Kristin Schimik's "Quiet Fires of All Degrees" - Response

I find it interesting on how Kristin Schimik makes use of the concept of scale and time in her narrative to not only be aware of the iron ores and mining companies, but everything beyond that like the mountains, the metal machines, and the stars. It provides a better "light" or view on iron and those related to it, like the hot fires with the Big Bang in terms of burning into metals. Personally, the only comparison I had made back when I was young was with the moon and how it acted as something as a nightlight (or was it the stars with lightbulbs?).