Alaska Gold Rush Diary

When Edward and Alo returned from work and saw a table full of fancy dishes, their eyes widened in disbelief.

"This is so delicious, my mouth is watering uncontrollably."

Edward stared at the table of dishes, especially the roasted pork leg, wishing he could pick it up and devour it.

"Let's eat. Let's treat ourselves today," Zhou Xin said with a smile.

The three of them sat around the table, bathed in the glow of the setting sun and enjoying a gentle breeze, savoring their wild boar meat feast.

The three of them buried themselves in their food and didn't have much time to talk.

Logan also had a good meal, and Zhou Xin tossed him half a leg bone that still had some meat stuck to it.

Halfway through the meal, Zhang Jianing made a video call to Zhou Xin.

When Zhang Jianing saw the sumptuous dinner for the three of them, she couldn't help but feel envious.

"I seriously doubt whether you guys have actually been mining for gold. You weren't on vacation over there, were you?" she joked.

Edward tore off a piece of meat from the pig's leg and stuffed it into his mouth, saying through his greasy lips:

"Hathaway, I suggest you don't let Xin be your husband, otherwise, you'll definitely gain weight!"

Zhang Jianing blushed and scolded, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll have Zhou Xin add chili peppers to every dish. I don't know if I'll gain weight, but you'll definitely lose weight!"

Edward laughed heartily.

They ate the meal with great satisfaction, and in the end they were so full that they collapsed onto the riverbank.

After taking a bath, the group sat on the rocks by the river, enjoying the river breeze, eating roasted paratha nuts, and watching a movie on Zhou Xin's phone.

Since A Luo didn't have a cell phone, Zhou Xin would have him look at his cell phone with him every night.

After a long day, the three of them felt both relaxed and fulfilled.

That night, Zhou Xin finally felt relieved and returned to the cabin with the two of them to rest.

Everything was peaceful that night, and nothing unusual happened.

The next day, Zhou Xin got up with the two men and decided to walk a little further along the river to try to find a third mining site.

To go further, he brought food with him, intending not to return to camp at noon.

After preparing breakfast and lunch for Edward and Logan, he took a compressed biscuit and some Paranauba nuts with him and set off with Logan.

He continued upstream, walking along the riverbank.

After passing the second mining site, he did not stop and continued onward.

He brought food with him today and plans to walk until around 1 p.m. before heading back.

In this way, if there is no delay, he can advance at least six or seven kilometers.

About two kilometers from the second mining site, he discovered another bend in the river.

He was very excited because there was a high chance of finding large deposits of gold at the bends in the river.

However, after circling around the river bend several times, he became somewhat bewildered.

No matter how hard he sniffed, he couldn't detect a trace of gold.

"That shouldn't be the case. Even if this isn't a gold-rich deposit, it's impossible that there's absolutely no gold here."

The gold downstream must have been washed down from upstream.

Even if the upstream riverbanks are not suitable for gold deposition, there would definitely be some gold residue; it's impossible that there would be absolutely no gold at all.

However, the place was completely empty, without a trace of gold.

This unusual situation puzzled him greatly.

It wouldn't be surprising if there were no gold in the entire river, but the fact that there is gold downstream but not upstream is highly illogical.

It's as if the gold downstream suddenly appeared out of thin air, rather than flowing down from upstream.

and many more!

Appeared suddenly?

A sudden thought struck Zhou Xin as he recalled the events of the journey and considered a possibility.

That means the gold in the lower reaches of this river did not actually flow down from the upper reaches, but rather from another tributary.

During his journey, he passed several confluences, which were all streams with relatively small currents.

Similarly, there are some such tributaries on the opposite bank.

The gold downstream likely comes from one or more of these tributaries.

He carefully reviewed the events of the journey and became even more certain of his guess.

Because during the early part of his journey, he would occasionally smell a faint scent of gold, which was from scattered pieces of gold along the riverbank.

But I don't know when it started, the golden flavor disappeared.

Because the smell was very faint, almost imperceptible, on the section of road where gold was located, he hadn't noticed it earlier.

The point where the golden smell disappears is where the river's gold flow point begins.

Once he understood this, he immediately turned around and walked back.

Once he had a clear goal, he found the target tributary in just half an hour.

This is a relatively wide stream located on the opposite bank of the river, with water flowing out and merging into the river.

He was so sure because as soon as he arrived there, he could smell the gold in his nose.

In other words, the gold in the lower reaches of this river was washed down by this stream.

Judging from the gold reserves at the downstream gold deposits, there must be an extremely rich mine somewhere along this stream!

We must cross the river, and we must put the crossing on the agenda as soon as possible.

Previously, because I thought the current mining site could be mined for a long time, I was not in a hurry to cross the river.

But now, besides the second mining site, there is another place on the other side of the river where an unimaginable amount of gold may be buried, waiting for them to discover it, which makes him eager to go there immediately.

He decided to swim across the river first and search for the dream mine along the stream. Once he found it, he would immediately start building a raft to cross the river.

It's definitely too late today. Since the stream is in the forest, this trip might take several days.

Sufficient preparations must be made in advance before setting off.

With this in mind, he suppressed the urge to swim across the river immediately and decided to return to the camp first.

This trip was extremely fruitful; he felt he might be about to discover the greatest treasure in this primeval forest.

He returned to camp at four in the afternoon and did not tell Edward and Alo about his discovery.

This wasn't because he distrusted the two men, but because all of this was still just speculation. Only when the rich mine was actually discovered could everything be put to rest.

There's no need to give them such high expectations; if they don't find it, it will affect morale.

Therefore, he simply told the two that he was going to venture deep into the jungle the next day to search for other possible mining sites.

The two were very worried about his decision to go into the jungle alone. Edward suggested that he run the gold mining factory by himself and that Alo come with him. Alo also agreed with Edward's suggestion.

But Zhou Xin refused them.

He believed he had now figured out the intricacies of this primeval forest, and with the truth in his hands, he was confident he could handle even the most ordinary dangers.

More importantly, he didn't want to disrupt the gold mining operation.

With one less person, their work efficiency will definitely be greatly reduced.

These two mining sites are their core territory and cannot be affected in any way.