Wild North America 1846

Chapter 446 A world-class resource city

The tenth-ranked city in the Tang Empire was Gallup, with a population of 765,100 at the end of 1864. Compared with the eighth-ranked city in 1858, the city's ranking fell two places.

But the locals in Gallup don’t recognize it. Why?

Gallup is one of the mineral cities with the richest resources in the empire. It relies on mountains and water to draw water. This is the city of Gallup.

Gallup Land is located in a large oasis east of the Grand Canyon and west of Rio Nancho Fortress. It is located on the banks of the Holy Emperor River. The surrounding mountains contain world-class resources.

The Morenci copper mine, the largest in the world today, is located about 77 kilometers southwest of Gallup Town. It produces up to 32,000 tons of high-quality copper, more than 410 tons of silver and more than 3.7 tons of gold every year.

Chicken with golden eggs.

After so many years of development, Gallup has built the world's largest copper smelting company, the Royal Mint, and various gold, silver, and copper product processing companies all over the streets and alleys of the city. The local residents are generally relatively wealthy, and the streets

Cars travel continuously and have become a popular means of transportation.

The region is extremely rich in resources. In addition to the world's largest copper mine, it also has huge reserves of coal, zinc, aluminum, and lead minerals, making it a treasure trove of resources.

The high-purity large-scale natural potassium deposit discovered 7 years ago is also located in this area, and its purity can reach 80%. With a little refining, extremely pure "pearl ash" can be obtained, which is a key raw material for the production of potassium fertilizer.

How rare are high-purity natural potassium deposits?

Especially the broad street near the Holy River, which can be said to be a land of great value. Holy Yellow River Street is also the most prosperous street in Gallup, and dozens of famous mining company headquarters are located here.

Industrial potassium is mostly extracted from salt and potassium in salt lakes. The Kingdom of Prussia mines brine through salt wells and then uses a series of processes to refine potassium alkali. The cost is quite high.

Because their identity documents have the bright red stamp of released convicts, they are destined to be unable to survive in society.

A very small number of misdemeanor hard labor prisoners who were released had to return to the hard labor camps in the mines to seek a meager income for food, clothing, and clothing after being bruised and swollen in society.

In the bustling city of Gallup, there are also a large number of Mexican, Fuso and white prostitutes. The floating population is at least hundreds of thousands. In addition to the Mexican black workers in some remote mines and plantations, it is roughly estimated that there are tens of thousands of people.

, and this does not include the local population.

Day after day, year after year, as long as there is breath left, you have to get up and work, otherwise you won't even have food.

all of these

This has also resulted in Gallup becoming the city with the best security among the major cities in the empire. It is absolutely not closed at night and people do not pick up things on the street. Those who commit crimes are ignorant and bold immigrants from outside.

The subsequent imperial expansion and conquests of white prisoners of war and Mexican rioters, especially the Aztec Republic riots and the three civil wars in Central America, provided a steady stream of convicts for Gallup's large and small mines. The true number has never been known.

Known to outsiders.

Even 150 years later, there are only a handful of natural potassium deposits discovered in the world, and their reserves and scale are far less than those of the Gallup Potassium Mine. The total amount is only a fraction of it.

Therefore, Las Vegas strictly prohibits any Mexican illegal workers from entering, and identity checks are particularly strict. The imperial troops stationed there are like wolves and tigers, and they are completely merciless.

Its fully armed mine guard has both infantry and cavalry formations and maintains a scale of more than 3,600 people all year round. All expenses are borne by the mine and can be transformed into a force to defend the city at any time when necessary.

Due to the extremely rich mineral resources, whether they are engaged in mineral mining, transportation or warehousing, the locals in Gallup make a lot of money, and their wealth is far higher than that of people in other metropolitan areas. This can be seen in the construction of the city.

If these convicts are included, Gallup's population exceeds one million, ranking it among the million-dollar cities in the empire.

Some armed guards, accountants, and low-level logistics managers had similar experiences. After being unable to survive in society, they had to return to the mines to spend the rest of their lives in silence.

The Imperial Correctional Service has written to various mines many times, warning them that it is impossible to have a steady supply of convicts, and that while some mechanized mining operations are being carried out, the basic living conditions of the convicts need to be maintained.

The United Kingdom is trying to extract potash from plant ash, which requires burning a lot of wood. In addition to burning forest trees during land reclamation, if the forest is burned simply to obtain alkali, the cost will be too high.

As a military center and central fortress of the empire, the cities and towns on the Colorado Plateau were basically dominated by Chinese people. There were very few white residents, let alone Mexicans and Fusangs, who barely set foot there.

The Tang Empire was a feudal dynasty with a relatively sound rule of law among the countries in the world, but there was also deep discrimination against hard labor prisoners. Even Chinese factories would not hire them, banks would not lend money, and landlords would not rent them out. They would be harassed wherever they went.

He is despised and may even be locked up in a dark room by the police at any time.

In the early days of the empire's development, after more than ten years of hard labor in the mines, there were not much left of the young and middle-aged indigenous Indian labor force.

The wide asphalt road brings the precious Shenghuang River water to water the lush street trees. There are many high-rise buildings on both sides of the street, with British architectural style, French and German architectural style, exquisite and beautiful, and there are also Chinese unique cornice structure buildings.

Everyone calls it the construction of the World Expo.

Especially the former

All thanks to Gallup's rich natural potassium deposits. Of course, the mining of potassium deposits is extremely polluting and extremely labor-intensive. The city's mines also gathered the largest number of slave laborers in the empire, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.

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"Once you enter the hard labor camp, there is no turning back."

The hard labor prisoners in these large mines were deprived of political rights and were not counted as the population of the empire. There were not even accurate statistics. When they were exhausted, they were dragged to the back of the mountain and left to be devoured by wild beasts.

As long as undocumented Mexicans or Fuso people are found, they will be imprisoned in a small black room. After a certain number are collected, they will be taken to Gallup by train and thrown into a hard labor camp. From then on, they will live a miserable life with no future.

The central cities of Gallup and Rio Nanqiao are the largest cities that Mexican illegal workers and Fuso prostitutes can reach. It is impossible to go further north, west, or east. The inspections in Taoyuan and Phoenix City on the Colorado Plateau are even stricter.

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This is a common saying among the locals in Gallup about the mine labor camp. Many people have witnessed with their own eyes the miserable life of the mine laborers. They do the most difficult and tiring work under the supervision of the supervisor's whip all day long.

Most of those who were able to survive hard labor and were released were of Chinese descent. Some had served as officials, some had served as soldiers, and some had even been knighted. After committing crimes, they were all erased and became a tainted group of people who were incompatible with the outside world.

"Once you enter the hard labor camp, there is no turning back." This sentence is not false.

Although the Chinese convicts were treated better, they could only dream about leaving the convict camps.

Generally speaking

On Wednesdays and weekends every week, you can basically see oil and water twice, which is almost like pig offal, beef bones and mutton excrement. Many people outside are disgusted and don't eat it, but here they regard it as a treasure.

There is no way to survive in a good local community environment. After committing a crime, he will be caught within a few days, and then... hehehe... he will be thrown directly into a hard labor camp.

If Chinese miners are recruited, won't they still be paid?

How much additional cost will this add?

Let’s put it this way, more than 150 years later, the natural potassium deposit in the Gallup area is still the highest purity potassium deposit in the world. However, this kind of natural potassium deposit is very rare in the world, and its geographical survival conditions are extremely harsh.

Gallup is so arrogant and rich in resources that other cities cannot envy.

Those white war criminals or Mexican thugs are not so lucky. Most of them have not even been tried, so naturally there is no sentence until they die.

Standing on a luxury building overlooking the clear river flowing through the deserted Gobi Desert is an extremely luxurious enjoyment, and it is also a standard for successful people.

In a mine hard labor camp

Compared with the early harsh management methods in mines, they are now much more humane. As long as you work honestly, you can basically eat enough. The best people can occasionally see some meat and fish. If you want to eat well, don't expect it.

Because neither male nor female workers in Mexico or Fuso can obtain official residence registration certificates from the empire, they belong to the lowest group that has been forgotten and exploited by society. No one cares whether they should enjoy other treatment?

Continuing about 287 kilometers west from Gallup is Las Vegas, and continuing southwest from Las Vegas is Los Angeles.

Fortunately, these Chinese hard laborers are treated much better in the mines. Basically, they don’t have to do the hardest and most tiring front-line mining work. In the hard labor camp, they are given chips, cooked, assigned to work, or perform well as a squad leader.

, use a whip to supervise the work, and the food is slightly better than that of the lowest-level convicts.

They are all tortured to death, who will do the work?

Behind dozens of well-known mining companies in Gallup, there are more or less aristocratic capital figures or investments, which are very strong. Especially the Morenci Mining Company and the Royal Coast Fertilizer Holdings Company controlled by the Royal Household Office.

The most powerful one, and also a big consumer of convicts.

Relying on the rich natural potassium deposits in the Gallup area, the Royal Coast Fertilizer Holdings Company was able to establish a series of industrialized production fertilizer plants, contributing to the agricultural construction of the empire, developing superior agricultural and animal husbandry industries, and feeding a larger population, and still had room to spare.

Large-scale export of agricultural products to foreign countries.

If the security forces of local mines were concentrated, and more than 20,000 local armed forces could be assembled in minutes, it would be the only one among the major cities in the empire.

Various factors have contributed to the arrogance of local residents in Gallup. It is not a city with a million people, but it has a vision far beyond that of a city with a million people.

Except for Chang'an, the imperial capital, and Los Angeles, which is world-famous for its affluence, other cities are ignored, including Chicago and Mexico City, which have restored their former glory. In the eyes of the locals in Gallup, they are all scum and not worth mentioning at all.

carry.

A world-class resource city is so awesome!

(End of chapter)