Stamping Mills

[Trees]

Hi,
has anyone any idea what a 10 yr old boy would do in a Stamping Mill in 1763?
I know it was a place where tin ore was crushed by "Stamps"
Trees

[Little Nell]

I think you need to look at sites to do with the history of tin mining.  Try here:

http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/Mining%20In%20Cornwall.htm
or here:

http://www.cornwallwalks.co.uk/asps/Extra5.asp

Nell

[Trees]

Many thanks Nell,
 that second link really explains the process poor little mite it looks like he spent his days beating Keeves with a mallet no wonder he moved on after 2 years though he moved down  the mine which wasn't a picnic either.
Now I need a picture of a "Mill"
Trees