Chapter 294： Copper from Falun Copper Mine

Long before the war between the League of Four and Denmark broke out, Marin had the idea to develop the Falun Copper Mine. At the end of the war, Marin and the old Steen. Steure signed an agreement, Marin made money to develop the copper mine. The Swedish official assists the people of Marin to build a road from Fayilun to the harbor of Gavle, dozens of kilometers away. The income of the copper mine is half divided between Malin and the Swedish government. In addition, the copper mine does not pay taxes, and the mining tax is included in half of the income.

After the war, Marin returned to East Friesland, and then sent people to the copper production areas in Austria and Bohemia, recruited hundreds of experienced mining engineers, miners and smelting engineers, plus Marlin imitation similar to the previous life The new furnace of the simple blast furnace left during the "great steelmaking" period in Houshan, his hometown, went to Fa Yilun to develop the copper mine.

In addition, Marin sent dozens of road construction engineers to find a way to build a road from Fa Yilun to Gävle. After all, after the copper mine is mined and smelted, it still has to be shipped out. Otherwise, it can only be piled up in the mountains.

After the development team arrived at the Fayilun Copper Mine, they quickly carried out exploration. After the exploration report came out, everyone was shocked ...

Why? In general copper mines, it is good if the ore contains more than 1% copper. The copper content of the ore in the Fayilun Copper Mine is as high as 3% to 7%. Moreover, the ore reserves are very large and difficult to estimate.

When Marin got the report, he was shocked. Why? In later generations, the Spanish CLC copper mine with the highest taste has a grade of only 5%. But the grade of Fa Yilun copper mine is so high, and the output is so large, it is no wonder that later it can support Gustav II to contend for Europe.

It is said that, in the 17th century, the Fa Yilun Copper Mine produced 3600 tons of copper annually! what is this concept? If according to the current silver-copper price ratio, 3600 divided by 15 is 240 tons. Then divide it by 12 according to the price of gold and silver, that is 20 tons ... gold ... equivalent to 5.61 million gold coins ...

Even in the 17th century, the silver-copper ratio fell between 1 and 50 to 80. We assume that the price of copper has fallen 5 times, and 3,600 tons of copper are also worth more than one million gold coins. No wonder Gustav II was able to feed an army of 10,000 or 20,000 and fight for hegemony in Europe. If it is produced from the barren land of Sweden, let alone feed 20,000 troops, two thousand soldiers are enough to choke.

You know, two-thirds of Gustav II ’s army is a musketeer, and there are hundreds of artillery. When such an army fought, the consumption of gunpowder was staggering. Therefore, don't look at the ancient Er Ye's army of less than 20,000 people, but the overhead can withstand tens of thousands of cold weapon troops.

The blast furnace sent to the Fa Yilun copper mine by Marin can only process 5 tons of copper ore per day. However, the copper produced by these 5 tons of copper ore is as high as 150 to 350 kg. Generally speaking, the average daily production of 250 kg of copper is 551 pounds.

In the first few months of going out, construction of new mines and buildings in the Faylun area, along with paving roads and searching for charcoal resources, in the past two months, the copper mine has been able to produce 250 kg of copper ingots per day.

However, according to the reports of the engineers of the paving team, Marin learned that the mountain road from Falun to Gävle may not be repaired within three years. Therefore, the paving team gave another solution to the problem-using mules to pack ...

From Falun to Gävle, there are many mountain roads that are not suitable for horse-drawn carriages, but mules are fine. The strength of mules is that they can walk on mountain roads, and they can carry three or four hundred kilograms. Therefore, the engineers of the paving team suggested that a group of mules be introduced to smelt copper ingots from the Fa Yilun copper mine.

As a result, Kohler, who was in charge of following up the entire project, allocated 100 mules and sent them to pack copper ingots. In this way, the 33,000 pounds of copper produced in the past two months consisted of 100 mules, each mule carrying 300 pounds, a total of 30,000 pounds ...

After arriving in Gävle, the transportation ship arranged by Kohler shipped 30,000 pounds of copper ingots. However, when he headed south, he stopped in Stockholm and unloaded 15,000 pounds of copper ingots. As a dividend, he handed it to Old Steen.

When old Steen Sturley heard that this was only a two-month dividend, he was fainted. Fortunately, Marin sent a court doctor from the Golden Horde to the side, and quickly pinched the man to rescue the old guy. Otherwise, old Steen. Steure may be extremely sad.

At this time, Sweden, just after independence, was a waste of life. However, the Swedish court had no money and could not do anything. And these 15,000-pound copper ingots, but can exchange for a thousand pounds of silver, how to make old Steen. Sturley unhappy? Moreover, this is only a two-month gain. In one year, would n’t it be a very high return of 90,000 pounds of copper (6,000 pounds of silver)?

After careful consideration, the long-sighted old Steen Sturley decided that the official would pay the money and go out to repair the road from Yilun to Gävle in order to pass the carriage. As long as the output of Falun Copper Mine comes up, the Swedish court will receive more dividends.

After leaving the Swedish ship, the copper ship continued south, and then passed the Öre Strait jointly controlled by Lübeck and Hamburg, entered the North Sea, and returned to East Friesland.

Then, the 15,000-pound copper ingot was transported to Aurich and asked Marin to dispose of it ...

Seeing the piles of copper ingots in front of him, Marin was also dazzled. When he learned that if there were more blast furnaces, the output would increase, and Marin immediately ordered the blacksmiths to build another 9 blast furnaces, dismantle them and send them to Falun for reassembly. In this way, as long as the miners' mining capacity and the supply of charcoal keep up, copper output will increase tenfold.

Moreover, the miner problem and the charcoal problem ~ www.novelhall.com ~ can help Old Steen. Steure. Sweden has a large population of 800,000, and it is not a problem for Old Stensuredo to get some miners. As for charcoal, Sweden is short of everything but wood. At that time, as long as more trees are cut to smelt charcoal. As for the environmental protection in Sweden, Marin does not care, and it is not his territory ...

If the output is increased tenfold, the copper mine will produce 150,000 pounds of copper and 10,000 pounds of silver in two months. Even if the cost of 30% or 40% is cut away, there will be a profit of 67,000 pounds of silver. In this way, the annual income can reach the level of 30,000 to 40,000 pounds of silver.

The only concern is whether the Swedish officials will be jealous and recapture the Fa Yilun copper mine. However, in Marin's view, the other party should not be so short-sighted. At least, old Steen. Sure will not be so stupid. It should be known that if Marin ’s army did not deter Denmark, the strength of Sweden might not be able to withstand Denmark ’s attack. Therefore, old Steen. Sure will not do the stupid thing to abandon allies. If there is no ally, Sweden may be annexed by Denmark. Historically, after the death of old Steen Steure, Denmark quickly reacquired Sweden. Later, it was not until the rise of the Vaasa family that Sweden regained its independence.

"Sell all of these copper ingots!" Marin suddenly waved his hands and asked Kohler's men to sell the 15,000-pound copper ingots for silver.

The reason for this decision is because Marin knew that the price of copper is not static. As the output of Falun Copper Mine increases, the price of copper will slowly fall. Therefore, it is better to sell the early copper and replace it with silver. Otherwise, if these copper ingots are stored, as the output increases, the price will slowly drop ...

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