User blog comment:D2r/Unanswered Questions of Redwall/@comment-3574463-20110425194204/@comment-1479469-20110425222439

I'm hesitant to include the mine in the first book - it has its own continuity problems (e.g. Cluny being Portuguese, the presence of dogs and the horse, the cart), so I dunno if that works, especially since the mines are never mentioned again.