Chapter 1330 1330. Work (4/5)

Chapter 1330 1330. Work (45)

Dog head gold is the Chinese name for some naturally produced, impure nuggets, which are usually composed of natural gold, quartz and other mineral aggregates.

It is said that the shape of this kind of gold discovered at first resembles a dog's head, so it has this name, but it is more called horseshoe gold abroad, because foreigners think it looks like a horseshoe in its original state.

No matter what it is called, this kind of gold-rich mine in its natural state is extremely rare, and it is a treasure no matter what era or country it is.

Li Du stopped his motorcycle and walked to the puddle to think about how to dig it out. There was water in the puddle. Of course, the water had turned into ice cubes and hadn't melted yet.

Coincidentally, this piece of dog head gold is located directly under the pool, and to dig it out you have to break ice.

Li Du took out the pistol he carried with him and tried it. He tapped the ice layer with the handle of the gun, and the ice cubes made a muffled sound of 'bang bang bang'. Obviously these were solid ice cubes, and it was not easy to destroy them.

In this way, taking out the dog's head gold became a problem. He couldn't ask for help, otherwise he couldn't explain how he could find the things hidden in the ground.

He was distressed when the Ahaos ran over.

Sanxiao sat in a row next to him, imitating him and looking at the ice in the puddle.

After a while, Ah Meng chased after him out of breath. Poor Honey Badger is not good at long-distance raids. Although the motorcycle does not drive fast, it is still very difficult to chase.

Li Du thought it had returned to the camp, but he didn't expect it to keep chasing after it. This tenacity was only possessed by a fool like Honey Badger.

Ah Meng ran to the puddle and lay down, and then heaved a sigh of relief: "Oh, I'm so tired, I can finally take a rest."

Li Du looked at it, and then smiled.

Ah Meng accidentally looked up and found this smile, and immediately shuddered. It had a bad premonition, every time Dad smiled like this, it must be something bad.

Li Du stretched out his hand to touch its small flat head, and said with a chuckle, "Are you tired? Ah Meng, are you tired of chasing after you all the way?"

Ah Meng didn't know what he was muttering about, he rolled his little black eyes and was terrified.

Li Du said to himself: "Rest first, don't worry, do some work after rest, and dig out something for dad."

This was his plan, he was going to take a curved digging path, let Ah Meng dig from the ground next to the puddle, dig all the way down to dig out this piece of dog's head gold.

After some rest, Ah Meng finally took a breather, and Li Du dragged it up, and began to teach it to dig holes along the route he indicated.

The puddle was not big, with a diameter of only three or four meters. Li Du found the closest route to Goutoujin, and Ah Meng only needed to dig two or three meters.

He found a good position, and Ah Meng's two front paws twitched, and he started to do it helplessly.

The land here has gradually thawed. Although the soil is firm, it is not impossible to dig holes, especially the honey badger has sharp claws and is extremely good at making big holes.

Ah Meng can't just watch the excitement while doing other things. Li Du looked at Ah Miao and Ah Ao and said, "What are you looking at? Let's do it together and expand the opening of the cave."

Except that Ali was not good at digging and was able to escape oppression, the other three little guys had to start working.

When the third child was working, Li Du thought about it, where did this dog's head gold come from?

Regarding the source of this precious metal resource, there are generally two theories in the world. One is that this kind of gold nugget containing impurities was formed from the fall of a gold-rich meteor, and it is a gold-rich ore formed during the golden rain geological period.

The second theory thinks that the first theory is nonsense, because dog-head gold is mostly found near gold mines. If dog-head gold comes from meteors, why does it often appear near gold mines? Does the gold-bearing meteor know to land near the gold mine?

This theory holds that the dog head gold is formed by the accumulation of gold-rich groundwater and biological enrichment under suitable conditions.

The dog head gold contains stones and impurities, and the surface is pitted. According to research, it is because most of them are produced in sand grains rich in groundwater, so they are rich in sand grains. The pits on the surface are also due to the mosaic of sand and stones. , leaving potholes in the shape of sand and stones on the surface.

The dog’s head gold discovered by Li Du cannot be linked to these two causes of formation. There should be no gold mines around, and the pits on the surface of the dog’s head are very similar to the melting craters on the surface of the meteorite, and it really looks like it came from a meteor.

In addition, he just learned not long ago that the rangers would occasionally find gold sand, small gold nuggets, or silver ore on the wasteland. These things were scattered over a wide area, as if they were made together by meteorites.

The third child worked hard, and after more than forty minutes of digging, Ah Meng finally came across the piece of dog's head gold.

Li Du used a stick to guide the way. If Ah Meng dug in the wrong direction, he would use a stick to point Ah Meng into the hole and let him dig in the direction of the stick.

In the end, Ah Meng discovered the dog head gold and dragged it out.

Li Du first swept the dirt off Ah Meng's body, rewarded him with a lump of honey, and then picked up the dog's head gold.

This piece of dog's head gold is not very big, but because of its high density, it weighs a lot. Li Du feels heavy in his hand, at least twenty kilograms!

At this weight and volume, the value of dog head gold far exceeds that of gold of the same weight. It is considered to be a magical workmanship of nature and naturally has collection value.

Li Du estimated that 20 kilograms of gold is worth more than 8 million U.S. dollars, so the value of this piece of dog head gold should be at least 10 million U.S. dollars.

He happily put the dog's head gold into the black hole space, and this trip to the wasteland can be regarded as a lot of rewards.

The space-time flying insects searched carefully around, and he wanted to see if there were any associated dog head gold or meteorites.

Unfortunately, good luck came to an end, and nothing else was found around this piece of dog head gold.

With Gou Tou Jin's encouragement, Li Du was motivated, and he ate more than usual when he went back to eat at noon.

In the afternoon when he was about to set off, Ah Bai climbed onto the motorcycle ahead of time and hung it on a swing. Ah Miao scratched it.

Li Du carried Abai down and said, "You don't want to go, okay? You just stay at home with Sophie's mother."

Ah Bai was not happy, grabbed his clothes and creaked.

Ah Ao lazily basked in the sun and scratched his neck with his hind paws. Seeing this, Ah Bai rolled his eyes, and suddenly ran over to scratch Ah Ao.

This startled Aao at first, and stared at Abai with vigilant eyes, but gradually he felt comfortable, and squinted his eyes to enjoy it.

Monkeys are very good at scratching itches, scratching fleas and grooming hair. For them, this is a means of communicating with the same kind, and it is also a means of pleasing the strong in the group.

Ah Bai scratched for a while, Ah Ao felt that it was almost done, so he stood up and shook his body, and then did a stretching exercise, squinting his eyes comfortably and almost moaning.

Seeing this, Ah Bai suddenly jumped on Ah Ao's back.