Finding iron ore near your locality - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Jul 3, 2009 · East of the Mississippi in the USA, iron ores tend to be residual rocks in sedimentary clay, and except for the occasional igneous intrusion of magnetite such as the Cranberry ore of western North Carolina (and various other highly localized magnetite intrusions in Arkansas, Missouri, New Jersey, and a few other places), you are far more likely ...
The search for bog iron - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Nov 30, 2009 · Keep changing the acid every so often till it stays perfectly clear. Let the particles remaining settle, dry them. Take the weight of this remainder. The difference is your weight of iron, so gives you your percentage. There was once a primary bog iron ore industry in Ontario too - down on Lake Erie in the 1830-40's.
Iron ore in "Gold Ore"? - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Jul 1, 2009 · This much I can tell you - Iron Hill has iron alright ( if reports are correct about 10% concentration ), but it's in complexed form mixed with a variety of other minerals including phosphorous, thorium, vanadium, niobium, cerium, and enough titanium to cause problems, with some reports putting samples averaging around 11.5% and other reports ...
Wood Fueled iron ore smelt. - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Feb 2, 2013 · Wood Fueled iron ore smelt. By Mark Green February 2, 2013 in Bloomers and Buttons. Share
African Ore Smelting Video: "From Iron Ore to Iron Hoe"
Nov 7, 2013 · Everything from the gathering of raw materials for the clay, ore and flux, making the charcoal, mixing of the clay, construction of the furnace, drum bellows, and tuyere, to the final smelt and forging of the iron into hoes is done just as it would have been done in the past.
iron ore in florida? - Bloomers and Buttons - Bladesmith's Forum …
Mar 19, 2009 · Now then, as far as I know there's no iron ore in Florida, as geologically speaking most of the state dates to about last tuesday. It's limestone and coral rock that's been around just long enough to develop a nice layer of phosphate in the middle. You'd think there could be bog ore in the swamps, but they're the wrong kind of swamp.
ORIGIN OF IRON - Bloomers and Buttons - Bladesmith's Forum …
Jun 27, 2011 · ORIGIN OF IRON "Iron ore had left the marshes, From the water-beds had risen, Had been carried to the furnace, In the fire the smith had laid it, Laid it in his smelting furnace." My journey to origin of iron, o have I new thoughts and hint of …
Knife forged with two sections of a boat chain link from Louis XIV ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Hello everyone, This is a unique piece. Knife forged with two sections of a boat chain link from Louis XIV: King of France, Call the Sun King. (1630 to 1715) the heart of the blade and make up 6 carbon steel sections to continue rendering the pattern. The case and tattoo of a frigate: bateay used...
The best iron bearing sand in Japan, (for tamahagane).
Jul 3, 2007 · Sanin district, including the northern part of Yamaguti, Simane and Tottori prefectures, is one of districts noted for iron sand deposits in Japan. The sands may be classified as follows : (1) Mount iron sand, originated in biotite granites and diorites. (2) Beach iron sand in the quaternary period. (3) Terrace iron sand in the tertiary period.
Hunting knife forged in Damascus - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Nov 6, 2023 · Create my own steel from iron ore, and so much in the blacksmithing world; Author; Share; Posted November ...