During the 1970s, there was a terrible drought in Shaanxi province, China. A group of civilians living in the area were becoming desperate for water. And so in the Spring time of 1974, the local farmers started digging around a well to solve their problem.
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They had no idea that they would find something more valuable than water. A few feet into the hard soil, the group of farmers found something out of the ordinary. When they realized what it was, they instantly did the right thing and notified the proper people.