Originally posted by wizard_of_woz:

Why are you transporting your ore? Just find a Copper node at the edge and build your base there. Way faster than transporting.

Copper from one node is probably not sufficient for greater builds. I would never build my main base too far from sacrificial stones, but it can of course be cool to have them on Plains or somewhere. But Black Forest? That's just troll bait IMO. :p