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Old 01-11-2013, 08:38 PM   #48
Luke Bunyip
 
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Default Re: What WOULD you find in a dwarven mine?

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Short version: They'll need pumps regardless of where they are in the subterranean environment.
This pretty much forces them to be at the low end of TL 5.
Darn. Maybe this is the major limitation for dwarves, finding somewhere drain water. They could use qanat type drains, which could in turn be used to supply water to agricultural races with which they trade.

This would obviously be a limiting factor for where dwarves could establish mining complexes deep underground.

Ok. No high tech pumps, manually powered bellow style pumps, with a short head, and drains aka canals.
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