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stamp mill

American  
[stamp mil] / ˈstæmp ˌmɪl /
Also stamping mill

noun

Mining.
  1. a mill or machine in which ore is crushed to powder by means of heavy stamps or pestles.


stamp mill British  

noun

  1. metallurgy a machine for crushing ore

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of stamp mill

First recorded in 1740–50

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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

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 Geraldine Bonner

Bradlaugh was president of the O. A. C., and Western representative of the syndicate that owned the big mine and stamp mill to the south of town.

From Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor by Burt L. Standish

The method of taking gold from the rock is first by blasting, and afterward grinding the rock in a stamp mill, which reduces it to powder, after which the gold is separated by refining processes.

From Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation by Mary Huston Gregory

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