The so-called iridium mine was no different from an ordinary iron or copper mine. The extraction equipment looked much the same,
And Shen Jin even saw "Made in China" markings on the abandoned equipment.
"Clear out these zombies first."
Inside were miners who had turned into zombies.
Since the mine was fairly well sealed and no outside zombies had poured in, they cleared it out quickly.
A pitch-black hole in the middle was particularly deep. This was the main excavation site.
"Professor Kong said... iridium is scarce on the surface and mostly buried underground, fairly deep. It's also commonly found in meteorites and deep magma. Putting the [Mining Machines] up here... probably won't work. We need to get them down to the bottom."
After Shen Jin took out the [OD Scanner] and surveyed the area, it finally let out a series of beeps.
[Mineral detected: platinum-iridium ore]
"Found it! It's the mixed ore Professor Kong mentioned. There's almost no pure iridium ore in the world. Most of it occurs alongside platinum-group and osmium-group metals."
Shen Jin and the team dug outward through the mine five hundred meters underground, opening up a large platform.
Twenty [Mining Machines] were enough to cover the area containing platinum-iridium ore.
After installing the machines, wires, and pipes,
Shen Jin and the others flew back to the surface.
"There aren't many minerals here, and there's only platinum-iridium ore. We should finish mining it soon. Rest here for three hours."
In places where the minerals were scattered like this, the [Mining Machines] were still more useful. Their drill heads would extract the minerals precisely.
If Shen Jin and the others used [Mining Laser Guns], they would not only consume enormous amounts of electricity but also fire numerous destructive beams underground, possibly burying everyone down there...