Alaska Gold Rush Diary

Chapter 33 This Gold Rush Target

As time went by, the sun gradually became more intense, and the temperature slowly began to rise.

Zhou Xin wiped the sweat from his forehead and put on his sun hat.

By noon, the temperature had reached around 30 degrees Celsius.

"It's freezing cold in Alaska, and unbearably hot here. Even with superpowers, you still have to suffer if you want to get rich," Zhou Xin sighed.

It is no longer suitable to engage in outdoor activities at this time, otherwise there is a risk of heatstroke.

Fortunately, after a morning of focused searching, he had marked more than twenty locations.

With his "smell of gold," he is unlikely to make a misjudgment. Therefore, these points are 100% sure to be golden, it's just a matter of degree.

Of course, he didn't mark those spots that, while potentially valuable, were perhaps even smaller than sesame seeds.

It's too small, too difficult to find, and not worth wasting time on.

He turned and walked towards Edward, intending to call him back to the camp to rest.

Edward was now digging the eighth point, and his movements had become very skilled.

Seeing Zhou Xin approach, he stopped what he was doing, ignoring the sweat pouring down his face, and excitedly showed off his morning's work.

"Look, Xin, I've dug up so much gold!"

He took out a glass bottle from his pocket and shook it; there was already a small pile of gold inside.

Apart from the first gold nugget, which was the size of a broad bean, the rest were gold grains smaller than soybeans.

But for the two who were digging for gold for the first time, this was already a very good result.

"Not bad, it looks like it's almost an ounce." Zhou Xin made a rough estimate.

"That's fantastic! At this rate, I can find at least two ounces of gold a day, which is 60 ounces a month!"

Edward's face was filled with barely suppressed excitement as he happily imagined a bright future.

Zhou Xin was not blinded by his current gains, and rationally analyzed the situation:

"This is only the ideal situation. However, after exploring the area just now, I found that the distribution of gold here is very unreliable."

"Unreliable?" Edward was puzzled by this strange word.

"In other words, perhaps we were just lucky to be in a gold-rich area from the start."

"Perhaps after we've mined all the gold in this area, we'll find nothing in the next area."

Zhou Xin explained the actual situation to prevent Edward from being blindly optimistic.

Edward wasn't discouraged by his words and remained cheerful.

"It's alright. I believe that with you here, we can definitely lead you to find the gold."

Zhou Xin's mysterious Eastern power is the source of his inexplicable confidence.

Zhou Xin smiled helplessly; this guy really had a lot of confidence in himself.

"Don't worry, Xin, I will keep digging until I dig out all the gold you find."

Edward was indeed working very hard; he barely rested all morning, otherwise he wouldn't have had such a fruitful harvest.

"I believe you, but you must stop now."

As Zhou Xin spoke, he glanced at the sun high in the sky.

Edward understood what he meant and said, "It's alright, I don't feel hot or tired at all. Every grain of gold I dig out soothes my body and soul."

Zhou Xin shook his head: "You're just blinded by the gold right now. It's too hot. If you don't rest in the shade, you'll get heatstroke very soon."

He understood perfectly well that Edward was like someone on drugs at that moment, his brain in a state of extreme excitement, thus forgetting his physical exhaustion.

If this continues, my body will definitely be overtaxed very quickly.

"But--"

"If you want to reap gold with me, you must listen to me!"

Edward had wanted to try to persuade Zhou Xin, but Zhou Xin's irrefutable words silenced him.

Here, Zhou Xin has absolute command authority.

"Alright, then at least let me dig this one out," Edward said, pointing to the large pit that had already been dug in front of him.

"I'll take this," Zhou Xin said, taking the detector.

This afternoon, we should be able to finish searching a small area east of the camp.

These locations are enough for two people to dig for three days.

So he plans to familiarize himself with the gold mining process first, and then go gold mining with Edward tomorrow.

Although the gold in the soil wouldn't disappear, he still wanted to collect all the gold he found as soon as possible.

It has to be said that gold mining is indeed a technical and physical job. Not only do you have to keep digging with a pickaxe, but you also have to check with a detector while digging.

Edward patiently shared his experience of digging for gold for half a day, which Zhou Xin quickly absorbed.

About ten minutes later, Zhou Xin finally found the gold at that spot.

A golden bean the size of a peanut turned out to be the second biggest harvest of the day.

"Oh dear, I should have dug it myself," Edward said regretfully.

He wasn't just envious. According to the previous agreement, all the harvest belonged to Zhou Xin, and the final decision on how much to give him was also in Zhou Xin's hands.

Zhou Xin possesses a "smell for gold," so he isn't afraid that Zhou Xin will hoard his spoils.

Moreover, after spending this time together, Zhou Xin knew that Edward wouldn't do such a thing.

Edward's frustration stemmed purely from Zhou Xin snatching away his chance to catch a big fish, much like a fisherman seeing his friend catch a big fish while he only managed to catch a small caramel.

Zhou Xin chuckled: "Looks like I'm luckier after all."

Back at the camp, Zhou Xin took out the wooden box he had bought from Whiteman and poured the morning's harvest into it.

"We'll try to fill it up before we leave Western Australia," Zhou Xin said, pointing to a wooden box the size of cookies, revealing the goal of their trip to Western Australia.

This wooden box has a capacity of nearly one liter, and if filled with gold, it would weigh at least 500 ounces.

Edward looked at the box with hope and exclaimed, "Yes, I'll fill it up! Even if I don't sleep, I'll fill it up!"

After packing their suitcases, the two took off their clothes, leaving only their leggings, and then each filled a basin with water and took a quick shower.

Pour cold water over your head and your body will feel instantly relaxed.

Edward was so engrossed in the gold-digging excitement that he ignored his physical exhaustion. Now that he stopped, he immediately felt aches and pains in his back.

He slumped into the moon chair to rest, his admiration for Zhou Xin growing stronger.

"Xin, thank you for your rationality, otherwise I might have collapsed within a day."

Zhou Xin had only been searching for gold in the morning and hadn't expended much energy, so he wasn't as tired as Edward at the moment.

"You rest for a while, I'll prepare lunch."

As he spoke, he took out the ingredients from the freezer and began to prepare them.

It was already very hot outside, but fortunately, they had chosen the right campsite, which was now completely shaded and very cool.

Judging from this, it will be at least 3:30 pm before we can continue with our homework.