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
That’s why we all chipped in for the stamp mill and the cyanide 48 plant.
From The Heart of Canyon Pass by Holmes, Thomas K.
Then he politely asked Uncle Peter to show Mrs. Drelmer and himself through the stamp mill.
From The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation by Wilson, Harry Leon
Facing ahead he caught, faint and thin, the roar of the Crystal Star's stamp mill.
From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Bonner, Geraldine
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