Boom!!
The thunderous sound of an explosion echoed through the valley.
Crash!
The hard solid rocks, due to intense vibrations and reflected shockwaves, split into various sizes of rock fragments.
Some of the rocks slid down like a landslide.
By the time the dust settled and the aftershocks dissipated,
mining workers swarmed up to the pile of rubble, broke the larger rock gold into smaller pieces, and packed them into their baskets.
Each basket could hold nearly a hundred pounds of rock gold, and one could carry up to three thousand pounds of rock gold in a day.
The basket carriers transported the rock gold to the processing plant, where through crushing, grinding, selecting, and smelting, one could obtain a relatively pure gold bar.
As for the metallurgical process, it all depended on the goldsmith's experience.
Roman oversaw the whole process, so there were not many issues.
