hawkeye Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Steve, enjoyed your article about this dredge in the October issue of the IMCJ Prospecting and Mining Journal. I hope to get to the Chicken area someday. When I was a young boy in the late 1940's I had the opportunity to see a similar dredge operating in Prickly Pear creek south of Helena, Mt near Clancy. The dredged area is now pretty much covered by I-15 and the dredge is gone after sitting by the highway for many years. The picture is from a website showing a number of historical pictures from the area south of Helena.http://www.helenahistory.org/south_of_helena.htmAlso, at this site just past the dredge image is a newspaper article about the dredge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Pictures in the link also show a "health" mine in the area. Yeah, inhale some radon for good health. In the 1970's too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Thanks Hawkeye! Here are the photos that did not make it into the article at http://www.icmj.com/article-notloggedin.php?id=3147 (subscribers only) And more information for everyone! http://www.chickengold.com/pedro_dredge.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Great historic photos and video at http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/search/searchterm/Gold%20dredging/mode/exact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkNugget Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 If you go, be sure and take Mike's guided tour, it's well worth the $10! Next year hopefully it will included the newly restored Machine Shop at the site. Neal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azblackbird Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Supposedly Tony Beets (Gold Rush TV show fame) is going to restore and start using an old dredge up on his claims this season. That should be a sight to see. Me thinks the shows producers ponied up some big bucks to make this happen. I don't see him investing his own money for this project, otherwise if it was that economical he'd probably have done it years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkNugget Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 From what Mike says it'll won't happen in the US, BLM and EPA will never let it get permitted. Neal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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