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stamp battery [′stamp ‚bad·ə·rē] (mining engineering) A machine for crushing very strong ores or rocks; consists essentially of a crushing member (gravity stamp) which is dropped on a die, the ore being crushed in water between the shoe and the die. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It's got stories of a camping trip to find the lost town of Candelaria (turned out people were still living there), mapping out endless dirt roads with friends and beer and fireworks, sleeping in a hammock in an abandoned stamp mill, and a re-print of some of Nell Murbarger's flowery accounts of ghost town exploration in the 1930s to '60s You also get directions on how to build a UFO out of straws, candies and a laundry bag. Across the way, you can view the mine shaft, which descends 4,650 feet and boasts one tunnel that ends more than two miles from the top; and there are the blacksmith, machine and welding shops, as well as stamp mill foundations and other partial structures, to see. An amalgamation 4-head stamp mill was built on Victoria Gulch and a gravity tramway connected this to the mine. |
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