I live in the American Southeast, where red clay soils make up

i doubt you will find any significant amount, but on primitive technology he took similar looking clay and was able to smelt and forge a little iron

>>1049754
Thanks. I'll definitely take a closer look at that.

Look for this stuff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_iron

>>1049738
Build a tatara and make bloom steel.

Sell it for mad $$$

>>1049738
Iron? Meh. But you definitively can extract aluminium from some clays.
See this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVV4xeWBIxE

>>1049847
>american southeast
>peat bogs just laying around

You only get to pick one.

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Question: Ain't the red soil a result of the leaves that fall of Pine tree species that probably dominated that area a long time ago?

>>1050708
No.

>>1050708
Think of it this way

Take some pine straw and lay it out in the sun for a year and tell me what color it is

Hint: it turns grey after a long enough period

The vibrant orange red color is from the volatiles in the pine straw breaking down