After conducting a site inspection, amateur Hudson was still unable to determine the coal mine's reserves. He could only rely on the wildly gesturing Belsden for reference.
According to the mined products, it was primarily peat, with a portion of brown coal.
These were common accompanying ores in swamp areas, nothing miraculous.
Steel smelting was no longer an expectation, but their use as fuel was not bad. Producing inferior iron was also feasible.
One only knows the importance of knowledge when they need it the most.
When it comes to coal washing, Hudson had only heard of it, but had no clue on how to implement it.
Do you wash the coal by placing it in water?
That's kind of...*
Whatever, let's just get someone to test it out.
As for coking, let's not even go into that. He was basically clueless there. Rather than researching the technology, it's better to just buy a set of magic smelting equipment from the Mage's Association.
