stamp mill
noun
,
Mining.
1.
a mill or machine in which ore is crushed to powder by means of heavy stamps or pestles.
Also,
stamping mill
.
Origin
1740-50
Examples from the web for
stamp mill
It contains a five-
stamp mill
and other equipment used to pulverize ore and recover gold.
It has been said that when the last
stamp mill
ceased operating, the town was so quiet that people could not sleep.
However, one company planned to erect a
stamp mill
to crush the petrified wood into industrial abrasives.
In nature's
stamp mill
they had been polished down until they represented a type.
British Dictionary definitions for
stamp mill
stamp mill
noun
1.
(
metallurgy
) a machine for crushing ore