Well let me try it again. When you "work" gold you do not change the chemical composition of the original metal - all you do is purify the material and make of it what you want.
When you make steel you change the compostion of several metals and other ingredients and make a new metal. It is a chemical process, not just a melting process. Does that make sense? Melting materials and making an object out of it is easy and has been around a long time. Not quite so true of making steel. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott McGee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [ZION] Metallurgy in Ancient America > Right, that makes more sense. One is the process of melting metal from > ore and working the metal, the other is more, uh, well, melting metal > from ore, and, hmm, working the metal. > > Maybe that doesn't make much sense after all. > > Scott > > George Cobabe wrote: > > >I think that there is a difference between melting and working gold and the > >making of metal alloys such as steel. I think that is what is being > >objected to when they say they was no metal working. > > > >George > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "John W. Redelfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 8:20 PM > >Subject: [ZION] Metallurgy in Ancient America > > > > > > > > > >>http://www.geotimes.org/aug03/resources.html > >> > >>I found an article on mining and metallurgy in ancient America, mostly in > >>NW South America. I have heard some object to the Book of Mormon on > >>grounds that there has been no evidence of a metal working culture in > >>American archaeology. Apparently I'm missing something. Isn't gold a > >>metal? And didn't the Spanish conquistadors take mountains of gold back > >> > >> > >to > > > > > >>the Old World even to the point of causing a great inflation? Undoubtedly > >>I just don't understand the objection being made. To be honest, I haven't > >>made a study of it, apologetics not being one of my strong interests. > >> > >>Question: Do we yet know where Lehi landed in the Americas, and where the > >>earliest Lehite colonies were? Is it still generally thought that he > >>landed on the coast of modern Chile, or was that ever a popular theory? > >> > >>John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>=========================================== > >>"There is no place in this work for those who believe only > >>in the gospel of doom and gloom. The gospel is good > >>news. It is a message of triumph." --Gordon B. Hinckley > >>=========================================== > >>All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR > >> > >> > >> > >> > >/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / > >// > > > > > >>/// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > >>/// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > >> > >> > >> > >/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / > >/ > > > > > >> > >> > >> > > > >/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// > >/// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > >/// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > >/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // > > > > > > > > > > -- > The family that prays together, stays together. > ----------------------------------------------- > Scott McGee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > web site: http://themcgees.org/scott/ > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / > > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------
