I spent several years excavating and processing the remains of an early Saxon iron working site including ore preroasting, charcoal making, various types of smelting furnace`s including a 0.9m dia furnace with running chanel into a slag tapping pit .
insitu in the tapping pit were the tail ends of the slag run.
many of these were shaped like a hand with long "fingers"
A great freind of mine Charles Blick --now deceased-- who had been at some time Past President of The Historical Metallergy Society called them "prills" and explained the way they had been formed in the final stages of the run
I hope this is of some help
regards Pat.
John Mayo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Ta muchly = thanks very much, where I come from (Australia). Nothing to
do with mining there though.
John
SERVICE CULTUREL L'ARGENTIERE wrote:
> Does anyone have any explanation for these terms, please?
>
> picking for prills
>
> chatts and ragging =
>
> chilled (concerning steel crunchers)
>
> toggles (in a jawcruncher)
>
> Ta muchly
>
> Ian
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