Ironmasters will meet this year in conjunction with the

37TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE
March 15th-18th, 2007

Cavalier Hotel

Oceanfront at 42nd Street

Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451

Reservations: 1-800-446-8199

or on-line:  www.cavalierhotel.com

Ironmasters is a group of archaeologists, historians, and just people  
interested in the history of iron making. This years meeting will  
feature a bloomery smelt at Colonial Williamsburg (Saturday) and  
papers on early iron making.  The following papers are already  
scheduled. But there is room for a few more. If you are interested  
please contact me.

Lyle Browning (Browning and Assoc, Ltd.)- Latest information from  
America's first ironworks, Falling Creek (1619-22). Just recently  
massive timbers have appeared as a result of erosion of the bank.  
These are 2-3' below Archibald Cary's Forge (1750-81). It is unclear  
at this time whether these are part of the ironwork's warf, dam, or  
actual structure. But excavation on the site should be underway prior  
to the conference.

Richard Veit (Monmouth Univ,) and Michael J. Gall (Richard Grubb and  
Associates)- Two late 18th century bloomeries in New Jersey, Leddell/ 
Frost Forge in Bernardsville and the Mendham Forge in Mendham, Morris  
County.  Both date from the late 18th century.

I will be giving a talk updating some of the information on the  
colonial blast furnaces of Virginia.

James Brothers, RPA
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