Originally posted by Fat Cat:

For me silver is more a pain than iron... Mountains are not near shores, are they? And the slope makes it too difficult to use a cart. And silver is heavier than iron.

Yes, mountains frequent the shores AND you can see them far off in the boat. If you are in deep water and can see a mountain, its probably a candidate: its likely tall, and its likely close to shore. My current iron / silver station is a 30 second slide down the side to the meadows and a 2 min walk tops from that, keep going parallel to shore for swamp.

the long boat annoys me, but it does what it does. Alternately you can break carts into boxes and kick them onto your karve, add 8 or 12 or so slots for 5 min of soccer.