Maine Forges & Mines

This is the public outreach channel for the Maine Blacksmith's Guild, the oldest blacksmithing organization in the Americas. The Guild also sponsors an Artisanal Mining Program, which champions a path forward for small miners, in an ever hostile world to the mineral estate. Here we use & teach traditional metallurgy, geology, responsible resource management, safe extraction and environmental stewardship to protect our industrial heritage and our cultural birthright to use the Earth to create.