A review of sample jars, culvert flow notes and mill operating cards finds a gap between the total in the public summary and the conditions recorded at the west discharge culvert. The difference does not prove that anyone misstated the file. It shows what the public count leaves out: the culvert flow rises after the late furnace rinse.
The sample jars, culvert flow notes and mill operating cards lists 62 samples with a time, flow and operating condition attached; the previous window lists 60. Grikka Ash checked both against crew logs compared with the inspection card for the same shift. The source was checked against a second copy held by Nera Brim. No dated correction to either copy was present when the comparison closed.
The mill tests at the end of a run. Residents ask for a sample during the rinse as well as after it. The office has not supplied a separate measure that would settle the disagreement, so the two explanations remain competing accounts.
This report supports a narrower finding: the count is repeatable, but it is not enough to decide how a discharge sample can be compared when flow changes across a shift.
An inspector checks the recorded condition at the work site. The Year second, cooling weeks window 2 file remains open for its scheduled decision. The sample desk will collect paired jars before and after the rinse.
