Team Two - under Skip Williams

Virginia Rock Ore in Flue Tyle

Time		Event	Charcoal (lb)		Ore (lb.)
absolute	elapsed		added	total	added	total

10:33		started	added 4
10:45	12		end of 1st 4 lb	4
10:49	4		4 lb emptied	8
10:59	10		4 lb emptied	12
11:11 ?	12 ??		4 lb emptied	16
11:12	1 ??	added 1st ore	4 lb emptied	20	1lb added
11:18	6				1st lb emptied	1
11:25	7		4 lb emptied	24
11:32	7	closed air valve to 2 1/8
11:37	5		4 lb emptied	28	1 lb emptied	2
11:51	14		4 lb emptied	32	2 lb emptied	4
12:02	11		4 lb emptied	36	2 lb emptied	6
12:22	20	turned air up 1 3/4
12:26	6		4 lb emptied	40
12:27	7 ??				3 lb emptied	9
12:30	3	turned air up to 3rd notch
12:39	9	putting fines on front of charcoal in furnace	4 lb emptied	44	2 lb emply	11
12:47	8		4 lb emptied	48	2 lb emply	13
12:49	10 ??	air reduced a hair
12:55	6		4 lb emptied	52	3 lb emptied	16
1:07	12		4 lb emptied	56	3 lb emptied	19
1:19	11	slag is bubbling inside tuyere; cast iron leaking out.	4 lb emptied	60	3 lb emptied	22
1:30	11	Poking led to discharge of thick slag, gassy and vesicular.	4 lb emptied	64	4 lb emptied	26
1:35	5	Confusion, frustration, tearing of hair. Resumed smelt at 1:56	4 lb emptied	68	4 lb emptied	26
1:56			added 4 lb	72	added 2 lb	28
2:05	9				4 lb emptied	32
2:12	7		4 lb emptied	72
2:14	9 ??				4 lb emptied	36
2:18	6		4 lb emptied	76
2:20	6 ??				4 lb emptied	40
2:27	9		4 lb emptied	80
2:30	10 ??				4 lb emptied	44
2:38	11		4 lb emptied	84
2:39	9 ??				4 lb emptied	48
2:50	12		4 lb emptied	88
2:51	12 ??				4 lb emptied	52
3:00	10		4 lb emptied	92	4 lb emptied	56
3:07	7		4 lb emptied	96
3:08	8 ??				3 lb emptied	59
3:21	13	added more charcoal to burn down	4 lb emptied	*100*	4 lb emptied	63
3:35		tapped for good slag, returned this to furnace.

Last Updated on 26/10/06
By Elizabeth Hamilton - modfied D. Markewitz