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Registered Member #727 Joined: [ 10:25 ] [ 12 Nov 2004 ] Posts: 998
Good morning, and welcome to our coppermine. I see you have excellent qualifications for this job. That's great. Now, before you can start, we have to introduce you to our security protocols. Trust me, this one is important. Our mine kind of has a bad reputation for security...
...but you have nothing to fear if you follow the safety instructions. First of all, always follow the signs you see.
Got that? It's easy. Now, to get around in the mine. We use an innovative individual motor system for this, which is patented. Our cars are all painted in copper, for corporate identity. You don't need a key, just pick any one you'd like.
We obviously prefer if you don't destroy them, but we do have replacement cars and repair stations at several points. Life in a copper mine can be rough, so our cars have the best entertainment system money can buy right on the dashboard.
You don't mind enclosed spaces, do you?
Instead of a classic, expensive and slow crane or ladder system, we employ a dynamic gravity-driven approach to entering the mine. Just go in there to go down (we'll discuss going back up later).
One of the classic problems of any mining operation is water. We do our best to hold it back, but parts of the mine can be flooded at all times. Be careful, and don't fall in. Your car can go through some water, but don't sink it.
We have several underground facilities that you can use as home, complete with toilet, bed, TV and detention area for workers who want to join unions. You can also get your car fixed here, or get a replacement.
Now, while digging we discovered lots of natural caves. Getting through them can be tricky at times. There are driveways, but they may be placed in unusual configurations due to space constraints. We'd install safety rails, but the costs are rather severe, so just drive carefully.
Old tunnels weren't always built to modern safety standards, and when they collapse part of the mountain shifts. This can result in areas where there is a gap in the road. Your car is equipped with the newest gap-bridging technology for these cases, of course. Just don't assume that there is always a road where you need to go, okay?
Now, see the orange stuff? We are the only copper mine in the world where the copper ore is bright orange, and we are mighty proud of that. What you have to keep in mind is that we have a duty to our shareholders to get as much ore out of the mountain as is in there. That means where the road goes over ore sections, we have to make the road as narrow as possibly. Don't worry, our experts say that it's completely safe as long as you look out where you are going.
There are some strange things in our mine, and you may sometimes end up far from where you wanted to go. Just be aware that this isn't a shortcut, and you better avoid this.
Remember I told you about water being a problem earlier? Inspecting underground lakes is also part of your duties. Don't worry, we provide state-of-the-art boats for this purpose.
If you encounter flooded tunnels, you have to apply your own judgement on what to do. We are currently considering handing out maps, but at the moment, you're on your own.
Now, don't let anybody tell you that I told you this, but there are some rather scary parts of the mine.
There is the story about the village of Santiago de Cittavilla. Legend has it that there were so many tunnels by the copper miners underneath that one day, the village crashed and landed under the surface. Some say the old church still fully stands. Others say it fell directly to hell. Now, of course we don't believe such nonsense round here, but... just avoid the area, right?
Anything I forgot? No, I think that was all. Oh, wait, one last thing: Copper prizes are through the roof since 2003. Yesterday, it was at $8,861.00 per metric ton. So we have to take some measures to protect it, measures that may seem a little extreme. No need to worry for you, of course.
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Copper prize data: LME London fixing for Cash buyer contracts, 17 April 2008. Notes about the map:
It's difficulty is on the level of Deathrace 2, maybe a little higher. The main difference is that it's much longer. Biggest drawback is that as you'd expect it's very dark, so it can be a strain on the eyes. It has it's odd bugs, it has about no relation at all to real-world copper mining, but it's the only underground map at all and it's still fun as hell. It's on my list of desert island maps for a reason, you know. If you haven't tried it, you should.
Registered Member #727 Joined: [ 10:25 ] [ 12 Nov 2004 ]
Copper ores can have all kinds of colors, including green (malachite, although that's not commercially exploited). Orange is an option as well (bornite, chalcopyrite and cuprit, for example), but of course not the garbage truck orange as in the map.