Don Ross did excavations at a Confederate powder mill in Arkadelphia,
Arkansas, back in the 1990s. A short write-up of it appeared in the
Arkansas Archeologist. Frankly, he didn't find much.

Ross, Don
1995
A Confederate Armament Works in Arkadelphia (3CL283). The Arkansas
Archeologist: Bulletin of the Arkansas Archeological Society 34: 83–91.

Carl

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Bob Skiles <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Almost all American gunpowder manufacture was patterned [poached] directly
> from the British designs-and-practices, so you are likely to find the
> publications of the Faversham Organization, who manage the historic
> gunpowder factory sites of Britain, of value. Unfortunately none is
> available online, but all must be ordered via post on their webpage (which
> related webpages offer some little additional historical images and
> information of interest, but mainly only enough intended as sufficient bait
> to provoke a visit by a tourist), here:
>
> http://www.faversham.org/history/explosives/publications.aspx
>
> The key thing about these folks at Faversham to note is that not only were
> they an outgrowth and continuation of the 400-year-old British gunpowder
> industry [as was yours], but the period of production there overlaps yours
> quite nicely: "During a key period in the United Kingdom’s history - from
> 1874 till 1919 - Faversham was the main centre of its explosives industry."
> There were six factories in all." ... AND ... I think you may likely find
> in the Hagley archives evidence that the DuPont engineers had gathered
> research on the design of the Faversham mills which they incorporated in
> building their own.
>
>
>
> On 10/23/2015 9:55 AM, Ashley S McCuistion wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> My name is Ashley McCuistion and I am currently conducting research for
>> my Master's Thesis on a black powder mill site in western Pennsylvania. The
>> site was built sometime in the late 19th or early 20th century, and was
>> owned by the DuPont Company from 1904 to the 1940s. I have been struggling
>> to find information about archaeological projects conducted on similar
>> sites in the United States, and I was hoping that someone on the listserv
>> may be able to help. Has anyone done any research on black powder mills,
>> particularly on the east coast?
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Ashley McCuistion
>>
>> Graduate Assistant
>> Department of Anthropology
>> G12 McElhaney Hall
>> Indiana University of Pennsylvania
>> Indiana, PA 15705
>> (804)725-8088
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>>
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