Key's Key To Steel Making

City Engineer George Key recently devised a process for making steel direct from iron ore without going through the intermediate process such as is used by Bessemer people.

Anything that will lessen the cost of the manufacture of steel means an immense fortune to the inventor, as steel is so extensively used.

It is understood that Mr. Key's process consists of allowing the melted iron to pour over a fall and then forcing jets of steam through it as it falls. This burns out the carbon.

To get a good quality of steel in his process requires a great degree of heat. It was tried in Detroit and could not be obtained. Yesterday it was attempted at the engineering laboratory and Robert Winslow produced such a heat that the malleable cast steel came out a big success. It may be that Mr. Key has a big fortune within his grasp.