Chapter 303： Newfoundland Lead and Zinc Mine

Soon, that part of Columbus's manuscript was also completed. Malin immediately revised the two manuscripts, mainly to adjust the tone of the part he wrote and the part written by Columbus, and strive to be similar to avoid readers reading it, realizing that the two parts were not written by one person.

In addition, Marin thought for a while and thought that the dangerous things written before were not scary enough, so he added legends about the existence and non-existence of scary creatures such as killing bees, piranhas, piranhas, and pirates. In addition, the location of some terrorist creatures was moved from the Amazon jungle to most parts of the Americas in order to scare people.

In fact, the killer bees are a horror product of the hybridization of African honey bees and Brazilian American honey bees. They will not be available until the death of Brazilian zoologists in the 20th century and the introduction of the African seal. The man-eating ant is a legend, no man-eating ant will hunt the living. They just eat the dead.

But it doesn't matter, there are no zoologists in Europe to verify this statement. Even if there were, they did not have the courage to verify. After all, there are no advanced instruments and various safety protection measures like those of later generations. Whoever goes to the American rainforest to explore is extremely easy to die.

In order to enhance the persuasive power, Marin also used the drawings of those horrible creatures as sketches to enhance their authenticity.

After this book was compiled, Columbus looked at it, all sweating and chilling, and felt terrified. Even more frightening, Marin told him that these species really exist, not fiction, but the distribution range is exaggerated by him.

After hearing Marlin's assurance, Columbus thought about it and added a paragraph to the book: "In the name of God, I swear that these species really exist. If there are lies, I am willing to accept the punishment of hell! "

Marin was very satisfied with this passage because no one believed it as soon as it came out. Because in this age of great Catholicism in Europe, no one dared to make a joke about God and swear in public.

Of course, Columbus is also very clever. He just vowed that these species really exist, and did not say that the distribution range of those species in the book is correct. Even if future generations found something wrong, they could not blame him.

Marin was naturally very satisfied with Columbus's cleverness. As a result, before the book was published, Columbus received a "manuscript fee" of 10,000 gold coins from Marin.

Then, Marin looked for someone to translate the book into Spanish and Portuguese. After the translation was finished, he typeset and printed in large numbers, and then found an intermediary to publish in Spain and Portugal. Before, let the upper levels of Spain and Portugal see, thus influencing their decisions.

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However, even as a traversal, with a "pig-foot aura", not everything goes smoothly. For example, unfortunate news came from Mount Tara on the island of Ireland-Van Gore sent people to hit more than 20 wells in a row, not to mention 50 meters deep. Within 20 meters, all of these deep wells seeped a lot ...

You should know that this year, the digging of wells is all manual. As long as there is water seepage, there is no way to continue digging. Then, the more than 20 prospecting wells all became water wells ...

No wonder, the island of Ireland faces the warm currents of the North Atlantic Ocean with plenty of rainfall. This also led to the groundwater in the plains of Ireland being very abundant.

Basically, this is similar to the Yangtze River Delta region. If you dig a few meters or more than ten meters underground, water will inevitably become a well.

This is why Tara, the largest lead-zinc mine in Europe, was not discovered until the 1970s. If the burial is shallow, it has been discovered by prospecting experts long ago, so why wait until the 20th century? Moreover, the mining of the Tala lead-zinc mine in later generations also relied on machines, and the role of man was to manipulate the machines to process ores.

Malin was not reconciled and wanted to solve it with a water pump. However, according to the report of the person who returned from Van Gore, the seepage rate of each of the more than 20 deep wells was amazing. The speed of the steam engine is only 50 revolutions per minute. The pumping speed is definitely not able to keep up with the speed of water seepage.

In other words, Marin's plan to mine the Tala lead-zinc mine completely failed. Mainly, at the current technological level, the ability to mine is not reached ...

Marin slumped weakly in his chair, his eyes full of melancholy ...

For this Tala lead-zinc mine, he put a huge effort into it! For the Tala lead-zinc mine, he spared no expense to sponsor Count Edward and gave Cork City to Count Edward. He also gave Count Edward huge support in money and materials.

Although, to support Earl Edward, it means harming Britain. However, the acquisition of the Tala lead-zinc mine is also a very important purpose for Marin.

But now, the land of Tara Mountain has been taken down. However, there are no conditions for mining. Therefore, all efforts of Marin are in vain ...

"My zinc! My tinplate ... My galvanized counterfeit coins ..." Marin lamented repeatedly.

For two or three days in a row, Marin was in no mood to do anything, and his face was sad. Even at night, Angela put on uniforms to lure him to make him happy, but failed to arouse Marin's interest.

It wasn't until three days later that Marin looked at the map in a daze, remembering a message in the memory of the previous life, Marin suddenly cheered up ...

When I was in high school, Marin was the famous "historical emperor" and "little geography prince". If political consciousness is not enough, resulting in a general political score, he may be the liberal arts overlord. Although not as strong as history, Marin ’s geography is also very powerful, so powerful that it is not weaker than his high school teacher ...

(This paragraph is not a fiction. In fact, it is talking about Lao Niu. At that time, although Lao Niu chose the science department by mistake, there were still many liberal arts students who asked me to teach geography. If it is the above subject, Lao Niu should be able to pass the exam based on historical geography. 211 school. Because Lao Niu passed the 107 in the Physics of College Entrance Examination, and replaced it with historical geography, each must exceed 135. Of course, Lao Niu went to rural high school, maybe, the teacher's level is also scum, so it is similar to Lao Niu .)

As "historical emperors" and "little princes of geography", Marin had a different hobby in the previous life than ordinary people-that is, like to read history books and geography books as novels ...

Of course, there is another kind of knowledge-military ...

Marin's previous life was not only a history fan and a geography fan, but also a military enthusiast. Marin is very interested in the war between ancient and modern China and foreign countries. The reason why history books and geography books are regarded as novels is to read relevant historical and geographic knowledge at the same time when reading various major events and wars in ancient and modern China and abroad.

The combination of these three kinds of knowledge, combined with interest, made Marin the master of history and geography, crushing his peers.

In fact, the ideal of Marin's previous life was to be a general. It's a pity that reading too much has caused myopia, and the medical examination was brushed down when applying for military school ...

(The above are the personal experiences of Lao Niu. As long as the military, history and geography are combined and studied together, the history and the ideals of the ground are not difficult. Baidu was not popular at that time. Lao Niu did not like to watch Qiong Yao, only love military Magazines, history books and geography books, history and geography are so good. But unfortunately, I chose science ...)

When he studied Geography in his previous life, he had seen an article introducing Newfoundland. As mentioned above, there are many types of mineral resources on Newfoundland, but the reserves are not abundant. For example, a large lake in the west of Newfoundland, a place called Bakkens on the north side of Red Indian Lake, has a lead-zinc mine with small reserves and is a small and medium-sized deposit. Among them, the lead reserves of the Bakken deposit are only about 234,000 tons, and the grade is also low, only about 1.3. As for zinc, the reserves are rather large, at 1.08 million tons, and the grade is also high, at 6%.

Such reserves and tastes were originally not in Marin's eyes. Marin is concerned with world-class large mines like Mount Isa, Broken Hill, and New Brunswick No. 12 lead-zinc mine. However, these large mines are deep inland or distant Australia, and Marin is temporarily unable to touch his fingers.

Although, New Brunswick is on the edge of Cape Breton Island. However, Marin still has no confidence to conquer the Indians on the mainland. Therefore, it can only be postponed.

However, the mine on Newfoundland is different. Because I know the exact place. I saw the map in that geographic magazine in my last life ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Probably on the side of a small lake above Red Indian Lake.

Moreover, although there are Indians on Newfoundland, not many. As long as one thousand people are dispatched, they can conquer the Indians on the island. Then, you can mine the lead-zinc mine with peace of mind.

In addition, there is another point, that is, the city of Corner Brook on the west coast of Newfoundland, not only a port, but also a limestone mining center. Moreover, it does not seem to be far from Bukens.

What is limestone? That is an important raw material for making cement! In addition, Marin has now moved the Texel Island salt cooking base. In that case, as long as you find limestone, you can build a cement manufacturing center here to manufacture fly ash cement in large quantities, and then ship it back to Europe.

And it was not difficult to send people from Cape Breton Island to Konabrook to establish a base. Then, send another prospecting team to look around for limestone mines. Once found, you can rely on the coal and fly ash of Cape Breton Island and the limestone on Newfoundland to build a cement manufacturing center.

But the Bakken lead-zinc mine looks easy to find, as long as you find the Red Indian Lake, and then look up that small lake, the lake is Bakken ...

Although the Bakens lead-zinc mine has small reserves, it is definitely not difficult to mine. After all, it is a mine, not an underground deep mine. Moreover, there will not be as much groundwater as the Tala lead-zinc mine. As long as it is mined, using the coal of Cape Breton Island, using a simple blast furnace and a zinc extraction condenser, you can easily get lead and zinc ...

Moreover, the geography book I read in my previous life says that the Bakken deposit is just the largest lead-zinc deposit on Newfoundland, and there are other deposits. In addition, there are iron ore and copper mines on Newfoundland, but the reserves are not large. Once it is found, it can also be used.