and smelting furnaces that turns a line of ore and coal into plates. There are many different ways to build a smelting array, but the most popular is a symmetrical line of two rows of furnaces ...

Swiss archaeologist Eric Huysecom and cameraman Bernard Augustoni work with 13 master smelters to recreate the building of a traditional furnace for smelting iron in Mali. There has not been any ...

While other fuel sources can run the furnace, these two fuel sources will make the smelting process faster. Smooth Stone is often required for building structures and as such a significant number ...