'treasure map'. You see, in this place, about 50 meters down, you should be able to find gold ore."

Putting his head closer, while looking at the draft drawn by Skye, Shi Xiaolei confirmed: "What are these two lines? Is the distribution direction of the gold mine?"

"Yeah." Because of Shi Xiaolei's question, Skye said more vigorously: "I have confirmed several times, if the vibration frequency sensed is indeed gold ore, then the direction of the vein below should be like this Compared with the map, I have already calculated that it should be more than 120 meters long. The position a little to the right of the middle section is the thickest part of the vein, and its diameter should be about 18 meters."

"...Wait a minute, let me do the math first."

Making a pause gesture to Skye, Shi Xiaolei hung the Bluetooth headset on his ear and connected it to the Canglan Star: "Canglan Star, help me solve a math problem. The length is 120 meters, and the diameter is about 10 meters. , how many cubic meters in total? If calculated according to the density of gold ore, what is the total weight?"

"According to the data you gave, the calculated result is 9,000 cubic meters." Without the slightest hesitation, Canglanxing immediately gave an answer: "The specific gravity of gold ore is generally 2.8 to 3 tons per cubic meter. The total weight of 9,000 cubic meters of gold ore is about 26,100 tons, worth 2.9 tons."

"Skye, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com, do you still remember the average content he said earlier? It means how many grams of gold can be produced from one ton of ore."

"Hmm..." After recalling for a while, Skye replied with some hesitation: "It seems that one ton of ore can produce 36 grams?"

"Canglanxing, 36 grams per ton, calculate how much you can get in the end." With his right hand on the earphone, Shi Xiaolei asked again.

"The result was 939.6 kilograms."

"According to the current market conditions, what is the total value?"

"Based on a price of US$1,800 an ounce, the total value is about US$59.6 million."

The answer was very neat, but the last number surprised Shi Xiaolei: "Are you sure it's only 59.6 million? Didn't you miss a 0?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

"Well, I thought it would be at least nine figures." Smacking his lips, Shi Xiaolei turned to look at Skye: "You heard me, she said that the final income is probably less than 60 million. What do you think?" ? Don’t you think it’s a little less?”

"Less? Come on, that's tens of millions~!"

(end of this chapter)