Posted by Jenna Darter on August 16, 1999 at 14:16:14 from cp16.telemedia.ca:
I've been reading Pigeon Post again. What a wonderful book! I remember someone here posted an explanation of why the smelting didn't work - something to do with the chemical properties of copper. Does anyone know whether the blast furnace would have been successful if what they had found had actually been gold?