Vinland 5 - L'Anse aux Meadows NL - 8/21/10

Combined DARC and Parks Canada team
CLOCK ELAPSED EVENT AIR CHARCOAL     ORE    
    Vinland 5 - L'Anse aux Meadows   UNIT COUNT TOTAL UNIT COUNT TOTAL
      S/S bucket   kg scoop   kg
        (‚ 1.75 kg)     (‚ .550 kg)   0.28
                   
10:00   start wood splints pre-heat              
11:25   gentle air              
11:30 (1:30) fill with ungraded charcoal       4.00      
    main sequence start              
11:47 :17 first graded charcoal   1 1 5.75      
11:52   air measure in strokes per second 93            
11:59 :12     1 2 7.50      
12:02   air measure in strokes per second 84            
12:10 :11     1 3 9.25      
12:15 (:45) column heated, first ore charge         1 1 0.55
12:16   air measure in strokes per second 104            
12:20 :10     1 4 11.00 1 2 1.1
12:30   air measure in strokes per second 96       1 3 1.65
12:36 :16     1 5 12.75      
12:49 0:13 multiple ore - combined / charcoal 92 1 6 14.50 2 5 2.75
13:02 0:13     1 7 16.25 1 6 3.3
13:05   air measure in strokes per second 84            
13:14 0:09     1 8 18.00 2 8 4.4
13:20   air measure in strokes per second 104            
13:24   air measure in strokes per second 92            
13:30 :16     1 9 19.75 1 9 4.95
13:47 0:17     1 10 21.50 3 12 6.6
13:49   air measure in strokes per second 92            
14:03 :15     1 11 23.25 2 14 7.7
14:05   air measure in strokes per second 80            
14:16 :12     1 12 25.00 2 16 8.8
14:17   slag tapped              
14:27 :11     1 13 26.75 2 18 9.9
14:29   air measure in strokes per second 96            
14:45 :18     1 14 28.50 3 21 11.55
14:46   air measure in strokes per second 88            
12:59 :14     1 15 30.25 4 25 13.75
15:03   slag tapped              
15:05   air measure in strokes per second 96            
15:18 :19     1 16 32.00 5 30 16.5
15:20   air measure in strokes per second 96            
15:29 :11     1 17 33.75 balance   20
    extra bucket to cover   1 18 35.50      
15:59 (4:30) extraction              
                   
  TOTALS Time - include pre-heat 6 hours            
    Charcoal - include rough 35.5 kg            
    Ore - DD2 20 kg            
    Bloom Yield 2.8 kg            
    % Yield 14%            

Last Updated on 9/5/10
By Darrell Markewitz