Dredge 1898 Edmonton

[jeff of pa]

 

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[alloy_II]

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The dredge passed the sand over copper plates covered with mercury.

Long ago there was a similar dredging operaion on the Fraser River in British Columbia.

 

[russau]

I'd like to rent that dredge and run it up the Missouri & Mississippi Rivers to get some of that "forgotten" Gold !

 

[crashbandicoot]

I love pictures of these old steam dredges,my Grandfather worked on a steam dipper dredge digging canals that drained the swamps that once covered a large part of Arkansas. Thanks jeff!

 

[crashbandicoot]

The dredge passed the sand over copper plates covered with mercury.

Long ago there was a similar dredging operaion on the Fraser River in British Columbia.

There,s a picture of that very dredge in here,if I recall correctly.The one on the Fraser.