Plug-in Players In Marvel

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 sifted out from the river sand is actually gold ore with smaller particles. If you take out a single particle, the gold content may be higher than that of a large piece. The gold ore is higher, but compared with the purified gold, it is still far behind. "

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

"That depends on how you understand it." James responded: "If you put it directly in a small bottle as a decoration, you can say it is gold. But if you plan to make it into other things, such as jewelry If so, 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 sand in one day. If you refine it into gold, how much will you get?"

"Maybe 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 income is almost more than a hundred US dollars. If the later purification stage is excluded, The various expenses incurred and the net profit will still drop a bit, so it may only be eighty or ninety US dollars."

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

Comparing before and after, the final result is only one-tenth of the expectation.

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

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

Having said this, James smiled again: "And those gold prospectors who came to Alaska specifically for gold mining basically worked except for eating and sleeping. After all, they spent at least ten hours in the creek every day. More than two hours.”

"So, there is actually quite a lot of gold sand in this creek?"

"Yes, it's barely reached the level where it's worth using machines to mine." James gave an affirmative answer first, and then shook his head: "But after considering all aspects, we still treat it as a gimmick to attract tourists. It’s more cost-effective to come and stay here.”

If the main purpose is to mine gold sand, not only do you have to invest in equipment and manpower, but you also have to pay an environmental treatment fee.

In addition, the taxes in the mining industry are not low. Overall, the net profit that ended up in his pocket was probably only a dozen or two hundred thousand US dollars.

But in its current form, the result would be completely different.

There is no investment cost, equipment and manpower expenses 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. Just from the cost alone, a lot of money can be saved.

Add to that the income earned from staying tourists...

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

Accounts are easy to calculate, and it’s clear what to choose.

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

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

Looking at Skye, whose hair still had some moisture on it, Shi Xiaolei's face was full of surprise, and his eyes widened involuntarily.

"You heard me right." With a proud smile on his face, Skye nodded vigorously: "I am 80% sure that there is an unexploited mineral vein under that hill. Locke, you know, I would never joke about something like this."

"80% sure, tsk tsk..." Clicking his tongue, Shi Xiaolei barely controlled his mood, and looked at Skye with a hint of emotion: "Let me guess, this should be the result of your detection using the vibration ability, right? "?"

"Yes." Nodding vigorously, Skye excitedly took out a small notebook and opened a page: "Here, this is what I just drew. I used the map software on my phone to call up the hotel. I drew this 'treasure map' against the topographic map here. You see, you should be able to find gold ore at this place, about fifty meters down. "

Putting his head over and looking at the draft drawn by Skye, Shi Xiaolei confirmed: "What are these two lines? Are the distribution directions of the gold mines?"

"Yeah." Because of Shi Xiaolei's inquiry, Skye spoke more enthusiastically: "I have confirmed it several times. If the vibration frequency sensed does belong to gold ore, then the direction of the vein below should be like this. . Comparing with the map, I have calculated that it should be more than 120 meters long. The location on the right side of the middle is the thickest part of the vein, and the diameter should be about 18 meters. "

"...Wait a moment, I'll do the math first."

Making a pause gesture to Skye, Shi Xiaolei hung the Bluetooth headset on his ear and connected it to Canglan Star: "Canglan Star, help me solve a math problem. The length is one hundred and twenty meters, and the diameter is about ten meters. , how many cubes are there in total? If calculated based on the density of gold ore, what is the approximate weight? "

"According to the data you gave, the calculation result is 9,000 cubic meters." Without any hesitation, Canglanxing immediately gave the answer: "The specific gravity of gold ore is generally 2.8 to 3 tons per cubic meter, pick somewhere in the middle Valued at 2.9 tons, the total weight of 9,000 cubic meters of gold ore is approximately 26,100 tons.”

"Skye, do you remember what the average content he said before is? It's how many grams of gold can be produced from one ton of ore."

"Hmm..." After recalling for a moment, Skye replied hesitantly: "It seems that one ton of ore can produce 36 grams?"

"Blue Star, 36 grams per ton, calculate how much it will be in the end." Shi Xiaolei asked again with his right hand on the earphones.

"The result is 939.6 kilograms."

"Based on the current market conditions, what is the total value?"

"Based on the price of US$1,800 per ounce, the total value is approximately 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 zero?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

"Okay, I thought it could reach at least nine figures." Shi Xiaolei smacked his lips and turned to look at Skye: "You heard it, she said that the final income was probably less than 60 million. What do you think? ? Don’t you think it’s a little short?”

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