| abstract | - The Eldra Iron Mongers mining operation was owned by Humble Measure. It was an enormous pit facing a cliff gouged with caves and tunnels situated equidistant between Darujhistan and Gredfallan Annexe. The mine and its town-sized settlement had a population of eight hundred. The central office of Eldra Iron Mongers was a sprawling collection of buildings, warehouses and work yards just north of Two-Ox Gate. The entire complex was walled and virtually self-contained. Three sets of forges fronted an elongated, single-storey foundry resting against the west wall. Beneath it ran a subterranean stream that provided outflow into the Maiten River, the effluent and wastes issuing from that stream giving the bay beyond its name of Brownrun. The administration building rose against the south wall of the compound, both office and residence. Staff quarters dominated the wing nearest the south end of the foundry. The central block housed the records and clerical chambers. The final wing was the oldest part of the structure. Far beneath the ground level of this wing, ancient stairs wound down through layers of limestone, opening out on to a succession of rough-hewn vaults that had been used as storage rooms for generations. Humble Measure had converted one such chamber into a secret office.
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