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Definition of Stamp mill
1. Noun. A mill in which ore is crushed with stamps.
Specialized synonyms: Battery, Stamp Battery, Quartz Battery, Quartz Mill
Generic synonyms: Factory, Manufactory, Manufacturing Plant, Mill
Definition of Stamp mill
1. Noun. type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stamp Mill
Literary usage of Stamp mill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the by John Ross Browne (1869)
"The Wild- man, 1130 feet, is down 530 feet, and has drifted 200 feet, but the
12-stamp mill is employed in doing custom-work ; the Mahoney has been working ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Nature seldom furnishes a place that combines all the essentials of a good stamp
mill site. The principal of these are an abundant water supply, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Where the stamp mill cannot be built low enough to enable the rock cars to ...
The function of the stamp mill is to crush the rock fine enough to be able to ..."
4. The Mineral Industry (1899)
"Stamp-mill Practice at the Utica ... Seven men per 24 hours, besides the
superintendent, operate the 60-stamp mill. In 1897 the total cost of milling, ..."
5. Report of J. Ross Browne on the Mineral Resources of the States and by John Ross Browne (1868)
"The Wild- man, 1130 feet, is down 530 feet, and has drifted 200 feet, but the
12-stamp mill is employed in doing custom-work ; the Mahoney has been working ..."
6. Proceedings by Alabama Industrial and Scientific Society (1891)
"The crushed ore falls into the ore bins at a point opposite the stamp mill, hence
it receives hard ore mostly while the Huntington receives the softer parts ..."
7. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1896)
"Small waste of coal. /. Ability to treat with good results materials not closely
sized. Milling Arizona Gold-Ores with a "Colorado" Stamp-Mill. ..."
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