stamp-mill

They had a small stamp-mill, run by mule power; and a large number of sluice-boxes.

Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers John A. Hill

The wheel driving the stamp-mill is 6 feet in diameter, makes 300 revolutions a minute, and is supplied through a 1-3/16 inch nozzle.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 Various

This way of separating the gold was too slow, and in a short time the stamp-mill was invented.

The Western United States A Geographical Reader

Joe ran awhile on the road again and then took a job as chief-engineer of a big stamp-mill in Arizona, and going there he was lost to myself and the men on the road, and finally the Black Prince robbery passed into history, and nothing remained but the tradition, a sort of a myth of the mountains, like Captain Kidd's treasures, the amount only being increased by time.

Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers John A. Hill

Up to the left of the stamp-mill, not far from the main office, was a square, red-painted building, up whose steps, just as the bell in the brick store's tower struck the set time, a procession of clean-faced miners went in and a procession of grimy ones came out.

The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Frederick Vining Fisher

This is a very crude apparatus, and is employed even now by miners who cannot afford to procure a stamp-mill.

The Western United States A Geographical Reader

"My head seems to have a small-sized stamp-mill inside of it; every bone in my body aches, and my joints feel as though they were being pulled apart."

At the Time Appointed J. N. [Illustrator] Marchand

He neglected his own stamp-mill that the work might be carried out to a successful issue.

Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope

An old stamp-mill, closed for the time, but in charge of three men who were making preparations to resume work, was passed the next day.

Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico

But when the snows came and winter set in, he dared not take the long tramps, but hugged the fire at his boarding-house, read his little Testament, and tried in vain to find one spot out of hearing of the noise of tramping feet, the roar of the stamp-mill, and the hoarse laughter and rude stories and language of the men ever coming and going.

The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Frederick Vining Fisher