Commemorated as a national historic site, for years shipwrights have been working to restore and stabilize this amazing piece of klondike history. It commenced operations in may of 1913, and dug its way upstream in the klondike valley into what was known as the boyle concession, sinking there in 1924. Gold Dredge #4 Near Dawson City, Yukon from The dredge was electrically poweredfrom the company's hydro plant on the klondike river 48 kilometres (29 miles) away, requiring 920 continuous horsepower during the digging operation. Extra horsepower was needed occasionally for such things as hoisting the spud (pivot) and the gangplank. In 1927, it was refloated and continued to operate from the klondike valley to hunker creek. You'll visit the historic dredge (a giant machine used to scoop pay dirt) and meet miners yukon yonda and. Located about a mile off the yukon river, up the coal creek drainage, the dredge stands as it did when the miners left it, decades ago. The dredge could dig 17 metres (48 feet) below water level, and 5 metres (17 feet) above water level using hydraulic monitors and washing the gravel banks down. Mining dredges were used in yukon and alaska from the turn of the century on into the 1950s to extract gold from the land. The ground at the mouth of hunker creek was so rich the dredge produced as much as 800 ounces of gold in a single day on claim 67 below. See full list on pc.gc.ca 4 is2/3 the size of a football field and 8 stories high. Yukon Gold Mining Dredge - Attempting Not to Pull a McCandless: Yukon River boating.
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