Alaska Gold Rush Diary

Chapter 94 Dreamy Creek

Of course, Zhou Xin was also aware that venturing into the primeval forest alone was indeed very dangerous.

Putting aside everything else, the ubiquitous and potentially deadly venomous insects and snakes alone are enough to send chills down the spine of any wilderness enthusiast.

If you are bitten by a venomous snake while alone, you could very well lose your life.

However, thinking of that dream gold mine, Zhou Xin believed that the risk was worth taking.

Of course, he decided to bring Logan along this time as well.

Logan has an excellent sense of smell, which helps him avoid venomous snakes.

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Edward and Alo no longer insisted.

In their hearts, especially A Luo's, Zhou Xin was an omnipotent person; if he said everything was alright, then everything would definitely be alright.

After making the decision, Zhou Xin made extra portable dry food while cooking dinner, such as sago palm starch, dried pork jerky, stir-fried Paranau nuts, and the few remaining compressed biscuits.

These are emergency foods; normally, he would probably find food as he walks.

The stream was large, and there were bound to be many fish, so he wasn't worried about food at all.

As for Edward and Alo's meals during this time, Alo will have to take care of that.

Fortunately, the remaining pork, palm cores, heart palm fruits, and leftover rice and noodles were enough to feed them for about ten days.

The next morning, Zhou Xin packed a large bag of things and swam across the river with Logan from the campsite.

Because of the recent noise from mining machines, it's unlikely that there are crocodiles in this section of the river, so crossing the river here is obviously the safest option.

As for Logan, he was born a swimmer and swimming across the river, which was only a few meters wide, was no problem for him.

After crossing the river, the man and the wolf headed towards their target stream along the opposite bank.

Upon arriving at the confluence of the stream, Zhou Xin took a deep sniff to confirm his judgment once again.

The scent of gold is much stronger where the stream meets the river, and a faint scent of gold can also be smelled from upstream.

"This stream carries my dream of getting rich, and it might even hold a dream gold mine. Let's call it Dream Stream!"

Zhou Xin then walked along Dream Creek into the forest.

Upon entering the forest, the towering trees blocked out the sky, immediately dimming the surrounding light.

Having already become quite familiar with this primeval forest, Zhou Xin didn't feel anything special and simply walked straight up the stream.

At the beginning, because the stream is quite wide, the areas on both sides have been eroded into sparse vegetation, and it is very easy to walk along these areas.

But as you climb higher, the path becomes increasingly difficult.

In particular, sometimes there would be some cliffs of moderate height blocking his way, forcing him to either search for a path along the riverbank or climb up the slippery cliffs directly.

However, it was still much easier than traversing other parts of the jungle.

Moreover, the occasional golden scent emanating from the stream inspired him to keep going.

After walking for about an hour, he suddenly smelled a very strong scent of gold.

This is a place where river sand has accumulated, and the scent of gold emanates from here.

Although it wasn't the dream gold mine Zhou Xin was looking for, judging from the smell, the gold reserves here were definitely worth mining.

So he stopped, put down his backpack, took out his panning pan, and began to fill it with mud and sand to wash it.

Soon, he saw a layer of gold dust at the bottom of the plate, and there were even a few larger grains of gold dust in it.

The gold content here is ridiculously high.

Upon seeing the gold, Zhou Xin was greatly encouraged and immediately continued panning for it.

Although the process of panning for gold is tedious, it is also incredibly addictive.

Especially in places with ridiculously high gold content, panning for gold can yield a lot of gold with every pan. This positive feedback loop is similar to gold mining and is extremely exciting.

He became so engrossed in gold panning that he almost forgot the passage of time.

He stopped what he was doing and stood up only when he felt some soreness in his lower back.

I checked the time on my phone and it was already 1 p.m.

He washed for three or four hours without realizing it.

Of course, the harvest was also quite astonishing. He shook the gold dust in the bottle, his face beaming with satisfaction.

In just this short time, the harvest has reached an ounce.

This is not surprising, given that so much gold could be deposited in the river bend, the source of this gold must be rich in gold everywhere.

The pile of sand in front of him would probably be washed in three or four hours. To save time, he ate a quick compressed biscuit and got back to work.

By the time all the sand in the stream had finally been washed away, the sun was almost setting.

He decided to set up camp on the spot, rest for one night, and continue his journey the next day.

"Sigh, our original goal was to find the Dream Mine, but we can't just ignore the gold along the way!"

Zhou Xin was somewhat conflicted; he hadn't expected that this one spot would keep him glued to it for an entire day.

However, as a professional gold prospector, how could he resist turning down sand full of gold?

Finding two or three ounces of gold in a single day is practically like finding money lying around, just like it was in Western Australia back then.

"That's it, follow your heart."

He set up his hammock tent in a tree by the stream, then gathered a large pile of firewood nearby, lit a fire, cooked a pot of soup with pork jerky, ate it, and then crawled into the tent.

He wasn't afraid of spending the night alone in the jungle.

Moreover, he was accompanied by the loyal Steppenwolf Logan, who could warn him in time if danger approached at night.

He slept quite soundly that night, except for the buzzing of mosquitoes after dark that bothered him; otherwise, he was in a relaxed state.

He packed his things, cut off a palm heart from the side for breakfast, and ate it as he walked.

He never gave up practicing his shooting along the way; whenever he had the chance, he would draw his gun and shoot at the birds somewhere.

As a result, the birds near this stream suffered.

Some of them were singing peacefully in the trees, but then suddenly they fell off the trees.

Some of them tried to fly to the stream to drink some water, but were knocked to the ground by steel balls.

In a day, Zhou Xin can shoot seven or eight birds.

Eating birds alone is enough for him to survive in this forest.

After walking for most of the day, he discovered another spot of gold-rich silt deposits in the stream.

With no other choice, he followed his heart, stopped, and began to wash.

They worked until noon the next day to finish cleaning the place.

Here, he also found a gold nugget the size of a fingernail.

This gave him a feeling that he might be getting closer and closer to that dream mine.

However, just when he thought everything was going as planned and he would eventually arrive at the fragrant, dreamlike mine, something unexpected happened.

On the fourth day, as he was struggling to climb a cliff, he suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the forest.

The next moment, two completely naked people, with only grass skirts hanging around their lower bodies, suddenly rushed out and made strange noises at him.