Coppermines valley
The valley to the north of Coniston Lake is the Coppermine Valley. It is a wide valley between Old Man and Mt. Wetherlam. This is the valley where copper and other ores were literally mined. This is the hilly area depicted in "The Swallow's Carrier Pigeon". There are still some places around here where ores are transported.
On the west side of this valley stands the Old Man of Coniston, also known as Kanchenjunga, at 803m. A cold stream flows through the middle of the wide valley. Sheep are allowed to roam everywhere in this area, so you should not drink the cold stream water. There were sheep on the top of Old Man as well.
There are no trees on the slopes, and some are covered with stones and some with ferns. After climbing a little, you will come to a rocky area.
The house around here is made by overlaying slates. As a building material that carries flat stones, not only the walls of the house but also roofs, stone walls and bridges are made of stone. If you stack a lot on thick walls, you can make a strong house. In Japan, wooden building is used because it can use a lot of wood, but this slate is used here. Anything that can be abundantly used in that region is used for architecture everywhere.
The products produced from this area are copper, lead, silver, graphite other than slate.
I also found a horizontal path as written in "Pigeon Post". I saw it for a moment but the old pit is very dangerous. I went out just a bit as I tried not to touch the wall.
Dick discovered chalcopyrite. It is necessary to smelter to remove copper from now. However, if iron ore is mixed with charcoal and reduced, iron can be obtained but I think that chalcopyrite is not easy because it is CuFeS2 in chemical formula.
If it is a gold ore you can surely withdraw gold by the way Dick tried.
