Copper Ore

Copper Ore is another mineral extracted by a Surface Mine . Like the other minerals, it is found in every map and is present at the start of the game. Copper Ore can only ever make Copper Wire which comes out in 1910. This makes Copper Ore useless until that year. Remember, Surface Minings are expensive so I would recommend only extracting Copper Ore after Copper Wire comes out.
Copper ore can be found in various places but rarely along shore lines.
==History==
Around 3000 BC, the Sumerians were the first to produce bronze. This new alloy turned out to be a blessing for the manufacturing of tools. The procedure of moulding metal, as well as using blast furnaces, was already known in Mesopotamia thousands of years ago. Copper had been in use as early as about 1000 BC. Cyprus and Egypt were considered the strongholds of copper and iron smelting around 2670 BC. It was only in 1903 that the German chemist Heinrich Wohlwill invented a method of producing copper oxide electrolytically. Between 1866 and 1900 the annual copper output of the Northern German Refinery increased from 200 to 2,000 tons. This was due to the enormous expansion of the electrical industry.
==Did You Know That?==
Alloys like brass and bronze were very fashionable at the turn of the century. Both of them contain copper, as well as zinc and tin. Copper mines are almost as old as mankind. However, brand new types of industry are popping up like mushrooms and transforming the manufacturing process - as well as the everyday life of many citizens - almost overnight. New inventions in electronics are bringing about a huge demand for copper wire and conductive materials. Mr. Bell´s crank-handle telephone is already bridging enormous distances and, once and for all, revolutionizing the world of communications.
==Products That Require Copper Ore==
Name: 	Year	Produced In:	Can Be Sold In:	Requires:
Copper Wire	1900	Steelworks 	None 	1 Copper Ore
Category:Surface Mining
Category:1900
Category:Steelworks
Category:1st Degree Material