Our "5" Stamp Mill – Mariposa Museum History Center
This is a five stamp mill used to crush ore (quartz) to particles to the size of sand. Releasing the gold from the quartz. Each stamp weighs 1,000 pounds and drops 8 inches 100 times per minute for a total weight of 100,000 pounds per minute per stamp. This mill was in operation for many years at the GOLD KEY MINE, in the Whitlock mining ...