转型“开矿工”，从此与鸡血石结缘 Story of bloodstone digger

鸡血石是中国特有的宝玉石，它产于昌化浙西大峡谷源头海拔1000米以上的玉岩深山中，是中国特有的名贵石种，具有艳丽鲜红如鸡血般的色彩和亮晶如 美玉般的光泽，被誉为“国宝”而驰名中外，是中国四大名石之一。据文字记载，鸡血石的开采利用，已有近千年的历史，明清时代颇为兴旺。在清代康熙、乾隆、 咸丰、同治、宣统皇帝均以鸡血石为玺。

有了卖菜赚到的“第一桶金”，每天老梅也在上溪街头看到了数以千计的人前来淘金，看到了玉山村的人家家户户尝足了挖石头的甜头，这时候的他有了更大的“野心”。他把卖菜几年积蓄起来的存款立马买了开矿用的机器和炸药加入了挖石头的人群。

但是挖到鸡血石不是他开始想的那么简单，那么容易，是件很辛苦的事情。先要用冲击钻打洞，然后放一定的炸药量爆破。几百米深的洞里漆黑一片，只能靠 头上的应急灯来照明，在里面作业时，必须猫着腰。几个月下来风餐露宿不说，老梅还是没有挖到一丁点鸡血石，再加上他年迈的的父母亲时刻在牵挂着儿子的安 全，他最后还是放弃了开矿赚大钱的欲望回到了家，但是他自此却与鸡血石结上了缘，并一发不可收拾。

Bloodstone gem is unique to China, it is produced in Changhua Grand Canyon West Zhejiang Sources altitude of 1000 meters above the jade rock mountains, is a precious stone species unique to China, with bright red as blood-like color and bright as crystal jade like luster, known as the "national treasure" and famous, it is one of China's four famous stone. According to written records, exploitation Bloodstone, nearly one thousand years of history, the Ming and Qing Dynasties quite prosperous. In the Qing Dynasty Emperor Kangxi and Qianlong, Xianfeng, Tongzhi, Emperor Xuantong are soapstone as Xi.

With vegetables make "pot of gold", also on the river every day Laomei street saw thousands of people come to the Gold Rush, saw the people of the village every household Yushan taste enough to dig stone sweetness, this time he had more "ambition." He took a few years savings deposits vegetables bought up immediately with a mining machinery and dynamite to dig stone joined the crowd.
But he began to dig Bloodstone not think so simple, so easy, is a very hard thing. First to use the impact drill holes, and then put a certain amount of dynamite blasting. A few hundred meters deep dark cave, can only rely on the head of the emergency lights to light, in which the job must Maozhao Yao. After several months camped did not say, did not dig a little bit Laomei heliotrope, coupled with his elderly parents at the time worried about his son's safety, he finally gave up mining desire to make big money back home, but since he was on the edge of the junction with soapstone, and out of control.