Cimarron Pacific Stamp Mill

[harryadkins]

I am creating some scenarios for the Cimarron & Pacific route using the Stamp Mill branch. After some research, it seems that a stamp mill refined ore using heavy metal stamps. I assume the raw ore was delivered in gondolas or hoppers, but what kind of cars were used for the outbound tracks? The ore was processed to get its gold but I'm not sure what else was shipped out. I doubt the mill would have shipping gold out in carload lots although that would have made some great cowboy movies.

[gwgardner]

The short platform track at the stamp mill is for either an armored mail/combine car or armored boxcar to carry out LCL shipments of gold.

Up on the northern flank of Baldy Mountain, at 11,500 feet altitude, is a small valley called Copper Park. Much of the gold from the Baldy mining region is found in copper ore from Copper Park, so the stamp mill also produces a byproduct of the gold sluicing process, ie copper slurry. That slurry is shipped off in tankers to the east for refining by more sophisticated process.

In a future version of the Cimarron & Pacific route, there will be a narrow gauge RR from Baldy Town around a spur of the mountain, climbing up to Copper Park. That NG RR will bring ore down to Baldy town for transhipment to the Stamp Mill by standard gauge.

[harryadkins]

I love the route and was working on several scenarios before the upgrade. Patiently waiting for another patch to help my issues. Thanks for the info. It really helps with scenario planning.

Harry