the cabinet industry is coming nicely, and found cassiterite, but i dont have sedimentary layers, so, my only option for fuell will have to be charcoal, unless i found a magma pool or something.
to this moment, no elven caravan has come, ever.....only humans seem to exist, maybe i will have to wait some more years, or start to try catching exotic wildlife with cage traps.
the fortress thrives, but i have lost count in how many bedrooms i have, now im not sure if i should carve more rooms, the population is over 100 now, this fort has been strangely succesfull, the last attack, the one with the giant, was dispatched by a human caravan...i dont know how much time will take before i get a real menace, but so far i have only lost 2 dorfs......2 DORFS!....
EDIT: two goblin ambushes at the same time, fortunately the dwarven caravan was present and their guards helped dispatch the intruders. i lost most of my livestock though, but its not an issue...
EDIT: i discovered a miscalculation in the number of rooms i carved, and results that i have 220 rooms for the population, excluding the nobles of course. so no problems wit that for now. i've also discovered that i have enough wood for making fuel and there's still enough wood out there to haul, so the factories are again producing charcoal and then bronze equipment