[TheForge] refining of hematite and.od black sand

[Bruce Freeman]

Seems to me Thomas Edison spent a small fortune on research to do this
- unsuccessfully.   I don't know the details.  I think it was written
up as an article for Technology and Invention several years ago.

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 2:41 PM, David Childress <trollkeep at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been contacted by a prospecting group that wants to make
> something useful out of the blacksand and hematite that they get
> trying to find gold.  I am going to present to them what I know, but I
> have never dealt with this form of "ore".  I would think that you
> could make wrought or pure iron with a bloomery.  Is there anything
> special that you would have to do because of the particle size?  This
> soulds like a fun project but I do not need too many failed attempts.
> Anybody know about this?
>
> David Childress
> Rocky Forge Blacksmith Guild
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Bruce
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The total lack of evidence is the surest sign that the conspiracy is working.