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Looking back at the millsite, Kelly up on right. My research: THE CONCENTRATION TABLE (altho not a good picture of it but a good picture can be found on the internet). AND THERE'S THE JAW CRUSHER UP ON TOP OF THE BUILDING.
The Wall Street Gold Mill is the most complete mill in the Joshua Tree/Twentynine Palms region and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 12 of 1975. Bill Keys opened the mill for business in 1931 and the story of how he put it all together is fascinating. Keys saw potential use in almost every bit of abandoned machinery he came across; he also purchased or filed on numerous mining claims throughout his life, acquiring machinery and equipment that he refurbished and put to use wherever needed.
http://npshistory.com/publications/jotr ... t-mill.pdf 1975: The stamp mill building is framed with heavy timber and built on a downward sloping hillside to take advantage of gravity in the milling process* The roof and some of the exterior walls are covered with corrugated sheet metal, while some of the exterior walls have either vertical or horizontal wooden siding,
At the top of the building a long wooden ramp supports the track of an ore tramway which carried ore from where it was unloaded from trucks to the top of the mill above the two-stamp Baker Iron Kbrks crusher, A gasoline engine powered the mill; it was built by the Western Gas Mgine Company of Los Angeles under patents dated 1906, It nad a speed of 3^0 revolutions per minute, A Myer concentrating table was used in separating the gold from the ore.
This mill building is generally in good condition, although missing various windows, some floor boards and a stair.
The Wall Street Gold Mill is the most complete mill in the Joshua Tree/Twentynine Palms region and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 12 of 1975. Bill Keys opened the mill for business in 1931 and the story of how he put it all together is fascinating. Keys saw potential use in almost every bit of abandoned machinery he came across; he also purchased or filed on numerous mining claims throughout his life, acquiring machinery and equipment that he refurbished and put to use wherever needed.
http://npshistory.com/publications/jotr ... t-mill.pdf 1975: The stamp mill building is framed with heavy timber and built on a downward sloping hillside to take advantage of gravity in the milling process* The roof and some of the exterior walls are covered with corrugated sheet metal, while some of the exterior walls have either vertical or horizontal wooden siding,
At the top of the building a long wooden ramp supports the track of an ore tramway which carried ore from where it was unloaded from trucks to the top of the mill above the two-stamp Baker Iron Kbrks crusher, A gasoline engine powered the mill; it was built by the Western Gas Mgine Company of Los Angeles under patents dated 1906, It nad a speed of 3^0 revolutions per minute, A Myer concentrating table was used in separating the gold from the ore.
This mill building is generally in good condition, although missing various windows, some floor boards and a stair.