Chapter 827 826. Mine Collapse (5/5)

Chapter 827 826. Mine Collapse (55)

Li Du just guessed casually, but he didn't expect that he might be right.

There may be snake nests around the mine. Mim told him that when they dug the mine, they found poisonous snakes at a certain distance, and because they did not pay attention, a miner was bitten by a poisonous snake.

"Fortunately, we were rescued in time at that time, and serum was prepared in the mine, otherwise the situation would be very bad." Mim said, "Continue to dig, and we will encounter more and more snakes..."

After discovering a large number of snakes, the miners became resistant to the mine and did not want to continue digging. They all have families with wives and children, and are worried about accidents.

No gem veins were found in this mine, so Mim also decided to backfill the mine and stop digging, so the mine became what Li Du and the others saw, and stopped working after only half of the digging.

After the introduction, Mim asked cautiously: "This kind of thing is very common in all mines. Is it because I tricked you? I didn't hide negative information maliciously, did I?"

The fact that Li Du cleaned up Blatche made them a warning. Mim believed that he did not have the energy of Blatche, let alone beat Li Du, so he did not dare to provoke him.

Hearing the fear in his words, Li Du laughed: "Oh, of course it doesn't count, I just asked you to understand the situation at that time, and now we also encountered many snakes, and there are poisonous snakes."

Mim persuaded: "Listen to me, man, let's forget about this mine. It's normal to have one or two snakes. There are so many snakes? Obviously, there is a snake den."

There are a lot of underground snake nests in Australia. If many snakes are dug out or snake paths are found, people will often think of snake nests and give up digging.

But Li Du couldn't give up, this mine was a vein leading to a black opal, which contained at least several million gems.

He had to thank the snakes for stopping the meme and the miners, who would have found the gem veins otherwise.

It's not difficult to drive away the snakes, as long as you sprinkle strong snake repelling powder on it, if you really don't have it, you can seal the mine with cement and see where these snakes come out.

He was a little puzzled. When he checked the mine before, he didn't see a snake. Why did the snakes appear just after digging?

Controlling the little flying insect to return to the mine, he carefully checked the surrounding situation, and gradually had a guess.

The group of snakes didn't live in or near the mine, so he didn't see them when he checked with small flying insects before. These snakes only appeared after digging the mine.

After they appear, try to gather at the end of the mine, as if something is attracting them.

All Li Du could think of was that the black opal was attracting them. These snakes might have wanted to approach them before, but the mine was blocked, and there was a solid rock formation near the veins, so there were no holes or gaps for them to approach.

There are holes and gaps around the mine. After the backfill ores were dug out, they may have returned to the mine along the gaps.

If his guess is correct, it is that the snake is related to the black opal veins, as some miners say.

But this cannot be established. This guess has been around for a long time. People have done experiments and found no connection between snakes and black opals. That is to say, they have not found that snakes are more interested in black opals.

Confused, Li Du had to continue working.

Brother Lang went to the town to buy two large barrels of snake repelling powder and came back. He first sprinkled some around the cabin of the house, then put on glasses and a mask, and went into the mine to sprinkle some.

If possible, Li Du didn't want to use this thing. Snake repellent powder was very irritating, and Ah Miao, Ah Ao, Gan Crisp Noodles, and Ali didn't like it.

The snake repelling powder was very effective. As the thing was sprinkled in, the snakes in the mine cave began to disperse, wriggling away along the gaps around the mine cave.

They used snake repelling powder twice to drive away all the snakes in the mine, so that Li Du and the others could continue to work.

Now it is even more difficult to work. The mine is full of dust, and they cannot use exhaust fans, otherwise the snake repellent powder will fly around and smear their bodies.

The mine was originally humid and hot, and it was torture to stay down there without the use of exhaust fans.

Fortunately, both Brother Wolf and Godzilla are hard-working people with strong obedience. They didn't complain and continued to work while wearing masks.

After the mine is dug through, the next step is to go deeper. This time, tools such as crushers must be used.

Because of the addition of snake repellent powder, digging this mine is more laborious than opening a new mine in the No. 115 mine, mainly because people suffer under it.

That's why miners give up when they find snakes in the mine. Using snake repellent powder can drive away snakes, but it's too torture.

Li Du was able to endure these tortures because he had a definite goal. If he didn't know if there was a gem in front of him, then he wouldn't be able to persevere.

The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold.

The words left by the ancestors really made sense. After some torture, they finally entered the mining area and dug out the ore containing black opal.

Li Du gave bonuses to Godzilla and Brother Wolf, each of whom gave 100,000 yuan.

After getting the money, the two didn't want to suffer anymore. It started to rain in late May, and they had to continue working.

Among several subordinates, Li Du likes the two of them the most. Both of them have a character of "the king treats me like a gentleman of the country, and I will repay him as a gentleman of the country".

Li Du giving them money will not fatten their appetites, but will only win their gratitude and love, and the two will work harder to repay him.

However, the autumn rain continued, and Li Du suspended the mining work for safety reasons.

Brother Wolf put forward his own opinion: "There are gaps between the underground ores, and the rainwater will flow in, so the snake repellent powder will be washed away by the rain soon, and the snakes will come back by then."

Li Du shook his head and said: "Then when the weather clears up, we'll sprinkle the snake repellent powder again, and we must not go any further. Brother, you also saw water seeping into the mine, so the mine is dangerous."

Although the geology around Lightning Ridge is relatively good, with mostly solid rock formations, it is not easy for mines to collapse, but this is just not easy to happen, not impossible.

The autumn rain fell for two days in a row, and suddenly turned into a torrential rain the next night.

On the morning of the third day, Li Du braved the rain to catch crayfish again, and when he came back, he made a big pot of spicy crayfish with beer to refresh himself.

The moment the crayfish came out of the pot, the pot suddenly shook, and then a muffled sound came in: "Boom!"

The four children of Ah Miao, who were lying on the ground, jumped up at the same time, and looked at the west with panicked eyes.

Li Du joked subconsciously: "This thunder is so loud that the pot jumped up. I thought the crayfish was alive."

Brother Lang said solemnly: "No, boss, a mine cave has collapsed!"