The gold was found using this Stamp Mill. This is the only original working Stamp Mill in the state of Georgia. One of two in the Southeast. Due to the fact that this Stamp Mill is over 100 years old and parts are almost impossible to find we do not run it all day long, but we do try to run it 2-3 times daily for a short period of time.

Typical late 19th-century western-US stamp mill The first authenticated discovery of gold occurred on the Cabarrus County farm of John Reed in 1799, sparking the nation's first gold rush. During its peak years, more than a million dollars of gold was recovered a year, making North Carolina a leader in gold production until 1848.

Stamp Mill Design. The stamp mill 's battery evolved, no doubt, from the pestle and mortar was not introduced until a comparatively recent date. Beckmann states that mortars, mills, and sieves were used exclusively in Germany throughout the whole of the 15th century, and in France stamps were unknown as late as the year 1579.

Geology - Gold Mines Desert Mining History Stamp Mill A stamp mill was a mechanical crusher, noisy, heavy and somewhat awkward to operate. The stamps were heavy metal weights that were lifted and dropped on the ore by a crankshaft. The crushed ore would then be further refined, usually by a mercury or cyanide process. ...

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