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Askot Bokbondeler

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bog iron
« on: January 03, 2010, 11:27:58 pm »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_iron

twas good enough for vikings, and could be a source of iron for non digging civilizations, like humans or gobs
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Re: bog iron
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2010, 11:36:40 pm »
I like it it would sort of be an iron found in aquifer layers or near aquifer layers. but not bleed water
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Re: bog iron
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2010, 12:00:09 am »
Good idea and a good complement to this thread.
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Askot Bokbondeler

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Re: bog iron
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2010, 12:01:48 am »
as i've read in here http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/bog_iron.htm they dug up the peat from bogs and extracted pea sized pebbles of bog ore, we could do that in a way simillar to sand extraction, with several bags of peat wielding an iron bar
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