Economics p4: Mining and Quarrying

   The 2e Complete Book of Dwarves already has rules for mining(which it stole word for word out of the 1e Dungeoneer's Survival Guide). I do have a few problems with it however. First, the types of mines are fairly limited(and misses a fair number of the big ones that would actually be more important to daily life). So I'm providing a new Chart below. Second, There's a row in the ore quality chart that makes no sense. It states that the smelted ore is the value in coins of the same type of metal per week. Houston, we have a problem. There's no smelting chart for Tin, Lead, or Mithril, and I've never even heard of Iron Pieces in the 20+ years I've been playing. So the Iron Ore Quality row makes no sense whatsoever. As such, I'm providing a new way to do that too. Giving credit where credit is due, this is the place I got the list from, I merely edited it and put it on a table. The reason a lot of his stuff is missing/altered is because this is a model for the 10th to 13th centuries and some stuff just wouldn't have been intentionally mined/quarried(or I have found no evidence of such).

Roll	Mine/Quarry	Roll	Type
001 – 400	Building Stone
		1	Granite
		2	Limestone
		3	Marble
		4	Slate
401 – 475	Bio-Deposits
		1-9	Peat
		10	Guano
476 – 620	Soft Stones
		1-2	Chalk
		3-4	Coal
		5-6	Clay
		7-8	Salt
		9-10	Talc
621 – 700	Hard Stones
		1-2	Flint
		3-4	Magnesite
		5-6	Obsidian
701 – 770	Abrasives
		1-2	Emery
		3-4	Pumice
771 – 870	Common Metals
		1	Iron
		2	Lead
		3	Tin
		4	Mercury
871 – 931	Common Minerals
		1	Alum
		2	Arsenic
		3	Niter
		4	Sulphur
931 – 980	Precious Metals
		1-4	Copper
		5-7	Silver
		8-9	Gold
		10	Platinum
981 – 990	Fantasy Metals
		1-2	Mithril
		3-4	Adamantine
		5-6	Other
991 – 000	Gems
		01-06	Ornamental
		07-10	Semi-precious
		11-14	Fancy
		15-17	Precious
		18-19	Gems
		20	Jewels

The table above is what you can roll to determine what is being mined, with the table below determining the quality(in copper pieces) per week for the work of 1 man. Please note, this is for ore/gems that have not yet been smelted.

Type	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Bio-Deposits	5	10	20	40	80	160	320	640	1,280	2,560
Building Stone	10	20	40	80	160	320	640	1,280	2,560	5,120
Soft/Hard/Abrasive	20	40	80	160	320	640	1,280	2,560	5,120	10,240
Common Metals/Minerals	40	80	160	320	640	1,280	2,560	5,120	10,240	20,480
Precious Metals	100	200	400	800	1,600	3,200	6,400	12,800	25,600	51,200
Fantasy Metals/Gems	200	400	800	1,600	3,200	6,400	12,800	25,600	51,200	102,400

Now that we're finished with "gathering" professions, we'll talk start talking about secondary production tomorrow(smelting, spinning, milling, etc).