16th Opal, 201

Winter has arrived and with it the first migrants. 7 in total, we are far from ready to take in these newcomers but we will make do. It is nice to hear news from the main fortress as the first season we had no others arrive, the caravan passed by without stopping we tried to convince them to stop but without a proper trade depot yet they would not. We have enough provisions to manage till spring and we will have a depot by then.

We have already carved out a new farm location and storage for our food and other supplies. Our miner has been working for days to get the great room dug out and the living quarters started. The carpenter has been very busy with all the wood available making fine beds so we don’t need to sleep on the floor any more.

In our digging we have found some moss opals and a large deposit of marble. Our first level is mainly silt loam and several levels of felsites.

I fear we may be pushing the mason too hard we have him building doors, smoothing walls and floors, building blocks and constructing our outer wall. I hope the newcomers can help relieve some of his duties.