Talk:Shale Gravel/@comment-173.28.13.90-20130214215307/@comment-4583259-20130218162054

Did you have a lot of magnetite? I've rarely had success transmuting materials on the surface. Instead I trap the brown mob and dig a pit under it, then surround it with many layers of magnetite (or whatever) on all sides. See User_blog:Scooter8pie/Alchemy_and_the_Brown_Mob.