Heavy Mining Industry · Wild West Pioneers
Iron Shaft Mine
Deep shaft mining facility built atop exposed mountain iron seams. Produces 2 Raw Iron Ore every 40 seconds to fuel tool manufacturing and railway expansion.
Building Tier
Tier 2 - Mining
Construction Cost
25 Timber, 15 Cut Stone, 4 Pioneer Tools
Worker Capacity
3 Miners
Production Output
2 Raw Iron Ore / 40 seconds
Seam Longevity
Contains 1,200 ore before requiring deeper blasting
Cave-In Hazard
Mitigated by Timber support beams
Mining Metallurgy & Extraction
Iron ore unlocks the transition from primitive wooden tools to durable iron implements, doubling agrarian harvest speed and lumberjack felling rates.