Hi People
A few weeks ago while walking in Swaledale with a companion we stopped to have a wonder around the Old Gang Smelt Mill. My companion’s interest was aroused by the shaking table in the mill, which I associate with the later operations for barites recovery.
The device is marked “James Simplex Vibrating Table” and has what appears to me to be a type of jaw crusher at the end, presumably to feed onto the table although it appears to be mounted too low to do this? I suspect that water action may have been part of the equation?
I have searched the Internet unsuccessfully for any information about this, and also my library of mining books. Can anyone on here offer any information about its history or operation?
Also posted to Mining History List
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