Saving Fuel and Cooking Time on Large Mining Hauls

Understanding the Fuel and Time Savings

Smelting individual raw ores takes significant time and fuel. This pack provides built-in efficiencies when processing raw metal in block form:

• Fuel Conservation: Smelting 9 loose raw ores typically requires more than one piece of coal. Under this pack, an entire raw ore block (equivalent to 9 raw ores) consumes only a single piece of coal to smelt.
• Cooking Speed: Each raw ore block smelts in the time it takes to cook 8 individual raw ores, cutting furnace cooking time by one item per block.

Setting Up Bulk Processing

1. After a mining trip, bring all your raw copper, raw iron, and raw gold to a crafting table.

2. Convert all raw ores into raw ore blocks.

3. Distribute your raw ore blocks across your furnaces or blast furnaces.

4. Add exactly one piece of coal per raw ore block you wish to smelt to avoid wasting excess burn time.

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