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Posted: 18 Oct 2016


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California
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mining
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Golden Gate
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stamp mill
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hopper
Joshua Hendy Iron Works


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Stamp hopper close-up

Stamp hopper close-up
Golden Gate stamp mill, showing one of the hoppers where the stamps stamped. The manufacturer's label reads, "Joshua Hendy Iron Works S.F. Cal." Yes, in the early 20th century there was heavy industry in San Francisco!

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 Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)
Don Barrett (aka DBs… club
Probably somewhere near this: SF SOMA Coppersmiths (0497)
7 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Just down the street, no doubt! And remember that the Broken Hill fluorspar mine, near Gabbs, sold their product to the steel mills in the Bay area. It closed ca. 1957--
7 years ago.

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