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User:Maunder/Coldclefts
Nekikgast (Coldclefts)
On embark, I was warned about saltwater and aquifer issues, even though I'm in the mountains and the site contains a river source.
Given some experience playing, I spent a lot of time scouting the site and deciding where to strike the earth first. I had begun with a DIY set of materials, although it turns out there is plenty of sedimentary rock for steel industry. I have been very quick to get things built:.
Year 551
Spring
- 6 Granite
A snow storm has come. Did someone say spring?
- 12 Granite
The weather has cleared. Yeesh.
- 13 Granite
Rakust has become a Miner.
- 26 Granite
You have struck limonite! A couple days later I struck hematite as well. This was accidental: I was avoiding the ores until mining skills could be further elevated, and built my first fortress sections in sandy clay loam and siltstone.
- 3 Slate
Feb has become a Woodworker.
- 11 Slate
It has started raining.
- 17 Slate
A good portion of the area remains snow covered, and the brook is still "ice wall", although its surface is mostly cleared of snow. The pond of 15 squares I selected as my initial cave farm irrigation source remains solid ice, but it should thaw within days. Coindicentally, I have just completed the preparations for the farm: a fortification at the transom, two rooms and two floodgates controlled by levers, sealed with doors. I even channeled before the fortification to let the water flow.
I've already built (in preliminary locations -- most will be moved later): a woodworking shop, still, masons shop, craftsdwarf shop, mechanics shop, smelter, metalsmithing forge, and a dormitory. Sizable storage piles for food and drink have been set up inside (moving them out of the snow), and a dining area is in progress nearby, as is more storage, so I can move the woodworking inside as well. All other buildings are already inside.
Six units of coke are ready for smelting some iron ore and making steel. I still need another unit of coal to complete two weapons, but as the miners skills are still a bit low I won't push it too fast. I could burn wood for it but don't feel the urgency to waste wood on it.