Program
Scope: A
program was developed at the Arizona Mining & Mineral Museum in 2001 for
certifying museum volunteers as Millmen. This training plan ensures that the
individuals that operate stamp mills are trained sufficiently to perform all of
the tasks associated with stamp mill operations. This procedure provides that
the individuals will have a good knowledge of stamp mill operations and be able
to operate the equipment with precision and without fear.
Origination: This
program was established in April of 2001 with help from the folks at the
Mariposa Museum and History Center, in Mariposa, California. They had several
volunteers that worked on and operated their stamp mill and they had a program
at the museum for Millmen. Our group was working on a 5-stamp mill at the
Arizona Mining & Mineral Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, but did not know much
about operating stamp mills. A group of (10) volunteers, in two visits, from
the Arizona Mining & Mineral Museum spent a couple days at the Mariposa
Museum and History Center and obtained training from their knowledgeable people
(millmen).
Initial
Certification: The picture below shows the first group
of trainees at the Mariposa Museum and History Center Historical Society Stamp
Mill University. There was another group about a month later, making a total of
(10) Arizona Mining & Mineral Museum volunteers becoming Millmen.
History: The
organization started at the Arizona Mining & Mineral Museum in 2001 where
there were a total of (15) millmen certifications issued. The program has
branched out over the years and there have been additional satellite programs
developed. Among them are the Cave Creek Museum, Cave Creek, Arizona; Mojave
Desert Heritage & Cultural Association, Goffs, California; and Superstition
Mountain Museum, Apache Junction, Arizona; that now have programs to train
millmen. Each of these satellites has a lead Millwright. The Millwright program
consists of stamp mill life experience, has worked on multiple stamp mills and
has trained millmen in the restoration and operation of the Stamp Mills.
Qualified
Millmen: The
table below shows the museums that have benefited from this training procedure.
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