But it can't be dug up.
Does this count as finding iron?
Ma Lin isn't sure.
Indeed, some iron can be extracted from these stones currently.
It's somewhat easier than chemically refining iron.
However, this place is quite far from Jinshui Village.
Carrying the refined iron back to Jinshui Village would take seven or eight days.
As for the amount of iron that can be refined here in one day.
If seven or eight people worked here, Ma Lin believes they could produce eighty or ninety pounds of iron in a day.
Carrying this iron back to Jinshui Village would require a lot of manpower.
Overall, mining iron here is not as cost-effective as the current methods in Jinshui Village.
This was an unexpected result for Ma Lin.
If he continues to explore further into the mountains, he might discover rich iron mines; however, the manpower cost of transporting them is too high, so it would be better to slowly extract iron from clay using the chemical method right there in Jinshui Village.
