Editing 23a:Bituminous coal

{{Mineral|name=Bituminous coal|tile=☼|icon=☼|color=0:7:1
|uses =
* Create 2 [[coke]] at [[smelter]]
|location = Beyond the [[chasm]]}}
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:''You have struck coal!''

'''Bituminous coal''', once processed into [[coke]] at a [[smelter]], is used to [[fuel]] smelters and [[forge]]s, and to make [[pig iron]] and [[steel]].

It can only be found past the [[chasm]], and can sometimes be hard to find. [[Charcoal]] can be used as a substitute, although this uses up your supply of [[wood]]. On maps where trees are scarce, finding coal is critical for [[metalsmith]]ing.

Using fuel to create fuel (smelting coal at an ordinary [[smelter]]) is highly inefficient. [[Magma smelter]]s do not require fuel, which will allow you to reserve all your coke for the production of [[steel]]. Creating two steel [[bar]]s at an ordinary smelter consumes five units of coke/charcoal, but only two coke/charcoal at a magma smelter. 

Bituminous coal is '''not''' the same as [[fuel|"charcoal or coke"]], though it is directly related.

Unlike other [[ore]]s, [[mining]] bituminous coal follows the same rules as mining [[gem]]s - as such, even a Legendary Miner has a 3/8 chance of yielding nothing when mining out a particular tile.

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