we are getting closer

Hey,
Things here in Alaska are moving along, we just got word that some more coke we are having shipped up is ready to be loaded on a ship, which should arrive in the next week or so.
We are continuing to collect Iron . We plan on using mostly automotive scrap brake drums, rotors and exhaust manifolds. there is still a lot of breaking to do.
More people have signed up to join us in Wiseman .

Logistics are the key to that pour. From my house in Palmer AK we will be driving approximately 650 miles to Wiseman. we will be driving up the Parks Highway Past the entrance to Denali National Park. up to Fairbanks AK. Then on to wiseman we will be on the Dalton highway or as it is known in Alaska the Haul road. Its called the Haul road as it was built to allow equipment and supplies to be trucked to the oil fields on the edge of the Arctic Ocean.

The haul road from Fairbanks to Wiseman is about 250 miles and about 100 is paved the rest being maintained gravel road. On arrival in Wiseman Pop13 year round residents. we will set up at the Wiseman Community center which is near the bank of the Koyokuk river. A beautiful setting.

Wiseman is a village off the grid, no public electricity and no running water. the only electricity is what the residents generate themselves by fuel or wind.

So as I said logistics is everything. we will be hauling all of our food and equipment including coke ,iron molds, etc the whole distance. the crews coming from Houston will have come thousands of miles to reach Wiseman and are bringing the furnace.
We will need to be self sufficient as the nearest hardware or grocery store will be over 200 miles away.