Stamp Milling - Mineral Processing & Metallurgy
Richards gives the average amount of water used in 21 mills as 2.77 gallons per stamp per minute, or 6.68 tons of water per ton of ore crushed. The average duty of a miner's inch in a gold stamp-mill is given by P. M. Randall as 12 tons of quartz if the head under which the water is supplied is 4 inches, and 15.88 tons if the head is 7 inches.