stamp mill
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stamp mill
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
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She was standing in Lake Linden, near the ruins of a stamp mill for the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company, for years the leading copper producer in the world.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 25, 2018
“There is also a little tramway between the Ellison and the stamp mill, replicating the JB Hagen that used to pull ore cars back and forth on the high line,” Roesler said.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 2, 2015
For alluvial mining it will throw a powerful jet at 100 lb. to 120 lb. pressure, or by means of a belt will drive an experimental quartz crusher or stamp mill.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 by Various
Until the good angel arrives, they are so much crumbling red rock or white crystal; but with the erection of a stamp mill, within wagon distance, they become valuable.
From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward
"How about bringing in a stamp mill and turn your hill into a regular outfit?"
From Connie Morgan in the Fur Country by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)
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