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kdh

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stone grist mill
« on: April 11, 2011, 08:40:46 pm »
I have an old belt driven stone mill.It has 2 horizontal stones with what looks like a barrel encasing them. A homemade chute drops grain through a hole in the top stone and a small fixed chute on side where it discharges. It maybe 28" in diameter and the barrel part 20" high mounted on heavy beam frame. Weighs about 750 pounds and has a wooden pinion driven by a flat belt underneath. They used a Farmall H to power it and was in working condition when they last used it in 1974. I purchased the property in 1984 and have stored it for the son which is currently 76. He is wanting to do something with it. My question is how rare. what value, how to identify, is it something that should be in museum. I have it wrapped up for storage in 1990 and will be unwrapping to photograph soon. Can anyone help with this description.

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Re: stone grist mill
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2011, 08:46:12 pm »
These were just featured on the show American Pickers a few weeks ago! Awesome pieces of history, in my opinion. A good amount of info was on that episode, I will try to see if I can find it!

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« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2011, 08:56:55 pm »
Can anyone help me a bit? I can't find the episode on historychannel.com and on youtube I can only find the part where they reveal the mill stone to William Shatner. I can't find the part where they talk about the mill stone's value, history and their different styles.
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Re: stone grist mill
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2011, 09:11:52 pm »

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Re: stone grist mill
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2011, 09:16:19 pm »
Yes, ma'am! Thanks. :)

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Re: stone grist mill
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2011, 03:00:12 pm »
Would be great to get a history written up on the piece from the gentleman about it.  See if he has any old pics as well!
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