In the wild hills north of Lviv, a sweaty team with mules and horses was moving forward.
Walking in the wilderness in early spring can make people sweat profusely. It seems that the distance they traveled is not short. Judging from the strong thick cloth clothes they wear and the many scuffs, and the color of their skin is rough and red, these people
Must be active outdoors frequently.
The mules and horses were dragging many instruments, such as turning machines, shovels, rulers, shovels, tents and other tools. Judging from these equipment, they were a geological exploration team. They were exploring the northern area of Lviv.
After crossing a river, a team member at the front of the team walked to the middle and started talking to a middle-aged man in his forties.
"Captain Dolefu, the guide said that over the mountain in front is the C3 area marked on the map. Once the sampling and survey here is completed, we will only have the last C5 area further north, and our exploration work will be over.
Already."
"It's almost there. Let everyone work harder and try to get there as soon as possible to set up camp. I want to go back and sleep in a comfortable bed as soon as possible. At least there will be no animals to disturb your rest."
Captain Dolefu asked everyone to speed up their pace, in order to boost everyone's fighting spirit. Under the urging of the captain, the members of the exploration team involuntarily speeded up their pace.
Yes, it is the wish of everyone in the exploration team to go home early after work, even Dolefu, who has been doing this for almost 20 years, is no exception.
In the eyes of outsiders, the exploration team is a noble and hard-working profession. They climb mountains and wade in various areas, searching for resources buried underground in the mountains and fields, providing sufficient power for Romania's economic development. But in Dolefu's view
Come on, the hard work can be described as noble. The hardships of climbing mountains and wading in rivers all year round are not enough to describe to outsiders.
What’s even more uncomfortable is that, after doing geological exploration all year round, almost everyone suffers from ailments, such as arthritis and stomach problems. Especially after retirement, the torture is very uncomfortable. Several of his previous captains suffered from various diseases due to various reasons.
The root of the disease has been planted, and now I need help from others in my daily life.
Fortunately, this time we only explored hilly areas, such as the Carpathian Mountains. Many of these areas can be said to have very harsh living conditions.
After climbing over this low hillside, a barren mountain range appeared in front of them, without even a hunter's hut.
"Bring the guide here, you can find a place to settle down first, and we will explore the area after taking a rest."
As the captain, Dolev immediately gave instructions to the team members. So under his guidance, the team members immediately found a leeward mountain col to set up a temporary camp.
The guide they invited, a local hunter named Leerfu, walked up to him. "Captain, you are looking for me."
"Yes, Lielf."
Dolefu pointed to the mountains in front of him and asked him: "As a hunter, have you ever been here?"
"I've been tracking prey before."
"Is there any vegetation in this area that is different from other areas?"
There is a reason why Dolefu asked this, because many mineral areas will have different vegetation changes. For example, if there are iron mines in the area, the plants that grow well should be siderophilic plants, such as alfalfa, sativa, and siderophilic plants.
Plants such as cypress, foxtail grass, and sand cypress will grow much more luxuriantly than in other areas.
And if there are copper ore resources in the area, then plants such as nymphopods and broadleaf acanthus will appear in large areas. This is also the basic knowledge of their exploration team, and they will initially determine whether there are minerals in the area based on the distribution of plants. But there are still
Many mineral deposits have no obvious plant markers, which requires them to collect samples from the area for analysis.
"Well... I don't feel that the plants here are any different from those in other places."
Faced with Dolefu's inquiry, Hunter Lielfu racked his head and thought for a long time but couldn't think of anything different.
"Okay, thank you Lielf."
Dolefu was not discouraged if he didn't get any clues from the guide. This was the norm in exploration work. On the contrary, mineral resources with obvious accompanying plants were really rare. He had only obtained it from the local population once after so many years of exploration.
clue.
It was in a small village called Liroko in the Carpathian Mountains. From the locals, he learned that the irongrass growing there was quite luxuriant. The irongrass is a companion plant to gold mines, and he found an unusual plant there.
It's a big gold mine, for which he and his team members received a reward of 10,000 lei.
The exploration team works in the field all year round, so they set up the temporary camp very quickly. They unloaded the equipment and built the tent with local materials in a short time. After all, it is just a temporary resting place, so there is no need to be too particular about it. And when it is set up,
After the difference was large enough, Dolefu immediately assigned tasks to everyone.
"Cesar, Coman, and Diana, you three will go to the east to explore first. Emile, Djilou, and Hull, you will go to the north to explore. Hull, Albin, and I will go to the west.
Look, other people are doing repairs at the camp."
The team members assigned to the task responded one after another: "Okay, Captain."
After Dolev assigned the task, he took a compass, a shovel and a rope and followed Hull and Albin, choosing to go east. He wanted to explore the vicinity of the camp while it was still early.
The area has always been deserted, making it difficult for the three of them to move forward. They tried their best to choose areas with less vegetation along the way.
After arriving at an open area, Dolefu looked at the exposed geological rock formations around him and said, "The exposed rock formations over there look like they are from the Carboniferous Period. Let's go see if we find anything."
"OK."
The two immediately followed the captain's footsteps. The current coal mines in Romania all come from the Carboniferous period, so they plan to take a look at the Carboniferous geology first. One more thing needs to be said here, the currently famous Ruhr coal mines come from the Permian strata.
, and the coal mines all over Shanxi in later generations also came from Carboniferous strata.
The three of them came to the rock formation, picked up their shovels and started digging.
To put it simply, geological exploration is to choose a place and then dig it up to see if there are minerals. Of course, this is a joke. The division of labor in exploration is very detailed, and many tasks require the cooperation of instruments, and they are currently only planning to have a preliminary look at the area.
Geological structure conditions.
The three of them have been working in the field all year round, and they soon dug a pit more than one meter deep.
Team member Hull looked at the geological structure and said, "Captain, it seems that the geological structure in this area is no different from other places."
"It seems so."
Dolefu also stopped and looked.
"How about we stop and try somewhere else?"
Faced with the team member's inquiry, Dolefu thought for a while and said: "If we don't dig half a meter more and take a look, we will definitely not find anything in a hole of just over one meter."
"All right."
Then the three of them started digging. Seeing that the sun was already setting on the mountainside, the exploration work was ready to end.
"Hey"
Dolefu dug in with a shovel, and he planned to call it a day. So far, there seemed to be no difference. Just then, the shovel brought out some black particles.
"Huh"
Dolefu reached out with the shovel and picked up one of the black particles and looked at it.
"This is coal."
After many years of geological exploration work, he recognized it as coal at a glance.
"Let's dig deeper to see what kind of coal this is."
The coal particles discovered did not attract much attention from Dolefu, because basically he could find coal when he explored various places. However, most of them were lean coal and poor coal with no mining value. These coals are not only
The quality is poor and the coal seams are generally less than half a meter, making them completely worthless.
As the three people dug, the true nature of the coal here was gradually revealed. It was hard, dense and high-gloss anthracite, and during the continuous digging in the next few days, they found that the thickness of the coal seam here was also quite good, generally in
Between 2-4 meters, and the area is not small.
Then they reported to their superiors the news that C3 had discovered a coal mine with considerable reserves. Romania had always been plagued by a lack of coal and iron. Now that an anthracite coal mine was discovered, the government immediately sent a larger exploration team with the most advanced
The instrument conducted a detailed exploration of the area. It was finally discovered that the area is a large coal mine. The total stock reached 5.3 billion tons, and the amount suitable for open-pit mining reached 1.8 billion tons, including 2.12 billion tons of anthracite, 1.82 billion tons of bituminous coal, and 1.38 billion lignite.
Ton.
They reported the place where the coal mine was discovered, the nearest small village called Sokal, as the name of the coal mine. The transportation required for the subsequent mining of this coal mine will be indispensable. At this time, Mayor Dov Liqi finally stopped
