Even in the modern era, things such as resources would at many times allow a poor region to instantly obtain a chance at having a new beginning.
Investments, factory buildings, and the mushrooming of apartments were all signs of an elevation in the rate of commercial consumer consumption in the region.
Many would be so excited to the point that they could barely blink when 'resources' were involved, so much so that they could not bear to wait any longer to dive headfirst into it and join the crowd.
However, these were all merely great outlooks that could only be fully exploited by a strong industrial-based modern society.
It was the same as the coal mines of the black stone base camp. Were it not for the dwarven tribe and their initial investment in building a tunnel to facilitate the mining activities, it would be nearly impossible to retrieve two tons of coal from a coal mine that was buried at least thirty meters underground.