[colorcountry]

Obviously there ARE iron smelting sites. This is not one of them, nor is this the appropriate time frame for what you wish to prove by evidence.

Steel? Now that is entirely a different matter.

[sevenbak]

The time frame is not in question, it’s all over the chronological map. The Book of Ether clearly states that the Jaredites were also smelting iron to be used in swords, and that was loooong before the Nephites.

It is you who are looking to disprove by evidence or lack thereof, I clearly stated quite the opposite, that ‘evidence’ will get you nowhere. If you wish to argue, take it someplace else please.