Chapter 249 Gold Rush (Moonline Ticket Update!)

News of gold mines found in the Congolese territory soon spread to Spain and spread to other parts of Europe outside Spain.

The news about the gold mine immediately attracted the attention of the nobles. Some of the nobles had plantation business in the Congolese territory. They immediately sent people to the area where the gold mines were discovered to look for other gold mines. Some people did discover new gold mines. , but the scale of the new gold mine is not as large as imagined.

The gold mine is located in the northeast of the Congo territory, which is absolutely inland Africa. It can be said that except for the Spanish colonists, basically no colonists from other countries set foot in these areas.

This also allows Spain to widely publicize the gold mines found in the Congolese territory. This is basically the fat meat that Spain has eaten, and other countries do not have the qualifications to get a share of the pie.

As the Minister of Colonial Affairs, William personally promoted the news of the discovery of gold mines in the Congolese territory. Regardless of the size and reserves of the gold mines found, any gold mines found in the Congolese territory will be promoted with high profile after packaging.

The small gold mine that was discovered at the beginning was a river alluvial ore. The gold content of shallow river sand reached 7-8 grams per ton, and the average gold content of deep ore reached about 17 grams per ton.

Not all gold mines can reach this level of gold content, but this does not affect the colonial affairs department's use of this small gold mine with great value to promote and act as a representative of the Congolese territory gold mine.

Because the relevant news only publishes the estimated reserves of each gold mine, there is no clear scope for the gold content of the gold mine.

This led to the public taking it for granted that the first gold mine found in the Congo Territory was basically gold mines with a gold content of at least 7 to 8 grams.

Based on the value of 1 pound of gold, the value of each ton of ore of these gold ores exceeds 1 pound.

The currency issuance of various countries is calculated based on the amount of gold held, which also means that the value of these gold can be increased by at least several times.

Not to mention those gold diggers, even the Spanish nobles were sensational.

The Congolese territory has a large indigenous population and can forcibly force these indigenous people to dig for themselves.

If you dig out one ton of gold ore every day, the income may reach 3 to 5 pounds. If 100 tons of gold ore are mined every day, the income will reach 300 to 500 pounds, which is about 78 million to 13,000 pesetas.

This was also a large amount of income for the Spanish nobles, and it also made more nobles pay attention to the news about the Congolese territory.

At this moment, the Colonial Affairs Department gave another assist. The Colonial Affairs Department announced that the Spaniards had the right to own minerals found in the Congolese territory, and the royal family recognized this property sovereignty.

The Spaniards only need to pay a mining tax to the royal family and the Congolese territorial government to legally mine the minerals they find. The income they obtain only needs to pay taxes legally, and can be put into their pockets safely.

This left the nobles and gold diggers no longer worried. As long as they could discover gold mines in the Congolese territory, they would naturally have sovereignty to the Congolese territory.

Of course, only the Spaniards have the right to own the minerals. If you are a foreigner, even if you discover mineral resources, you will not have the right to occupy them.

The main targets here are those nobles. After all, only these nobles have enough power to organize people to explore minerals and develop the Congolese territory.

As long as gold mines are found in the Congolese territory, more people will definitely be organized to mine the gold mine. Gold is still needed to be extracted after mining gold mines. With more people, the population of the Congolese territory will naturally be larger.

The various policies issued by the Congolese Territory only attracted some nobles to invest. After the news of gold discovery was announced, many nobles took the initiative to invest in the Congolese Territory, with the purpose of owning gold mines in the Congolese Territory. A big surprise fortune.

The Colonial Affairs Department also made great publicity for successful people among the nobles. One of them was lucky barons. Because of the loss of family, he bet on almost all his wealth and was lucky enough to discover a small gold mine in the Congolese territory.

The gold content of this small gold mine is still very high, with the highest gold content reaching 23 grams per ton, and the average gold content is about 6 grams per ton.

The discovery of this small gold mine directly turned the Baron into a millionaire instantly, only one step away from a millionaire.

Although it will take a long time to cash out all the gold mines, at least the baron has successfully saved his property and has the hope of making his family richer.

There are not many nobles like this baron who bet on his wealth, because there are many nobles in Spain that are already in decline.

Because of the large number of Spanish nobles, the lowest-ranking titles such as the Earl and the Baron have no sense of existence in Spain.

After Prime Minister Primo's reform, the nobles lost all their privileges. Some nobles who could barely make ends meet by collecting rent on land, completely lost their former glory after the reform.

The gold mines in the Congolese territory are indeed their chance to make a fortune again, at least this opportunity is relatively fair.

As long as they can find gold in the Congolese territory, they will make a profit. If you are lucky enough to encounter a gold mine with large reserves, it may be just a thought.

Among these nobles, some are lucky, and of course some are not so lucky.

Some people formed regular detection teams, but never found gold mines in the Congolese territory. Some people are lucky. Although the gold reserves found are very small, they can at least ensure that they do not lose money.

Regardless of whether these people are lucky or not, as long as they successfully discover gold mines in the Congolese territory, they will be widely promoted by Spanish media.

A certain aristocrat or civilian became rich overnight in the gold rush, which has almost become the most frequently mentioned news in Spanish newspapers in these few months.

As for how many nobles went bankrupt because they bet on their property, it is unknown because no one cares.

Carlo underestimated the appeal of gold. Gold is placed with currencies of the same value as gold. I believe that as long as you are a normal person, you will choose gold.

The wave of gold search in the Congolese territory did not stop with time, but instead became increasingly fierce with time.

Starting from the first gold mine discovered by the nobles, gold mines of all sizes have been discovered one after another, and the scope of gold mines discovered is not limited to the northeast of the Congolese territory.

In addition to the gold mines, the nobles also discovered silver mines in the eastern part of the Congolese territory. However, compared to the more attractive gold mines, no one cares about the low-value silver mines.

The newspapers that promote the news of the gold mines in the Congo Territory are just a note of silver mines, and the purpose is to enrich the list of precious metal minerals in the Congo Territory.

The nobles were looking for traces of the gold mine, so Carlo was naturally not idle either.

In fact, as early as the time of the establishment of the Congolese Territory, Carlo had already allowed people to detect the mineral reserves of the Congolese Territory.

Carlo had long known the value of the land in Congo, and there were naturally gold mines here. At present, some larger gold mines have been detected and mined by Carlo. Those small and medium-sized gold mines that Carlo doesn't like are truly released for the nobles and gold diggers.

Although gold mines are attractive, it has to be admitted that the currency prices of this era are indeed expensive.

The value of 1 pound is 7.33 grams of gold, which also destined that pound is the most valuable currency in the world. £1 can be exchanged for 26 pesetta funds, which makes pesetta not seem worthwhile.

In fact, the value of 1 pesetta is equivalent to 0.282 grams of gold, and pesetta still has a very high value.

A gold mine with a gold reserve of about 1 ton has an actual value of only about 3.5 million pesetta.

What is the concept of one ton of gold? If the gold content is about 8 grams, a total of 125,000 tons of gold ore will be mined to extract one ton of gold.

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Currently, the gold mines found in the Congo Territory are basically small gold mines with gold reserves below 3 tons. The maximum value of a gold mine is no more than 10 million pesetta, and Carlo does not need to pay attention.

Currently, whether it is Royal United Bank or Royal Steel, the net profit provided to the royal family is more than 30 million pesettas each year.

It would be better to leave these gold mines to the nobles and gold diggers, which would make them more obsessed with the gold mines in the Congolese territory and invest more money in the Congolese territory.

Not to mention, this is really effective.

In just a few months, the population of the Congolese territory increased by nearly 5,000, most of which were sent by Spanish nobles.

Of course, there are also some gold rushers from all over Europe who aim to find alluvial mines in the rivers of the Congolese territory and earn income through illegal mining.

Of course, Carlo also allows these gold diggers to exist, after all, these gold diggers are also population for the Congolese territory.

As long as a part of the population can be left behind, the population of the Congolese territory can naturally grow and grow.

As nobles and gold diggers flocked to the Congolese territory, the Royal Bank of Royal Bank and the National Bank also opened branches to the Congolese territory.

The purpose of these two banks to open branches to the Congolese territory is naturally to issue loans to gold diggers and mine owners.

Exploring and mining gold mines requires a lot of cost, and not everyone can afford these costs. These gold miners and mine owners are high-quality customers of the bank. They can use the gold mine they just explored as collateral to obtain loans from the bank.

Even if they can't pay back the money, there is no need to worry, the gold mines they explore will become bank property.

Of course, such loans will only be issued to people with certain assets. A gold rusher who has nothing is not eligible to obtain a bank loan.

In addition to issuing loans, banks also have the business of acquiring gold ore. After gold ore is mined, refining gold is also a troublesome.

The mine owner is fine, with enough equipment and capital to refine gold. Those gold diggers who mine secretly may not be able to extract gold.

At this time, the bank can provide convenience. They can sell the sand they have found to banks, and the banks will use the equivalent of gold pesetta to buy the sand in their hands.

Currently, there are only two banks, Royal United Bank and National Bank. Without competitors, some smugglers have no choice.

Doing so will allow you to collect as much gold as possible and expand Spain's gold reserves.

The more gold Spain masters, the more Bisetta can be issued to the outside world. Before deciding to attract some of the population with the gold rush, Carlo had made sufficient plans.

In fact, exploring and mining gold does not necessarily make money, and if you cannot find a gold mine, you may lose all your money.

Even if you are lucky enough to find the gold mine, the early exploration costs and later mining costs are a large expense.

On the premise that many nobles and gold diggers were searching for gold, Carlo did the opposite and asked the two banks to provide logistics services to these gold diggers and nobles, which was actually the most profitable.

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