Snowstorm Dredge, Largest dragline dredge in Colorado. Options

[Denise]

Here is a picture of the Snowstorn Dredge. It was used between Fairplay and Alma from 1941-1960's. It's the last intact gold dredge in Colorado, and maybe even the west. It processed roughly 600 tons of gravel an hour, and every 3-4 days almost 50 pounds of gold was cleaned out of its sluices. :o There are working on trying to restore it, and hopefully they will be sucessful. :D

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[coargonaut]

It is the only one left in Colorado.
Only one other one in the west now. But, it sort of sank.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/01/28/gold.dredge.ap/

But, the owning company, Cal Sierra Development, has bought a sister ship from Bolivia to replace the sunken ship. It is being shipped in pieces, and will be reassmbled, and put to work.

Further research indicates Cal Sierra has gotten their bond approved (by the State Mining and Geology Board).......only $1,694,957. Of that, 1$,183,925 is for removal of two dredges (the one that sank, and the replacement).

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/smgb/agendas/2003/0911c.pdf

Not much else to find. There seems to be some sort of tie between Cal Sierra and Teichert Aggregates, a local material company.

Hope thye get their stuff together, and get the new dredge running. I, for one, would pay to see that sucker run.

Ed