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Nov 21, 2019, 11:32 AM

We hunted iron like wild game, and iron-smelting families lived apart to preserve their secrets. Today we have a pretty clear idea of how they made iron – and it was a group project: time consuming and hard work. But it produced high returns in exchange. One could not divulge his source of ore. Nor the process. And the process is as much art as science.