Chapter 805: Passionate Friend (1/2)
Chapter 805: Passionate Friend
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
While drinking the beer, Blanchette asked Li Du what he wanted to develop in Lightning Ridge
He said, ”Bob toldIsland It is a real gold industry, and you're literally harvesting gold in the water It is a job everyone is envious of”
”Ithere What you're looking for is old,” Li Du said with a shed ”Yes, but only if you can find it”
”I have every confidence, and I am here for it I'm sure we can find it if we look carefully,” Li Du said in an officially polite manner
”Hope so, but don't put in too much hope, or you'll be disappointed By the way, mate, you're not here to be a h Are you here to buy a mine?”
Li Du said, ”Yes, that is my plan”
Blanchette immediately asked, ”Do you have any particular area you're interested in et in touch with you to see if I can help”
”Today, I walked around the town but don't knowarea and practicehis head
”Is that what you're planning to do?” he ht about it for a while and said, ”If you don't have aarea in mind, I can introduce you to one, but I'm not sure about the yield”
Li Du was interested and asked, ”Then I have to thank you What's the situation of thisarea around Lightning Ridge It was a very coe for a couple of years For the past thousand years, Maori and aboriginal tribes them up
Nowadays, it was said internationally that black opal only existed in Lightning Ridge, but actually, that was not true It was just that Lightning Ridge had the largest mineral vein in the world and still produced
At first, both Australia and New Zealand produced black opal, but an to exploit theood ood tiround This led to a series of probleround voids
Coastal areas were rich in groundwater, and underground vents eventually turned into underground water vents because of seepage To be safe, the govern, and no one dared to mine after that
After all, money was really valuable but life was e was discovered in the twentieth century, and it becaest black opaltechniques had been perfected and ineers were hired to plan the e was located in the ion of Australia, where it was relatively dry, and the groundwater did not flood, so the mine ell protected and could still be exploited
Blanchette told Li Du that Lightning Ridge contracted out about 80 percent of the world's current black opal