1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 61 Mining Area
The next morning, everyone was woken up by the noise from the construction site.

The morning in Sacramento came very early. Immigrants brought loads of construction lumber from the sawmill to Sacramento to build their homes.

The houses they built were also called light buildings. Although they were not beautiful and not so strong, they could build a decent house in the shortest time.

In later generations, the emerging super metropolises represented by San Francisco and Chicago met the needs of rapid urban expansion with this light and agile architecture.

And in this regard, Liang Yao has reached the pinnacle, adopting the modular construction concept of later generations, and processing the wood into shape in the sawmill.

Builders only need to pull these building materials back, splice and assemble these building materials according to the instructions on the drawings, and then repair and strengthen them.

Of course, there are also disadvantages in doing so. For example, wooden buildings are afraid of fire. Once a fire occurs, it will be a catastrophic blow to the entire city. In addition, all buildings are the same, and the entire city looks very monotonous and unsightly.

For this reason, Liang Yao not only controlled the distance between the construction groups and set up fire belts, but also set up three firefighting units in Sacramento and San Francisco to prevent fires.

As for the aesthetics, the first thing to be solved now is whether the building is available or not. Efficiency is above all else, and the problem of architectural beauty can be put aside for a while.

"You also produced these building materials?"

On the way to the goldfields, Vanderbilt sensed a business opportunity.This building material will be very promising in the westward movement.

"Yes, it's all produced by my sawmill." Liang Yao thought for a while and felt that this was inaccurate, and then added, "To be precise, it was a joint venture between me and Mr. Sartre, a large local farmer. Sawmills, building materials in San Francisco and Sacramento are provided by our sawmills, stone mills and brick factories.”

"It seems that you are really everywhere in California."

Vanderbilt once again looked at Liang Yao with admiration. Before meeting Liang Yao, he still had the idea that Liang Yao's rise in California in a short period of time was due to luck.

Now he has completely denied his original opinion. With Liang Yao's ability, even in New York, he can find business opportunities to make a fortune and become a well-known rich man.

"How long does it take to build a building?" Vanderbilt pressed.

"If there is no shortage of money, it can be built within a month." Liang Yao replied.

"You still have those properties in California, and we'd like to see them."

Vanderbilt's fellow countryman, Fan Daze, also respected this young man and couldn't wait to visit Liang Yao's other properties in California.

"Business secrets, sir." Liang Yao said with a smile.

Fan Daze was a little disappointed when he heard the words, but Liang Yao's next sentence revived him.

"However, I am happy to share my business secrets with you, let's go, first go to the gold mining area to take a look."

The largest gold mining area of ​​Xiangshan Gold Mining Company is on the dry riverbed of the American River. Miners in canvas overalls are either blasting the bedrock at the bottom of the riverbed for mining, or going down the mine shaft to get ore soil, or washing the ore tanks. Panning and sieving gold by the side, no one is idle.

"Brother Yao, go this way, the blast zone is on the left, it's not safe."

Deng Wenqi, who has cut his braids, is much more energetic than before. He is in charge of the mining area on the American River bed.

Liang Yao's ability to entrust him with such an important matter is a great trust in him, and he is extremely proud of it.

While talking, there was a deafening explosion not far away, and everyone couldn't help covering their ears.

"It's been a long time since I came to see you, and you've been hacked a lot. The conditions in Saskatchewan are more difficult, so it's hard for you." Liang Yao said with concern.

After Liang Yao moved to San Francisco, there were many Deng family brothers who followed him to San Francisco, but few Deng family brothers stayed in Sacramento.

"It's not bitter, it's not bitter." Deng Wenqi shook his head quickly, "It was still winter when we first came to Saskatchewan, and the few of us survived in a hut. Now this little bit of suffering is nothing. No matter how hard it is, let's see. Those golden golds are so sweet, but I never dreamed that I could have what I have today."

Deng Wenqi's words came from the bottom of his heart. Originally, he came to California just to make a living.He is already very content with today's achievement.

"Speaking of gold, how much gold can this mining area produce every day?"

When asking about gold production, Liang Yao switched to English to talk to Deng Wenqi.

Deng Wenqi is not stupid. Liang Yao has to ask about the gold production every day, and he is naturally aware of the gold production in the American River mining area.

Asking about gold production in the foreign devils' words in front of the foreign devils is nothing more than talking to the foreign devils.

"It's hard to say, how much gold will be produced depends on the gold content of the mining soil that day." Deng Wenqi replied.

"Just tell me how much gold was mined yesterday."

"2112.7 ounces!"

Deng Wenqi said a number without thinking.

"Very good." Liang Yao nodded in satisfaction.

He is very clear about the gold production in the American River mining area. The actual gold production yesterday was 1037 ounces, not even half of what Deng Wenqi said.

The total gold production of all mining areas of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company is only 1780 ounces, which is far from the amount mentioned by Deng Wenqi.

Of course, it is not impossible to achieve this output, as long as he piles manpower into the mining area.Anyway, he occupies the richest mining area in Sacramento, and he makes money no matter how he digs.

It's just that he encouraged Chinese immigrants to reclaim the land, and he didn't pile up all the young and strong labor force in the mining area.

"Are you sure you mean daily output and not monthly output?"

"More than 2100 ounces of gold a day, which means you can earn more than $65000 a day?"

"My God! You only need half a month to become a millionaire!"

These relatives and friends of Vanderbilt are all wealthy figures in New York. Even when they heard this figure, they all felt unbelievable and almost jumped up.

"That's not the way, gentlemen, I have to pay the miners, and the dynamite costs money, and many other expenses.

And a mining area will be mined soon, and we have to find a new mining area.Take the American River mining area as an example, its overall production is declining. "

Liang Yaoyun said calmly.

With a daily output of more than 2100 ounces of gold, Vanderbilt, a capital crocodile, is very excited.

Even if this number is reasonable, and after deducting other expenses, Vanderbilt believes that the gold that flows into Liang Yao's pocket every day is still very considerable.

What's more, Liang Yao has other properties in California, and it is not impossible to earn [-] to [-] US dollars a day.

"This is picking up money!"

Vanderbilt suppressed his inner excitement and said that there was far more gold in California than he had imagined.

"So my millionaire is not a millionaire worthy of the name, but a millionaire who was directly picked up by money. There is a lot of moisture, and there is a big gap between you and you." Liang Yao said.

Since there was no state government in California in 1850, there is no very accurate figure for how much gold was mined in California in 1850.

However, there is data from 1851. In 1851, the gold production in the United States was 77 tons, of which 71 tons came from California, which is more than [-] million troy ounces when converted into ounces.

The gold production in California alone accounted for half of the world's gold production (about 45%) in that year. It is not surprising to find a few millionaires by picking up money in such a gold-filled place.

Even soon after, Australia's new gold mountain, that is, the Melbourne area, also discovered rich reserves of gold.

However, its output is the younger brother in front of California, and the British Empire has not been able to shake the US's position as the number one gold producer in the world, until South Africa, which does not speak martial arts, also discovered gold.

And South Africa's gold production is even more heavyweight, and the annual output is directly calculated in hundreds of tons
But in terms of influence, South Africa's gold rush is far inferior to California's gold rush.

The same is gold, the gold dug out of South Africa has never belonged to South Africa, and the gold dug out of the United States belongs to the United States.

Perhaps this is the sadness of being a colony and a weak country.

Liang Yao's words made these wealthy people feel a lot better. Otherwise, half of my life's hard work would not be as good as someone else's gold mining here for a month or two. Thinking about it, I feel unbalanced.

After they walked around the mining area, Liang Yao had already prepared a bigger surprise for them, and he sent invitations to these rich people.

"Gentlemen, I sincerely invite you to visit the vault of my bank. I wonder if you are interested?"

(End of this chapter)