Hello list
Atkinson's '"Discoverie and Historie of Gold Mynes in Scotland'' of 1619
refers to a stamping mill erected by Bevis Bulmer at Longcleuch Head near
Leadhills:
"And at Lang-clough-head Mr Bulmer made a stamping mill, called in forraine
countries Tancanagno. Many such as it are used at the West Indies; and in
Cornewall, within the kingdom of England, it is sometimes called a
plash-mill, where there be many of them made to dress tynn ..."
What sort of a stamping mill was a Tancanagno? And in which 'forraine
countries' was it found? I can't find the word in Fay's 'Glossary of the
Mining and Mineral Industry' - can anybody help?
John
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