She fleeced the remaining two mines in town, taking half of their stockpile. After this, sometime at midnight, she shifted targets to the sole ruby and sapphire mine in the area.
Ruby and Sapphires were generally found in the same mines. Technically speaking, they were composed of the same mineral, corundum.
Ruby was just red corundum, and sapphire was, well, every other color.
The mine was on a marble rock type. It was light-colored with isolated white crystals.
However, the difference was bigger than she thought.
This mine was mining illegally at night. There were twice as many guards as there were in the jade mines. She wasn't sure, but their guns seemed bigger, too!
Most prominently: there were also teens and children working hard labor!
"Whoa."
Later, she'd find out that after the legal workforce gets off work, a new batch of 'night workers' would take over the work.
