Jason also found gold, but it was only less than 1/10th of an ounce, which is far from Ye Tian!

Even so, this kid was overjoyed, and cheered directly by the stream, causing Ye Tian and them to laugh loudly, and also dispersed a group of curious little animals!

After the celebration, Jason also poured the gold back into the stream, albeit with great reluctance!

Then, the three of them returned to the ATV, put away the gold panning tools, sat in the car, and prepared to go. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ye Tian drove a black Lone Ranger X3 alone, Jason chose a camouflage one, and Mark and Hayward shared one.

Put on your hard hat, fasten your seatbelt, and check the gear again.

Everyone was quickly ready, and the three all-terrain vehicles were ready to break the silence of the mountain forest.

"Gentlemen, let's conquer the mountains and discover the gold!GO!"

Ye Tian stretched out his hand from the car, pointed to the mountains and forests on the east bank of Smith Creek and shouted passionately.

"Let's go!" Jason and Mark responded enthusiastically.

"Boom!"

The roar of the engines sounded, and the three all-terrain vehicles immediately began to roar, completely tearing apart the silence around them, and the air instantly became hot.

"Guys, how about a contest? See who is the first to rush into the forest, and finally give the first place 50 dollars, a little excitement!"

Ye Tian said excitedly through the intercom, intending to add some fun.

"Great! Let's get started!"

Jason and Mark responded loudly, the two of them were already eager to try, how could they refuse such a small bet.

"OK! I'll count one, two, three, everyone starts at the same time, one, two, three, GO!"

As soon as the words fell, the three all-terrain vehicles let out a deafening roar and rushed straight into the mountains and forests to the east like arrows.

In the grass behind them, six green ruts appeared in an instant, leading to the mountain forest.

After only ten meters, Mark was already in the lead, and he took the lead and rushed into the forest.

He's an outdoor veteran, and he's a great ATV and a great driver so he naturally has a big advantage.

Ye Tian followed, stepped on the throttle directly to the bottom, and roared and struggled to chase forward.

He wasn't familiar with ATVs and at first could only drive a pickup truck, but when the speed increased, he immediately felt the difference.

The ATV is wilder, more powerful, very agile in handling, and a completely open driving experience that instantly ignites hormones and makes people adrenaline rush!

Soon he found the feeling and pleasure of driving, his movements became more and more proficient, and the speed of the car continued to increase, quickly catching up with Mark in front of him.

Jason fell last, like Ye Tian, he was not familiar with all-terrain vehicles, he couldn't get up at first, but he soon found his senses, and his speed became faster and faster, and he chased after him closely.

"Hahaha! Steven, Jason, I'm the winner of this contest!

Mark's excited laughter and ostentatious words came over the intercom.

"Don't be too happy!"

"Well, the game isn't over yet!"

Ye Tian and Jason responded loudly, and in the blink of an eye, they had already hit the throttle to the maximum.

The mountains and forests were close at hand, the order had not changed, and it was still Mark who was ahead, and it seemed that he was destined to win.

When he was about to rush into the mountains and forests, six or seven cars suddenly drove out of it, which were also all-terrain vehicles.

"Guys, slow down, go over and see who's who"

Ye Tian said loudly through the walkie-talkie, slowed down the car and drove head-on, and Jason and Mark also followed.

The distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, and they saw each other's situation clearly.

A total of seven cars came out of the mountains and forests, and each car was filled with two people, aged in their twenties to their fifties, both men and women, and this should be a team.

After a glance, Ye Tian quickly found the prospecting equipment in their car.

Obviously, these people are also here to inspect the mining rights, and they are their own competitors, and the two business helicopters on the grass should belong to them.

And judging from the composition of the team, several of them obviously work in the field all year round, looking vicissitudes, but they are very powerful.

This should be a professional gold survey team, Ye Tian made a judgment in an instant.

When he observes the other party, the other party is also observing him, and he also sees a lot of content.

When the vehicles of both sides staggered, everyone stopped in unison.

A white man in his fifties on the opposite side looked at the equipment behind Ye Tianche, smiled and asked:

"Young man, you're here to inspect the gold mining rights, right?

There is nothing to hide, Ye Tian nodded and replied:

"We're from New York, and we're really here to inspect the tenements, where are you from?

"Hello New Yorker, we are also from the United States, the Nevada Barrick Gold Company, and we are also here to inspect the tenements, and the Smith Creek expedition has ended and is about to leave."

Hearing the other party's introduction, Ye Tian's heart immediately sank.

It was the largest gold company in the world, a behemoth with millions of ounces of gold a year, and I didn't expect to meet their people here.

The situation is a bit grim! I don't know if this super predator has taken a fancy to that mining right, or wants to eat it all, it's absolutely easy for them, they don't have to blink an eye, they can do it with a raised hand.

It's best not to be in this situation, then maybe you will really go home empty-handed, and you can only make money by selling Gonzalez's survey report!

Although his mood was a little heavy, Ye Tian's expression was very calm and he didn't have any abnormal reactions.

"Isn't Barrick specialized in high-grade gold mines, how could you look at lower-grade placer gold mines, or do you have a major discovery here?"

"Where there is gold, there is Barrick Company, whether it is a vein gold mine or a placer gold mine, we will not let it go!

This is clearly an old fox, showing pride without revealing any useful information.

"Okay! Let's talk about this first, we're going to go into the mountains and forests to investigate, see you later!"

"See you back, young man, a word of caution, there are grizzly bears in the forest, be sure to stay safe!"

"Thank you!

Ye Tian smiled and thanked him, then drove away and entered the mountain forest.

"I like energetic and polite young people, but alas, this time you are destined to go home empty-handed!"

The white man in his fifties sighed.

"This kid is indeed very aggressive and courageous, and it does take a little courage for a Chinese to get mining rights here and mine gold!"

On the all-terrain vehicle next to him, there were also people who sighed.

"Don't forget, he's from New York, where people are so obsessed with money! It's no surprise that he's taking the risk, leave him alone, let's go, go to Elk Creek in the Yukon!"

The white man in his fifties said with a smile and led the group away from Smith Creek.

Just as everyone from Barrick Company drove towards the plane, Ye Tian was already in the quiet and deep cold forest.

It is full of tall and straight Alaskan red pine, cedar, spruce and other trees, the ground is wide, the ground is quite solid, and there are not many shrubs and swamps, which does not affect the passage of all-terrain vehicles.

Even so, as soon as they entered the forest, the three all-terrain vehicles immediately slowed down and headed deep into the forest at a speed of about 20 kilometers per hour.

As everyone went deeper, the light gradually began to dim, and the sunlight could only shine into the forest through the gaps in the trees, and there were only a few of them, and they lost a bit of heat.

Compared to the grass outside, the temperature here is significantly lower, and it is very cool, just like walking from summer to autumn!

The further you go, the more wildlife you see.

Squirrels jumping on pine trees, colorful pheasants fluttering in front of cars from time to time, flaming red foxes standing far away and staring at this side, reindeer leisurely and so on.

It's all dizzying, it's very exciting, but now is not the time to appreciate it, there's more important things to do.

Without a moment's pause, the three vehicles maintained a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, and quickly drove towards the second survey site according to GPS guidance.

In about two minutes, everyone arrived at the second survey point, a small clearing at a depth of 450 meters in the forest.

"This is it! I hope to find gold again"

After stopping the car, Ye Tian immediately jumped out of the car with GPS and confirmed the coordinates of the survey point.

"This forest is a gold mine, and it will definitely bring us gold"

Jason answered excitedly, then took out the metal detector and began to probe, very impatient.

Then, Ye Tian walked to Mark's ATV, took out $50 from his wallet and slapped it in Mark's hand.

When he first met Barrick and the others, he was already at the end, the last to enter the mountains and forests, so he was naturally willing to gamble and lose.

Mark was not polite and put $50 directly into his pocket.

After finishing this trivial matter, Ye Tian immediately began to arrange the survey work.

"Start the survey, I'm in charge of sampling, Mark and Jason survey the surroundings with a metal detector, and tell me immediately if they find it, Hayward is on alert, keep everyone safe, okay, let's move!"

"Okay! let's find gold!"

Everyone responded in unison, and then took out the survey equipment and prepared to survey.

Ye Tian took out a sapper shovel and a bag marked with a serial number from the car, and walked to the GPS indicator point, preparing to dig and take samples to see if there was still gold in the deeper layer.

Jason and Mark each took an underground metal detector and began to probe, both of which were small disks that could reach a maximum depth of 2.5 meters.

And they can only be used to find slightly larger nuggets, and they are not capable of finding very small particles of placer gold, except in the case of large enrichments, of course.

Ye Tian quickly walked to the survey point, and before the official excavation, he quickly took a look at the underground situation of the survey point.

There is also gold here, with a 1.2m gold layer but at a slightly lower grade of around 0.8g/t, which is significantly lower than on both sides of the river.

Immediately after retracting the perspective, he bent down, waved the sapper shovel, and began the earthwork.

The ground here is not hard, and after a summer, the frozen ground melts, so there is no difficulty in excavation.

In three or four minutes, he dug a 1.2-meter-deep gold-bearing layer, loaded about 1 kilogram of ore, and completed the sampling work.

Before backfilling the pit, he turned on the perspective again, looking deeper into the ground from the bottom of the pit.

As far as the eye can see, the surprise appears again.

After crossing a gap of 1.8m to 2.3m, gold reappeared, outperforming the bearing layer above at 1.0g/t, which is already a bonanza!

It seems that the No. 1 tenement is very good as a whole, and it is worth selling.

He then retracted the perspective and began to quickly backfill the pit, which was completely completed in a minute.

Jason and Mark also finished their probing at this point and returned to the sampling site.

Neither of them was surprised to find that the gold sand was too fine for the detector to spot, unless it came across a slightly larger nugget, where it was clear that there was no nugget.

"OK! This point is done, continue to go deep into the mountains and forests, and go to the next sampling point"

After filling in the last soil, Ye Tian picked up the sampling bag on the ground and said, and then walked to the all-terrain vehicle.

The three ATVs soon started up again and roared deeper into the woods to continue their search for the fascinating gold.