Show IRON IN CHINA how the manufacture ng industry Is carr ed on in that country lion in china is made by mixing tour parts of the ore one pan of de composed coal dust and one part of small coal the mixture Is placed in crucibles each about 18 inches deep and ga inches in diameter the en cibley are heated in a f arnace hav ing walls abo it three feet high and a floor four feet b 6 feet which is covered with clay and spread with a laser of coarse coat to a height of seven inches or eight inches above the clay the furnace holds about 60 of these crucibles the space between them is filled with small coal and on top Is placed a thie einch layer of small coal followed by a layer of cinders and ashes of the same depth about 16 hours of strong heat suffices to convert the mixture into a mass of carbon iron says the iron age chis is made into wro ight iron by re heating over a wood fire and by ham mering it when red hot |