TEAM ONE
Virginia Rock Ore in Flye Tyle
| TIME | CHARCOAL | ORE | NOTES | |||
| Absolute | Elapsed | lbs charged | total added | charged | total added | |
| 9:40 | pre-heat, firewood | |||||
| 10:38 | 0:58 | 22 | ungraded | |||
| 10:44 | 0:06 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 10:51 | 0:07 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 10:58 | 0:07 | 4 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 11:06 | 0:08 | 4 | 16 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| 11:13 | 0:07 | 4 | 20 | 0.5 | 1.5 | approx. 1200 C |
| 11:21 | 0:08 | 4 | 24 | 0.5 | 2 | |
| 11:29 | 0:08 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 3 | |
| 11:35 | 0:06 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 4 | |
| 11:45 | 0:10 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 5 | |
| 11:53 | 0:08 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 6 | |
| 12:02 | 0:09 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 7 | white heat |
| 12:12 | 0:10 | 4 | 48 | 1.5 | 8.5 | |
| 12:22 | 0:10 | 4 | 52 | 1.5 | 10 | charcoal floatting in slag |
| 12:30 | 0:08 | 4 | 56 | 1.5 | 11.5 | cast iron laks from left of tuyere |
| 12:36 | 0:06 | 4 | 60 | 1.5 | 13 | tuyere at about 20degrees |
| 12:46 | 0:10 | 4 | 64 | 2 | 15 | made fluttering sound |
| 12:56 | 0:10 | 4 | 68 | 2 | 17 | tuyere blowing thru slag, poked thru with rod |
| 1:05 | 0:09 | 4 | 72 | 2 | 19 | increased air flow |
| 1:16 | 0:11 | 4 | 76 | 2 | 21 | slag forming around rim of tuyere poked thru w/rod, black shinny slag |
| 1:28 | 0:12 | 4 | 80 | 2 | 23 | released cast iron /slag |
| 1:36 | 0:08 | 4 | 84 | 2 | 25 | gurgling noise gone |
| 1:44 | 0:08 | 4 | 88 | 2.5 | 27.5 | slag looking better |
| 1:51 | 0:07 | 4 | 92 | 2.5 | 30 | |
| 1:56 | 0:05 | 4 | 96 | 2.5 | 32.5 | |
| 2:03 | 0:07 | 4 | 100 | 3 | 35.5 | |
| 2:08 | 0:05 | 4 | 104 | 3.5 | 39 | |
| 2:15 | 0:07 | 4 | 108 | 4 | 43 | pyrometer: 1580 degrees C, broke up slag |
| 2:21 | 0:06 | 4 | 112 | 4 | 47 | |
| 2:27 | 0:06 | 4 | 116 | 4 | 51 | |
| 2:33 | 0:06 | 4 | 120 | 4 | 55 | |
| 2:40 | 0:07 | 4 | 124 | 4 | 59 | |
| 2:48 | 0:08 | 4 | 128 | 1 | 60 | finished 60# ore |
| 2:55 | 0:07 | 4 | 132 | 0 | tapped arch slag looks good using mixed charcoal | |
| 3:04 | 0:09 | 4 | 136 | 0 | ||
| 3:07 | 0:03 | 4 | 140 | 0 | ||
| 3:12 | 0:05 | 4 | 144 | 0 | re-cycling slag | |
| 3:17 | 0:05 | 4 | 148 | 0 | re-cycling slag | |
| 3:25 | 0:08 | 4 | 152 | 0 | re-cycling slag | |
| 3:29 | 0:04 | 4 | 156 | 0 | re-cycling slag | |
| 3:35 | 0:06 | 4 | 160 | 0 | re-cycling slag | |
| 3:42 | 0:07 | 4 | 164 | 0 | ||
| 3:47 | 0:05 | 4 | 168 | 4 | 64 | |
| 4:00 | 0:13 | 4 | 172 | 0 | ||
| 4:09 | 0:09 | 4 | 176 | 4 | 68 | |
| 4:18 | 0:09 | 4 | 180 | 0 | burn down | |
| bloom=27 lbs, high in carbon | ||||||
| total charcoal with preheat amount = 202 lbs | ||||||
| BLOOM | LBS | 27 | ||||
| KG | 12.27 | |||||
| % | 39.71 |