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Stamper battery model; Mr Dunlop; 1904; XTS.16
Name/Title
Stamper battery model
Stamper battery model
About this object
Stamper battery model; an instructional model of a stamper battery. Includes the main stamper structure, the Pelton wheel, the ore run or guttering, the amalgam plates, a berdan and the wheel pulley.
This model of a stamper battery was made for Thames School of Mines in 1904. A stamper battery was used in hard rock mining to crush the gold bearing ore into powder to recover the gold. This relatively simple process produced an average recovery rate of just over 50% in the Thames gold field. This low recovery rate was one of the factors that led to the establishment of the Thames School of Mines.
For more information about Thames School of Mines, which is cared for by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga, visit our website.
Stamper battery model; an instructional model of a stamper battery. Includes the main stamper structure, the Pelton wheel, the ore run or guttering, the amalgam plates, a berdan and the wheel pulley.
This model of a stamper battery was made for Thames School of Mines in 1904. A stamper battery was used in hard rock mining to crush the gold bearing ore into powder to recover the gold. This relatively simple process produced an average recovery rate of just over 50% in the Thames gold field. This low recovery rate was one of the factors that led to the establishment of the Thames School of Mines.
For more information about Thames School of Mines, which is cared for by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga, visit our website.
Maker
Mr Dunlop
Mr Dunlop
Maker Role
Builder
Builder
Date Made
1904
1904
Medium and Materials
wood
wood
Measurements
40 x 45 x 78cm
40 x 45 x 78cm
Credit Line
Collection of Thames School of Mines, New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga
Collection of Thames School of Mines, New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga
Object Type
Model
Model
Object number
XTS.16
XTS.16
