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.

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stamp mill British  

noun

1. metallurgy a machine for crushing ore

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Etymology

Origin of stamp mill

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

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

It’s got everything else—saloons, gambling halls, honkytonks, stores, a bank, a hotel, a stamp mill, an express office, even a school, such as it is.

From The Heart of Canyon Pass by Holmes, Thomas K.

A short distance up the arroyo, toward the old abandoned stamp mill, there was a two-inch pipe of water which came down from the Patos spring, far up on the mountain side.

From Heart's Desire by Hough, Emerson

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