Arthur F. Baumhoff operating a Caterpiller tractor ahead of one of his dredges owned jointly with E. T. Fisher near Centerville, Idaho. Note close connected bucketline dredge in the background.
Close connected bucketline dredge owned and operated by the Bed Rock Dredging Company near Placerville, Idaho in 1898-1899. The dredge was named the H W Lippencott after the company president Howard Lippencott. The Bed Rock Dredging Company was a...
Bucketline, bucket ladder and front gantry of close connected bucketline dredge operated near Idaho City, Idaho. Note the size of the dredge buckets is comparison to the man in the foreground. The 15 cubic foot dredge was owned and operated...
Open connected bucketline "Risdon" type dredge operated at Warm Springs near Idaho City, Idaho August 1899. The steam powered dredge was one of the first dredges operated successfully in the Boise Basin.
Steam powered close connected bucketline dredge ooperating in Warren Meadows near Warren, Idaho prior to 1942. The dredge was owned by the Idaho Gold Dredging Company.
Close connected Yuba Dredge manufactured by Yuba Manufacturing Company of California. Dredge was operated by the Yukon Gold Company near Murray, Idaho. Note sluices discharging fine tailings into the pond at the stern of the dredge. Larger rocks...
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Winchroom of the Boston and Idaho Gold Dredging Company bucketline dredge located near Idaho City, Idaho in 1914. Winches were used to raise and lower the bucket ladder and the tailings stacker.
Aerial view taken in 1936 by the National Geographic Salmon River Expedition showing ground being dredged in Warren Meadow. Note the dredge is in the middle of the photo. The general pattern of dredge ponds and tailings piles created in this...
