The August Mining Company had cut down trees near Chaya Peak and built a huge camp that could accommodate thousands of people.
At the same time, security guards were escorting a few mining experts to survey the nearby area to find the exact location of the gold mine.
Liu Chuan and the others had been in the dense forest for half a month.
However, there was no progress at all. This made many people feel a little dejected.
Only Liu Chuan remained confident. He believed that there must be a huge gold mine here. However, they were a little unlucky and hadn't found it yet.
However, Liu Chuan's persistence seemed to be a gamble to others, or rather, he was suffering because he wanted to save face.
Fortunately, Liu Chuan's persistence was not in vain.
Three days later, there was finally good news.
"Your Highness, we found it, we found it. The doctor and the others found some ores in the area ten kilometers south of Chaya Peak. After testing, there was also a large amount of copper, as well as accompanying gold and silver. The grade was very high, and it had great mining value. This time, we're rich!" Charles Jonalette's face was full of smiles.
Just like how Liu Chuan needed a chance, he also needed a chance to prove himself.
"You really found it?" Liu Chuan could not help but heave a sigh of relief.
"Yes, Your Highness. The doctor and the others were calculating the reserves. It was expected that there would be further news soon.”Charles Jonalette said.
"That's great, Uncle Charles. The gold mine is ten kilometers south of the Chaya Peak. This is a good thing for us. We only need to build 20 kilometers of railway to transport the ore out. The investment in all aspects would also be much lower. The difficulty of mining is also much lower." Liu Chuan said.
Charles Jonalette nodded repeatedly.
"Uncle Charles, we need to take action. Once the preliminary detection report is out, I will immediately return to the Empire. Now that we've found a gold mine, I think Imperial Father will definitely invest in me. At that time, we will have enough funds to develop this gold mine. Right, we can't let the outside world know that we've found a gold mine. We can't let the outside world know that we've found a huge copper mine. Although copper ore was not cheap, it was not as tempting as gold ore. After all, although this place was very close to the Empire's colony, it was still very dangerous. However, it was closer to the colony of the Sun Never Sets. The empire's current strength, especially its strength overseas, was far from comparable to the people of Sun Never Sets.”Liu Chuan said.
Charles Jonalette naturally knew this."Your Highness, I understand. I will inform the doctor and the others.”
"Uncle Charles, after I leave, I'll leave the work here to you. Whether it was mining or building roads, they required a large amount of labor. It was not worth it to recruit labor from the mainland. The living conditions here were too harsh. We are destined to be able to send management personnel from our homeland. Ordinary miners and road workers could only be recruited locally.”Liu Chuan said.
"Recruit from the local area? Your Highness, the natives here are mostly uncivilized savages.”Charles Jonalette frowned.
"Even if they are savages, under the threat of bayonet and rifle, they will learn how to mine and build roads. There are many natives here. Let our security personnel directly attack those indigenous tribes and capture labor to mine and build roads. There was no need to be too merciful towards these natives. After all, they were just barbarians!”Liu Chuan said.
"Yes, Your Highness." Charles Jonalette had no objections to this.
Two days later, the miners submitted an exploration report. According to estimates, this place was a gold, silver, and copper mine. Gold and silver were associated with copper mines and had huge reserves.
Originally, the miners 'estimates were somewhat conservative. They thought that there were only tens of millions of tons of copper ore, thousands of tons of gold, and only a few thousand tons of silver.
However, at Liu Chuan's request, they increased the value by several times.
Although this was suspected of fraud. However, the reason why Liu Chuan did this was to better convince William II.
Moreover, Liu Chuan was not spouting nonsense. What he said was true. However, with the current technical conditions, it was impossible to accurately estimate the copper, gold, and silver mines here in a short period of time.
Liu Chuan took the report and left by boat.
However, he did not go to Batavia. Instead, he went to the overseas colony of the Germanic Empire in the northeast of New guinea, which was Emperor William's territory. They were prepared to turn into warships of the Germanic Empire and return to their homeland.
Warships were faster and safer than merchant ships. In this case, he might be able to return to the Empire before Christmas.
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