Of course, Captain Kingson brought not all good news. For example, although this Bakens lead-zinc mine was found, the journey was too difficult.

Not only are the roads along the way, but you also need to cross Lake Grande, which is inconvenient for transportation. However, there is no way to do this. Who makes the Bakens deposit the easiest lead and zinc mine in Marin? The No. 12 deposit in the New Brunswick area not far from Newfoundland, has a zinc metal reserve of more than 10.7 million tons, which is almost 10 times that of the Bakens mine. However, the No. 12 mine in New Brunswick is deep in the inland area, with many Indians there and close to the turbulent Iroquois Indian territory, and the safety is not as good as Newfoundland.

You know, there are very different differences between being Indians. The Beotuks on Newfoundland are stupid and good people, and they are enthusiastic when they meet. Some Indian tribes on the North American continent are very warlike, such as the Iroquoi League.

This is mainly because the Beotuk on Newfoundland has few people and many lands, and there is no need for competition. The Indians on land are different. Because there are many Indian tribes on land and the competition for territory happens from time to time, it is much more fierce than the Indians on Newfoundland. The Indians on Newfoundland, which together are estimated to have no more than 10,000 people, occupy a huge area of ​​111,000 square kilometers. In addition, the Newfoundland fishery with extremely rich fishery resources, the Indians on Newfoundland cannot finish their food and do not need to fight and compete with each other for prey resources like the Indians on land. Therefore, they lack the courage of the Indians on land. Even the Beotuks who grazed reindeer in the inland areas are not as fierce as Marin imagined.

So, for safety reasons, Marin is best to mine lead and zinc mines on Newfoundland, the Beotok people on the island, Marin only needs to trade some necessary goods with them to coax them.

Marin had no choice but to have a difficult journey. He had no machinery and could see mountains and clear mountains. If he wanted to transport lead and zinc ore from the Bakens deposit, he could only rely on a mule team to carry it out of the mountain area and send it to the Port of Cornerbrook to the west.

As a harbor, Konabrook is very convenient to transport coal from the nearby Cape Breton Island. After the lead-zinc ore is transported and exported, a blower furnace is directly set up in the local area and it can be smelted.

Of course, in order to obtain zinc metal, a condensation tube needs to be added to the air outlet above the blast furnace to condense the evaporated zinc metal steam.

In any case, the Bakkens Mine has a reserve of 1.08 million tons of zinc metal, and the average zinc content of ore is as high as 6%, which is very convenient for smelting and extraction. In addition, the Bakkens Mine also contains about 234,000 tons of lead metal, and the average taste of lead is 1.3%, which is not high, but it is also worth mining. After all, Marin has a large demand for lead, and it needs to provide musketeers with a large amount of lead bullets.

In addition to lead and zinc, the Bakens Mine also stores 374,000 tons of copper metal, with an average grade of 1.57%, which is slightly higher than the taste of lead and is worth mining. In addition, it is accompanied by about 27 tons of gold, an average grade of 1.5 grams per ton, and 1,800 tons of silver, an average grade of 100 grams per ton.

In short, the reserves and taste of this mine are not high, but they are not low, and they are more valuable for mining.

The trouble of developing the Buckens lead and zinc mine is not just the difficulty of transportation, but another difficulty is the harassment of the traffic line by the Newfoundland white wolf.

At this time, the Newfoundland white wolf was not extinct, but was rampant. Moreover, the Newfoundland white wolf was tall and strong, and she really liked to live in groups. When she appeared, she was in groups and had a very strong combat power.

Previously, the team sent to the prospecting team brought a large number of mules to carry the goods. However, when camping at night, they were attacked by the Newfoundland white wolf and were eaten up several mules, which made the prospecting team feel very distressed. Fortunately, there were no casualties. After all, a few mules were enough for a group of Newfoundland white wolf to eat for a long time.

But the problem is that fortunately, the prospecting team brought a lot of mules. If the mules were not big and died on their behalf, perhaps the one who was unlucky would be the prospecting team.

Later, after the development of the Buckens lead and zinc mine, the line from Buckens to Cornerbrook would definitely be constantly transported. If the wolves of the Newfoundland white wolf packs were not to harass them, whether they were eating the mule that transported the goods or the person who transported the goods, it would be a loss for Marlin...

Originally, Marin was reluctant to take action against an animal that was extinct in later generations, such as the Newfoundland White Wolf. But after thinking about it, Marin gave up the naive idea of ​​protecting the Newfoundland White Wolf. After all, the Newfoundland White Wolf had seriously threatened the safety of Marin's men.

Marin is not an animal protector, but a pragmatist. No matter whether you protect animals or not, you will kill them if you harm humans. For animals like Newfoundland white wolf, being kind is definitely a harm to humans.

After thinking about it for a while, Marin decided to send troops to kill the Newfoundland White Wolf. Of course, it was not to kill the entire island of Newfoundland, but to only kill the area near the road from Connerbrook to Bakens lead and zinc mine. As long as the transportation line is cleaned up, Marin would not bother to find trouble with the Newfoundland White Wolf. After all, if there is no conflict with him in terms of interests, Marin would not want the Newfoundland White Wolf to become extinct. Newfoundland Island is as big as that of the Newfoundland White Wolf, and there will always be places for them to survive in other areas.

However, the wolves walk quickly, and it is not easy to kill them. Even if they can't be defeated, they will still run away. Therefore, the most suitable army to kill Newfoundland white wolf, Marin believes that it is the black-shirt knight, and the black-shirt knight who uses clockwork to fire a musket.

The white wolf runs very quickly, and if you want to catch up with them, riding a horse is the only choice. Moreover, using muskets to shoot on the horse's back is also a good way to hunt. Moreover, the loud noises made when shooting at the clockwork can fully shock and scare the Newfoundland white wolf.

In the end, Marin decided to send 200 black-shirt knights with high shooting accuracy on horseback, ride the horse back and forth to clean up the transportation route, and use clockwork to fire muskets to repeatedly hunt white wolves and bears near the road to ensure the safety of the transportation route.

No matter how flexible the Newfoundland White Wolf is, it is not as fast as the bullets. No matter how many there are, it is not as good as the 200 Black-shirt Knights. With these Black-shirt Knights who are equipped with 5 carbines each, it is difficult for the White Wolf to retreat without defeat.

However, it is even harder to deal with the blind bears on the island. The bears are thicker and softer, and when bullets hit, they are prone to problems. If they force the blind bears to become fierce, they might die.

Therefore, when those black-shirted knights kill Newfoundland white wolf and bear on Newfoundland Island, a large group of people need to act together. In this way, even if they encounter a crazy blind bear, they cannot kill one shot, and shoot multiple muskets together. Faced with the rain of bullets, no matter how thick the bear skin is, it will be penetrated...
Chapter completed!