Forest City GPS *** N39' 29.364 W 120' 51.212 *** elev. 4400'     STAMP MILL THIS MILL USED TO CRUSH QUARTZ ROCK IN ORDER TO EXTRACT GOLD, WAS FIRST LOCATED AT THE DEL NORTE AND SCOTIA MINE IN FRENCH RAVINE, NEAR ALLEGHANY, AN AREA WHICH WAS SUFFERING FROM AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES. THE ALLEGHANY LODE WAS THE PUREST POCKET OF GOLD IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS MILL WAS BUILT IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1901 BY THE KROGH MFG. CO. AND WAS BROUGHT TO THIS AREA BY MULE TEAMS. IT WEIGHS 8750 POUNDS, AND WAS ORDERED BY E.L. CRAFTS OF FOREST CITY FOR USE AT THE MINE. IT HAD THE CAPACITY TO CRUSH 8 TO 14 TONS OF ROCK A DAY. THIS MILL WAS USED UNTIL THE MINE CEASED OPERATION IN 1949. THIS MILL IS A TRIPLE-DISCHARGE DOUBLE STAMP 1000 LB. MILL, DRIVEN BY A 10 HP HORIZONTAL ENGINE AND LOCOMOTIVE BOILER. IN COOPERATION WITH THE US FOREST SERVICE AND THE FOREST CITY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, THE CLAMPERS OF DOWNIEVILLE CHAPER 1849 FUNDED AND REFURBISHED THIS MILL TO BE OPERATIONAL. CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM DEDICATED JUNE 20, 2009 MAJOR WILLIAM DOWNIE CHAPTER 1849, E CLAMPUS VITUS Back to Index Next Plaque |
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