Precious Metal Industry in Zundrbar

((WIP)) The Precious Metal Industry of Zundrbar has its roots in the original mining industry of Zundrbar. The Five Hundred Zundrbarians were led by Baldrick Sootbeard, and the Sootbeards were formerly a mining clan in the depths of Ironforge. The Precious Metal Industry was centered around the extraction of Silver, Gold, Copper, and Platinum. Currently, much of the precious metal mining takes place in the foreign colonies, specifically the Cape Colony (Kaap-Kolonie) and Redmountain (Roedberg).

History of the Precious Metal Mining Industry (+0 to +1500)
Although the Sootbeards were coal miners in the depths of Ironforge, many precious metal miners had joined them. Precious metal mining in Ironforge was more of a totalitarian system, as gold miners, silver miners, and copper miners were greatly valued, although their payment was weak, despite the fact the monarchs claimed all of their precious metals for themselves, with only the lesser quality precious metals left for the independent blacksmiths. Furthermore, the goldsmiths, silversmiths, and coppersmiths were all held and given large amounts of power, while the precious metal miners were not given the same amounts of recognition.

There were not many precious metal miners, when compared to the number of industrial metal miners, due to the greater need of industrial metals for the military-industrial complex of Ironforge. The precious metal miners however, were known for having the most amounts of children. This was because when it came to precious metal mining, there were often risky and even dangerous or illogical practices used in the extraction, to obtain the greatest amount of value out of a gold seam. The Miner's Guild banned these practices, and thus the children of the precious metal miners were left, and often expanded the mining industry of precious metals by a large amount.

Gold coins were smithed in Zundrbar, and were interchangable with the Hill Dollar. The early exchange rate for the Hill Dollar was five dollars being equal to a single gold coin, a system that prevailed from +0 to +1800, before it was restarted again in +1999.

Usage of Precious Metals
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