Limonite and Magnetite are the two most common ores which contain iron, I find.

 

On another note, I just founbd a vein of native silver. Go me.

i have a vein of native silver in my book keepers soon to be office.. now to begin engraving floors. is there any other metal alternatives i could use ross?

well.. this is annoying. my dwarves wont work on actually removing some beds so i can make them beter rooms. picky arses..

53 beds for 53 dwarves, who will have children and make more dwarves, so that means more beds for more dwarves, more work for my miners and masons.. ARRGGGHHHH

Underground farm worked perfectly. The channel was dug, and the room filled up more or less entirely with 1/7 water. Now I just wait for it to evaporate and build my underground farm.

build several, so you can plant multiple things.

Underground farm worked perfectly. The channel was dug, and the room filled up more or less entirely with 1/7 water. Now I just wait for it to evaporate and build my underground farm.

You can build the farm without waiting for it to evaporate.

meh. ive beeded down my dwarvess... is orthoclase a good item?

Yeah, I just noticed. I'm building like a dozen farm plots, so I should be good for both alchohol and food.

err.. you wont be doing much good with that, mate. farmers will only plant if they have nothing else to do..

Why would my farmers be doing anything other than farming?

well, when i had him on hualing duty, he friggen hauled evrything. he was also the only trained fisher... so he did that, instead of farming. and my only farmer when i started was also the brewer. conflicting jobs are bad.

Indeed, which is why I have none.

o for.. can i get a hammer to hit my broker with? he WILL NOT GO TO TRADE DEPOT.

o for.. can i get a hammer to hit my broker with? he WILL NOT GO TO TRADE DEPOT.

Do you REALLY want a hammer?

oh. there we go. seems all i have to do is request him at the trade depot and he'll go there.

double post

is sphalrite at all usefull?

Somebody post pics please :3

well i dont know how too.. if i did, id show you my effing huge stone stockpile.

Just look on your keyboard for a button called prtscn, printscreen, whatever. Should be on the upper right. Then just paste it into paint, then upload it on an image hosting site.

abba wha? i dont think i can do that.. paint doesnt work well for me..

Earth, press Ctrl+PrtSc, and then paste to wherever

 

Have you really not taken pictures on a computer before? :blink:

no. i havent ... and godddd haaatteeeeeessss meeeeeee. 20 more dwarves means 20 more beds cut down. i hate making agreementsa i cant keeeeeeppp ARGHHHHH.

also, should i mention alt printcreeen doesnt work?

EDIT: yup. it does wok. now how do i post it here?

I have found a perfect location for my fortress. It has several layers of pure soil, before it reaches into the stony undergrowth. That meant that I could carve my rooms really fast. I also have this pond, which I am using for my farming and as a flood trap (it replenishes naturally from the rain). I've made the farms so large that they can serve my fortress until it grows to around fifty members. (I only have seven right now)

 

Unfortunately, I threw out all the bronze battleaxes, thinking they were just for fighting. So I can't cut any trees. I have to go through a process of deconstructing my wagons, using the wood to make charcoal. Using the charcoal to turn bituminous coal into coke, use the coke to make more coke, then use coke to power the metalworker's workshop to finally make an axe for my woodcutters to use. All of this is prolonged by the fact that my workers enjoy sleeping, eating, and drinking on the job. :thumbup:

ok.. heres part of my stne stockpile..