> 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
The word looks Italian, remember that stamps are also used for mashing up
tree bark for paper making. My three pennorth.
Ian
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