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Excerpt from Shelters, Shacks & Shanties, 1914.
Hearthstones and Fireplaces
All parts of the top are of wood and they are simple to make.
The handle is a piece of pine, 5-1/4 in. long, 1-1/4 in. wide
and 3/4 in. thick. A handle, 3/4 in. in diameter, is formed
on one end, allowing only 1-1/4 in. of the other end to remain
rectangular in shape. Bore a 3/4 in. hole in this end for
the top.
A 1/16 in. hole is bored in the edge to enter the large hole
as shown. The top can be cut from a broom handle or a round
stick of hardwood.
Fireplace
in author's cabin, and suggestion for stone and wood mantel.
In erecting the fireplace for your cabin, the stone work should
extend into the cabin itself, thus protecting the ends of
the logs from the fire. The stone over the top of the fireplace
(A, B, Fig. 274) rests upon two iron bars; these iron bars
are necessary for safety because, although the stone A, B
may bridge the fireplace successfully, the settling of the
chimney or the heat of the fire is liable to crack the stone,
in which case, unless it is supported by two flat iron bars,
it will fall down and wreck your fireplace. The stone A, B
in Fig. 275, has been cracked for fifteen years but, as it
rests upon the flat iron bars beneath, the crack does no harm.
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