1763 a calculation for making 500 tons of pig iron at Sowley[Beaulieu Hants]
1000 coalfires of charcoal at 32s £1600
875 tns ore at 27s a tn £1181
limestone & other necessaries for fluxion £125
hearth, bellows [et sim -running expenses] £160
workmens wages £250
incidental expenses £50
total £3466
producing 500 tons pig iron at £7 a tn= £3500
from A Bartlett T/S history- from sources at Beaulieu ; copy there and at
Hampshire Record office
Jeremy Greenwood
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