A well-prepared fine stone exhibition opened yesterday in Luhe District, and the newspaper's September 6 article, the reader is aroused sympathy, the real production of stone in the end how much worth? Reporters came to the source of stone for a visit.

Nanjing famous Yuhuatai. In fact, Yuhuatai is not a major producer of stone, and, now Yuhuatai basically no stone. According to research geologist, near the ancient Yangtze River basin about 60 meters high Chuhe hilly areas, the general development of the gravel-rich layer of stone, even the pebbles is colorful. This area on Nanjing Luhe, Yizheng, Yangzhou, particularly Luhe Lingyan Hill, Fang Shan, the most abundant reserves Yokoyama area. In order to protect the ecological environment to avoid over-exploitation of resources, mountains and other places has been banned Lingyan mining.

Bumps along the way, the reporter finally came to the town of Red Mountain beams. This hill is the sand mine, the stone was wrapped in yellow sand in. Winding down from the top slot of the sand washing, mining sand out of hair to go through the wash, blocking and filtering in order to proceed to the next procedure. This filter is the large and small stones are "detained" down. This road crossing, the reporter saw a worker, when the size of the stones rolling down the moment, he would by virtue of their good eye quickly picked from the real stone. He also placed around a keg, which is already in full bloom more than a dozen tablets of stone, which is his half-day "harvest." Workers told reporters that they call the most authentic stone water stone, or "living stone", no polishing, naturally shiny and patterns, very, very small, placer sand 500 tons per day, but only pick ten stone to kg of water, so there are "tons of sand stone," said. This stone will a hundred dollars to a few thousand dollars up to tens of thousands of fine and even hundred thousand dollars to the price.

After the "first road" rough sorting, these stones should be secondary sorting. Reporters came to the sorting site, where dozens of people saw a car dragging a stone to fall, these people immediately rush into mass action, the first pick in the processes may be "slipping through the net" of good stone. Expert introduction, the common market "stone" is actually called the multicolored stones, this colorful pebbles polished by the polishing stone with water can produce comparable effects, pack (6-8 pieces) price of $ 200.

After two pick, a large number of stones were sold to Nanjing stone plant mangroves on the size of this plant. Beam focused on the town of stone more than 150 village households processing, the annual sales volume in various types of stone 6 million tons. Not only a large number of farmers to get rich by stone onto the road, but also gave birth to more than 20 stone more than 30 transportation brokers and large. Had left the village, the reporter's ear suddenly sounded one after another of the "mahjong" sound, into a family found that this is the voice of the host family picked the stone. Many people's main room on the ground are covered with stone, the family squatted on the bare rock pile to pick out colorful rock categories, pick a stone's Raining Cats and send the voice back into the stone village of a scene.

According to information provided by industry, engaged in stone and associated products Luhe production and management staff more than people, the annual sales income of less than $ 300 million.