Men inside the stamp mill
Men working inside a stamp mill.
Name/Title
Men inside the stamp millEntry/Object ID
2025.1.1141Description
This black and white digital image shows eight men working inside the stamp mill of the Kennedy Gold Mine on and around the mercury tables. Batteries of stamps can be seen above the mercury tables. Each tray or table had 5 stamps above it. Notation added to the picture "The Kennedy Stamp Mill worked 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. It lifted 100 stamps each weighing 1250 pounds, 7 to 8 inches up 96 times a minute, crushing over 15,000 tons of ore a month. The noise it made could be heard two miles away." This image is located on a DVD labeled "Kennedy Mine Photos #5".Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
DigitalSubject
Stamp MillSubject Place
City
Jackson, CAContext
Source is noted as Carolyn Fregulia Photo is clearly a scanned image from an old photo as it shows the outline and creases in the photo.Collection
Kennedy Gold MineCategory
Photographs