How to discover/ uncover new resources?

[Jim2001]

Should workers mine every possible mountain or hill in order to discover new "luxury" resources, or will they present themselves on the board automatically?

 

[Origianl Anon]

They are posted automatically.

 

[Jim2001]

Then what's the usefulness behing mining?

 

[RouTaran]

getting your city's production up. mines = shields = faster production

 

[Jim2001]

Now I get it!