Mine Report?

Well, being entirely new and pretty lost, I am not sure what to do with this info.

I dont know if this is public info, or sensitive info, so I will begin by putting it here for now.


Summary: All mines are in good condition and no emergency repairs are required. Mine worker manning is approximately 50% in all mines. Obviously it would be nice if this could be increased, particularly in the two gold mines; but there is only so much anyone can do to encourage mine work, and only so many players to do it. Mine 3 is especially concerning as it is only at 40% staffing.

Mine 1 : Iron mine - Node 359 - Status : Good
Output : 1.52 iron ounces/worker
Workers : 43/75

Mine 2 : Stone quarry - Node 405 - Status : Good
Output : 2.63 stone ounces/worker
Workers : 38/75

Mine 3 : Gold mine - Node 463 - Status : Good
Output : 50.4 pounds/worker
Workers : 30/75

Mine 4 : Gold mine - Node 466 - Status : Good
Output : 50.4 pounds/worker
Workers : 37/75

We badly need more workers in the iron and stone mines. Wiltshire has been able to supply us with some of both, but they're charging us 13.75 for stone and 18.65 for iron. This isn't outrageous given their costs to produce the goods, but it is quite high compared to historic pricing. And it's higher than our costs of production ...

Thank you ma'am.

Can you answer a couple of quick questions for a council noob?

1. IS it ok to post this info in the public council room? [seeing it might encurage some citizens to help with mine recruiting]

2. How often should I file this report? Daily? or weekly?

thanks
Atri

The Sheriffs have usually included the Mine report in their weekly reports

http://forum.renaissancekingdoms.com/viewtopic.php?t=24088&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=135

so it is information that is not restricted to answer your question

and as for how you want to tailor the report in your new position you may want to get with the current Sheriff to work in tandem or if you have an idea to encourage miners and get the quotas higher then by all means that would serve the county well so please feel free to share

Atri wrote:

Well, being entirely new and pretty lost, I am not sure what to do with this info.

I dont know if this is public info, or sensitive info, so I will begin by putting it here for now.


Summary: All mines are in good condition and no emergency repairs are required. Mine worker manning is approximately 50% in all mines. Obviously it would be nice if this could be increased, particularly in the two gold mines; but there is only so much anyone can do to encourage mine work, and only so many players to do it. Mine 3 is especially concerning as it is only at 40% staffing.

Mine 1 : Iron mine - Node 359 - Status : Good
Output : 1.52 iron ounces/worker
Workers : 43/75

Mine 2 : Stone quarry - Node 405 - Status : Good
Output : 2.63 stone ounces/worker
Workers : 38/75

Mine 3 : Gold mine - Node 463 - Status : Good
Output : 50.4 pounds/worker
Workers : 30/75

Mine 4 : Gold mine - Node 466 - Status : Good
Output : 50.4 pounds/worker
Workers : 37/75

Actually the mines are not in proper shape.
The stone quarry has down graded.
The output should be 2.73 stone ounces/worker.

I will check to see if we can do the upgrade.

Chardy, do we have any trade for iron in the works?

Thank you for the head's up Atri.
I always included the mine info in my reports as sheriff because for a long time we didn't have an active MS and Saj liked to have the info.

Yeah, I have 500 iron coming from Wiltshire very soon. Vana has prepared a grant for the purchase.

Allikath wrote:

Actually the mines are not in proper shape.
The stone quarry has down graded.
The output should be 2.73 stone ounces/worker.

Thank you for the head's up Atri.

Oops. Good catch Your Grace. As I had no basis for comparison, I didn't realize what normal outputs should be. I was going by the "status good" thingie.

Let me know what you need me to do on this end. I saw some buttons to do maintenace, but they were grayed out. Do I need to "close the mine" in order for those buttons to become active? and if so, is there a specific time that is best to do it [say just before reset?] and if I close the mines just before rest, will that cancel the pay of the poor souls who signed up to work that day?

Are the others operating at the correct level?

I am checking the mines daily, but don't yet know quite what to look for. I am learning as I go. Ive read some of the mine guide info provided, but I confess I got pretty lost.

I warned you I was not a fast learner, lol.

Sorry for needing so much hand holding here. Im just out of my depth, but Im trying.

Atri
rookie mine super

FYI:

Mine 1 : Iron mine - Node 359 - Status : Good
Output : 1.52 iron ounces/worker
Workers : 37/75

Mine 2 : Stone quarry - Node 405 - Status : Good
Output : 2.63 stone ounces/worker
Workers : 30/75

Mine 3 : Gold mine - Node 463 - Status : Good
Output : 50.4 pounds/worker
Workers : 24/75

Mine 4 : Gold mine - Node 466 - Status : Good
Output : 50.4 pounds/worker
Workers : 33/75

Atri wrote:

Allikath wrote:

Actually the mines are not in proper shape.
The stone quarry has down graded.
The output should be 2.73 stone ounces/worker.

Thank you for the head's up Atri.

Oops. Good catch Your Grace. As I had no basis for comparison, I didn't realize what normal outputs should be. I was going by the "status good" thingie.

Let me know what you need me to do on this end. I saw some buttons to do maintenace, but they were grayed out. Do I need to "close the mine" in order for those buttons to become active? and if so, is there a specific time that is best to do it [say just before reset?] and if I close the mines just before rest, will that cancel the pay of the poor souls who signed up to work that day?

Are the others operating at the correct level?

I am checking the mines daily, but don't yet know quite what to look for. I am learning as I go. Ive read some of the mine guide info provided, but I confess I got pretty lost.

I warned you I was not a fast learner, lol.

Sorry for needing so much hand holding here. Im just out of my depth, but Im trying.

Atri
rookie mine super

No Atri, please do not close the mines ever.
Auto maintenence is turned off to upgrade the mine. We will do that when we have enough iron.

The amount of mine workers is a running accumulation so it is best to get the final total at reset or as close to reset as possible.
As long as the proper maintenence is done the status will always say "good". That does not reflect a random downgrade.
The only way to detect it is by the output numbers, if they have decreased.

I will be glad to answer any questions you have or help in any way.

Allikath wrote:

No Atri, please do not close the mines ever.

Got it. Dont worry, I wouldnt push any buttons just to see what they did. hehehe

Allikath wrote:

Auto maintenence is turned off to upgrade the mine. We will do that when we have enough iron.

Ok. Let me know if i need to do anything on this end.

Allikath wrote:

The amount of mine workers is a running accumulation so it is best to get the final total at reset or as close to reset as possible.

Ah, that makes sense. I should have thought about that. Thanks.

Allikath wrote:

As long as the proper maintenence is done the status will always say "good". That does not reflect a random downgrade.
The only way to detect it is by the output numbers, if they have decreased.

I will be keeping an eye on it, now that I know what to look for.

Allikath wrote:

I will be glad to answer any questions you have or help in any way.

Actually there is one other thing I am confuzzled about. In reading several of the threads on mine management, I keep seeing a reference to "Mine Level" as in level 10, level 11, etc. Now I have learned which levels are optimum for which type mines, but what I havent found is how do you know what "level" a mine is currently at? Is that info displayed on on an in game screen somewhere? I have found no mention of "level" on the mine management screen.

Thanks for your help. Do you need to know the iron/stone amounts for maintenace listed on my screen? Or do you already know how much we need to do the upgrade?

Thanks,
Atri, the rookie

Is it just iron we need for the upgrade? Or do we need more stone also?

Lazy has some excess stone, if its not already spoken for.

http://forum.renaissancekingdoms.com/viewtopic.php?p=949909#949909


Atri

The current level of a mine can be seen by looking up the output level from your reports in the table in my mine management report.

And (unrelated) the number of workers per day is most accurately calculated from the following days report on maintenance requirements if the mine was auto maintained, using the ratios of stone/iron per worker in the mine management report. The figures in the report for current days workers are instant snapshots, and may be too low unless taken right before reset, since some workers leave it until the last moment to work in the mine as a last resort.

Maintenance requires both iron and stone, but the county has stone.

Ah, I see. I think, lol.

Thank you Vana ma'am.

So, do you need me to provide any specific info to you in order to do your reports, or do you already have access to that info from another screen elsewhere?

Atri
Head spinning with mine stuff.

I think the report info from both Sheriff and Mine Superintendent is the same. I don't know what your controls look like though, as I've never been a Mine Superintendent. It would be educational if each councillor could post details of the controls they see available to them. I explained the Sheriff's controls in my first Sheriff report, which can be seen in the RK Somerset Inn.

The trade with Wiltshire for iron was finally consummated yesterday, giving us a healthy amount of iron.

Now we need stone too. I will hold off on the upgrade.

Forgive my ignorance. What does an upgrade do? Does an upgrade increase output by increasing the maximum number of miners? Or does output per miner increase? We are not filling the mines as is. Do we really want to make an upgrade at this time? I am uncertain of the answers and would like to understand.

Gregarious wrote:

Forgive my ignorance. What does an upgrade do? Does an upgrade increase output by increasing the maximum number of miners? Or does output per miner increase? We are not filling the mines as is. Do we really want to make an upgrade at this time? I am uncertain of the answers and would like to understand.

Upgrading increases the amount of ore per worker, sir.

I think, lol.

I'm looking for stone, but Wiltshire is upgrading some of their mines as well, and has only about 100 stone available at this time. I shall inquire of Worcester as well.

In the case of the mine that has degraded, output would be increased by 0.1 per worker per day if we upgrade back to level 17. With auto maintenance on, there is still a 1% chance of a downgrade. Upgrades cost 4 times the amount of normal maintenance of a full mine, which is why we haven't rushed to fix this. The reason we want to fix it is to get a better output:maintenance cost ratio.
So what is happening at the moment seems the most reasonable course of action.
All mines downgrade from time to time. The wealth of a county can be determined in large part to the luck of their mines holding up, probably more so than any other factor.

Excellent, thank you for the education.