“You’re going to use those bricks?” Ben pointed to some bricks which marked the location of the furnaces.
“I was calculatin’ to. But first we’ve got to remember that we’ve got to have a furnace, too.”
“We have? What for?”
“Why, we’ve got to melt our gold—after we git it.”
“O! Well, why not leave that part of the old furnace that’s standing there?”
“I was a-thinkin’ of doin’ that. We’ll build a rough chimney on the outside.”
“Then we’ll have to have a crucible.”
“Yes; that’s another thing I was goin’ to mention. Ever seen it done—gold melted in one?”
“Yes; I’ve been watching them do it in Smith’s assay office.”
“O, you have, have you?”