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    Need info for 20 stamp Gold Mill....Build

    Have a old western scale models 20 stamp Gold Mill kit I want to start on this Winter?? My [QUESTION] is I want to make the mill the main focal point on the layout besides the mill.. what can I model outside the mill to go along with the mill build?? or building that would support the mill?...Operation of the mill is on the top of my list to. Layout space should not be a problem as my Wife has no interest in the basement at all it's all Mine :up:
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    Just off the top of my head, I'd suggest a boiler house, an assay office, retort building (this is where they boiled off the mercury from the amalgam). Oh, and perhaps a small building for the mill office, and possibly a blacksmith's shop.

    The former owner of Western Scale Models still sells some great books on mining and milling, which you might find very helpful:

    http://www.westernpublications.net

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    • #3
      Dependent on the area in which you are going to set your mill, one could model:

      --Machine shop

      --Slag pile/slope

      --Boiler house/shed with coal/wood shed or pile

      --Office

      --Wood shop

      --Trestle(s) and extra shop

      --Storage and drying sheds/structures

      --Flue and water tank(s) for water supply

      --Power transformer/electrical generation shed or structure(s)

      --Arial Trams and associated tram house

      --Outhouses and mining shacks

      -- I concur with the idea of a blacksmith's shop too! Great idea Ray.

      See the following link for a picture of the Silver Lake Mill in the Colorado San Juans. This was a much larger mill, but one can glean a lot of ideas by zooming in on the picture.

      -- http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm...oll22/id/14957 --

      Look forward to following your build.

      -- KP --

      Life is to short to build all of the models I want to.

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      • #4
        Thanks Ray,& Kris Thanks for the Great Info .....Ill have to try and get pictures of all the items you guy's gave me and do my homework. The Arial tram & tram house what would that be used for?? hauling dirt from another area to be processed in the mill? Craig

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        • #5
          Forgot to mention I will be modeling western US lot's of pine tree's and mountains !!!!

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          • #6
            Aerial trams were used in some places to deliver ore from the mine(s) to the mill, from as little as a few hundred feet away, to several miles distant. Usually a tram would be used at sites where the terrain was too steep/rough for other forms of transportation. If you are using your railroad to haul ore from the mine to the mill, then a tram would most likely not be needed.

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            • #7
              Have a lot to learn[:-bigeyes2] Bought a Book on E-bay last week...A Road to Riches the Randsburg Railway and Mining District. Its all about Gold & silver mining in the western US I hope this Book will answer a lot of Questions I have on setting up and building my Mill..

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              • #8
                Craig,

                I strongly encourage you to consider the mining books written by Bill of Western Scale Models. These books will for sure answer your questions on how the mills and mines in the western US worked. Almost every sentence will provide you with useful information!!

                I have access to the Western Museum of Mining and Industry library which I visit for research. In addition, the library at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Golden is about 15 minutes from my home. One of the RR-club I'm in used to meet in the Narrow Gauge museum library. Even with these outstanding resource libraries close by, I still think the books from Western Scale Models are my best resource for modeling.

                Just my opinion, but I really do think you will be pleased with the information contained in the books. Don't forget that Bill has a PHD in this subject, and as a model maker he has provided us with the information to answer our modeling questions.
                -- KP --

                Life is to short to build all of the models I want to.

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                • #9
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                  Originally posted by hon3_rr

                  Craig,

                  I strongly encourage you to consider the mining books written by Bill of Western Scale Models. These books will for sure answer your questions on how the mills and mines in the western US worked. Almost every sentence will provide you with useful information!!

                  I have access to the Western Museum of Mining and Industry library which I visit for research. In addition, the library at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Golden is about 15 minutes from my home. One of the RR-club I'm in used to meet in the Narrow Gauge museum library. Even with these outstanding resource libraries close by, I still think the books from Western Scale Models are my best resource for modeling.

                  Just my opinion, but I really do think you will be pleased with the information contained in the books. Don't forget that Bill has a PHD in this subject, and as a model maker he has provided us with the information to answer our modeling questions.

                  I agree with Kris 100%. I've started a 20 stamp mill using Bill's book.

                  The book comes with the plans on how to build the mill.

                  Plus Wild West Models will be coming out with all the machines for the mill.
                  Jerry



                  "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." A. Lincoln

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                  • #10
                    Ok guy's...[^] I'm going to have to put the western scale models books on my Buy List

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                    • #11
                      The size of this model will be the focal point, and your winter building it.There are a few Gazettes that have wexcellent plans and articlaes on this. Google it.= STEVE AKERS
                      Steve\'s scratchin\' HO

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                      • #12
                        i HAVE A great dvd ON Rio Grande Southern thast has a clinic on easy BIG pines. Ask me about it- you can borrow it. Steve[:-angel]
                        Steve\'s scratchin\' HO

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                        • #13
                          Steve, Thanks for the info..[^] Ill call you this evening. Craig

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                          • #14
                            One thing needed for the underground workings of a mine is compressed air.

                            The drills were pneumatic and the fresh air they expelled provided breathing air for the miners.

                            Many mill had flotation tanks for retrieving the ore.

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