Sumpter Gold Dredge - Back view
by Geraldine Alexander
Title
Sumpter Gold Dredge - Back view
Artist
Geraldine Alexander
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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A gold dredge works by having large buckets that pull the gold-bearing earth up into its machinery to be processed, keeping the gold and spewing the waste (known as "tailings") out the back by way of a stacker. Built on a shallow hull, these dredges did not need a lot of water to operate, as they moved their pond of water with them.
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July 6th, 2014
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