Alaska Mines Corporation
The company ran 2 dredges near Nome from 1908-1916. This photo is of their power plant.
Cowden ("Lost Chicken") Dredge
An illustrated feature showing it as it looked in 1999.
Dredge No. 4
Now stabilized at its last working location in the Klondike gold fields near Dawson City.
Dredge No. 4
This paper looks at the issues involved in restoration of the bow gantry, focusing on the rigging.
Dredge No. 11
Located on Hunker Creek, near Dawson City, in the early 1990s. It was destroyed by fire in September 1999.
Dredge No. 11
The story of its destruction, from the Klondike Sun.
Dredge No. 11
A short history.
Dredge No. 8
Now a tourist attraction north of Fairbanks.
Dredge No. 73
Working (2002) in the Russian republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Jack Wade Dredge -
From the Library of Congress, 22 survey photos of this gold dredge, which remains at Mile 86 of the Taylor Highway.
The Jack Wade Dredge
Several photos of the dredge as it was in 1999.
Pedro Gold Dredge
Originally operated by the Fairbanks Exploration Company, this Yuba dredge now rests at an
RV park at Chicken, Alaska.
Sievertsen-Johnson Mining and Dredging Company
The company worked a Risdon Iron Works dredge on the Solomon River, near Nome, in 1911.
Sievertsen-Johnson
Another view of the dredge in operation on the Solomon River.
Sixtymile Dredge
An illustrated feature showing it being moved from Big Gold Creek, Yukon to Skagway, Alaska in 1999.
Swanberg's Dredge
This rig worked just a mile east of Nome in the 1940s. The photo is by Tom Busch.
Three Friends Mining Company
Installed in 1905, the company's dredge No.1 was the first truly successful gold dredge on
Alaska's Seward Peninsula.
Walter Johnson Dredge
A newspaper article from 1981 - "Clear Creek: Canada's only working dredge."
Wills' Cigarette Card - 'Dredging for Gold'
An historic trading card showing a California-style bucket-line dredge at work.
Keene Engineering
A look at the various types of dredges now available.
Yuba Dredges
An excellent presentaion by the Oakland Museum of California.
Gold Panning
The simple start to testing possible gold-bearing ground.
Sluice Boxes
For the small miner, this was often the next step in getting the gold out.
The Klondike Gold Rush
A major resource for study of the Gold Rush.
Alexandra, New Zealand
A brief comment about dredging that began in 1863.
