k fire is depicted through Fig.14.

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which is intended to last for several hours. This
type of fire is commonly useful in dealing with
large pieces, when a heat may have to be kept
for sometime. The job or work has to be turned
in all directions to ensure uniform heating of
the job. Such fire is made up around a block of
the desired size which is placed near the tuyer
nozzle and upon which coal damped with water
that is closely built into the form of a mound
or stock. Fine coal or pulverized coal is
suitable for use in stock fire. The block is then
withdrawn from the bed of the hearth with a
turning force to prevent the stock from being broken and a tunnel is thus formed with an
opening at the top. The fire is then lighted in the hollow space. From the bottom of the tunnel
a small amount of coal is removed and a cavity is formed in the place in to which clinker may
fall. Here the work is heated, being carefully covered with freshly coke fuel from time to time
as the fire burns away.