Iron Making in the Olden Times: as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of DeanNicholls, H. G. (Henry George)
History
Iron Making in the Olden Times: as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean
Nicholls, H. G. (Henry George)
Iron -- History; Iron industry and trade -- England
"Other Charges to be deducted and alowed out of the
Furnace profits.
_li._ _s._ _d._
To a Stock 16 00 00
Taker p An.
To a Clerk 40 00 00
To a Carpinter 6 13 04
Other Reprs of 12 00 00
the Furnace
(coib annis)
For travelling 05 00 00
Charges to the
Clerk to sell
iron
To two Wood 20 00 00
Clerks p An.
And for Sacks 20 00 00
and Hurdles p
An.
Totall 119 13 04
"Charges of Product of the Forge.
"The Forge will make Coibus Annis 150 Tunn wch will yield genrally 16li
10s p Tunn, although now debased by the late mispending of the Stock.
"Charges to make a Tunn of Barr Iron.
"Three Load of Coales will make a Tunn of Barr Iron, whereof one may be
brasses, but sett it at three Loade,
_li._ _s._ _d._
The Cutting, 02 02 00
Cording,
Coaling, and
Carriage will
amount unto
And 2650 weight 08 12 00
of Sow Iron
will make one
Tunn of Barr
Iron, wch said
2650 weight of
Sow Iron at 6li
10s p Tun
amounts unto
And to the 01 00 00
Workmen (viz.)
Raffiners and
Hammermen
11 14 00
Produce 150 2475 0 0
Tunn at 16li
10s 0d p Tun
amounts p an.
to
Charges at 11li 1740 0 0
14s 0d p Tun as
aforesaid
amounts to
Remaynes cleare 735 0 0
"Other Charges to be allowed out of the yearly
pfitts of the Forge.
_li._ _s._ _d._
To a Clerk p 25 0 0
Ann.
To a Stock 16 0 0
taker
To a Carpinter 09 13 4
For other 20 0 0
Reprs, as Oyle,
Greese, &c.,
Coibus Annis
64 13 4
_li._ _s._ _d._
Totall of the 5609 18 8
Furnace,
deducting the
Officers' Fees,
&c., is
Totall of the 0667 06 8
Forge,
deducting the
Officers' Fees,
&c., p An. is
6277 5 4
So considerable a balance each year, from one furnace and a single forge,
admits of comparison with the profits made by ironmasters now.
The Commissioners further report that all necessary appliances existed on
the spot:--
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