These were all iron ores!
Moreover, they were all high-quality iron ores.
When he saw this iron mine, Su Wen's face revealed a deep smile. If he completely developed this iron mine, it could basically satisfy the needs of the arsenal.
The next step was to look for copper ores.
Su Wen remembered the location of the iron mine and stood up."Let's go, we should be able to find a copper mine!”
The copper mine was mainly used to produce bullets.
If they found a copper mine to smelt copper, they would not need to use reloaded bullets.
Before transmigrating, Su Wen was a high-level miner. He vaguely remembered that there was a copper mine at the northern foot of Taihang Mountain. It was only discovered in 1970.
Relying on his vague memories, Su Wen arrived at the northern foot of Taihang Mountain and began to search for copper mines.
It was not easy to find copper ores.
Copper was a milestone in the development of human society, an important symbol of the beginning of civilization, and the earliest metal resource widely used by humans.
It could be said that there were actually quite a few copper mines.
However, finding copper ores required a certain level of skill.
The ancient ore-finding theory was mainly based on the accumulation of experience, including the observation of the surface and the summary of the associated laws, such as finding copper clues through copper-loving plants and exposed ores on the shallow surface.
Su Wen was a top student in the mining industry, so he naturally knew how to find copper mines.
About three hours later, Su Wen suddenly discovered a large number of copper grass flowers.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas recorded: " The grass stem is red and there is lead at the bottom."" The grass stem is yellow and there is bronze at the bottom."" There are onions on the mountain and silver at the bottom." There are scallions on the mountain and gold on the ground. There is ginger on the mountain and copper and tin below."
If there were many copper-loving plants in a place, it meant that the copper content in that place was higher.
The Bronze Grass Flower was one of them.
Su Wen squatted down and looked at the blooming purple-red copper grass flower. He muttered to himself," Toothbrush grass with purple flowers. Wherever there is copper, there will be it."
Copper mines might not necessarily have copper grass flowers, but copper mines were definitely found in places with copper grass flowers.
Now that there were so many Bronze Grass Flowers here, it meant that there was a copper mine here.
Sun Jing didn't know anything about mining and couldn't help. He just stood there in a daze.
Su Wen excitedly began to search for mineral seedlings.
If they could find the ore, they would be even more certain that there was a copper mine here, and it was a copper mine with a very high copper content.
Ore seedlings were commonly known as " mineral outcrop ", which was the part of various minerals that naturally appeared on the surface. They were important direct signs of ore exploration.
At this moment, Su Wen did not have any modern equipment, so finding the mineral seedlings was already a good method.
Moreover, it had rained heavily last night, which meant that the mine seedlings would appear more easily.
"Little Sun, help me look for snowflake beans with light blue powder particles!" Su Wen said.”
"Yes, Su Gong!"
Soon after.
The two of them began to search the nearby area.
The snowflake beans that were embellished on the earth and stone were malachite powder. The mineral malachite was an ancient paint, and it was named because its color resembled the green spots on peacock feathers. Its main component is basic copper carbonite, which is produced in the oxidisation zone of copper deposit. It is often symbiotic with other copper-bearing minerals such as azurite, chalcopyrite, cuprite, and native copper.
Therefore, the places where the malachite was exposed often had copper ores buried underground. The malachite was still an important clue to finding copper ores.
Very quickly.
Su Wen discovered a large number of Peacock Stones nearby.
Due to the heavy rain last night, there were quite a number of light green Peacock Stones exposed.
This confirmed the location of the copper mine.
Su Wen picked up the Peacock Stone and the smile on his face became even wider."The Peacock Stone really has a huge copper mine!”
"Su Gong, what's the use?"”
"Making bullets!"
After confirming the location of the copper mine, Su Wen and Sun Jing immediately returned to the arsenal.
Due to the heavy rain last night, the entire Taihang Mountains was wet. The roads were slippery, and the mountain streams had increased by quite a bit.
Su Wen was extremely excited.
This time, he did not come out in vain. His gains were not small.
Once they found the iron and copper ores, they would be able to solve the raw materials problem of the Munitions Factory.
Therefore, Su Wen quickly rushed back and got Zhao Tianming to arrange for people to mine the iron and copper ores.
Sun Jing looked at Su Wen's fast footsteps and could not help but remind him,"Engineer Sun, the road is slippery in the rain!”
As Su Wen walked, he suddenly stopped in front of a mountain stream. A golden stone attracted his attention…
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