Snowstorm Dredge, Largest dragline dredge in Colorado. |
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 Master Mucker!  Group: Admin Posts: 7,189 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4  |
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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Oct 30 2003, 12:16 PM
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 Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 715 Joined: 28-October 03 From: The 45th Parallel in Oregon Member No.: 16 |
Mrs. CP,
Fire it up and lets get some GOLD !!. :P Those are some nice pictures you posted, I was really amazed at the riffle system in this dredge as it appears they just lift out for clean up. There are no angles to the riffles at all just boards nailed together and placed in a trough to provide a low point for the gold to get trapped. Amazing.... -------------------- |
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Mrs.CP Snowstorm Dredge Oct 9 2003, 01:44 PM
Johnny Howdy all, this is a great opportunity to support ... Oct 9 2003, 05:43 PM Mrs.CP Have a look at just some of the sluices inside thi... Oct 9 2003, 06:16 PM 79CHIEF Mrs. C.P. Great photos of this old landmark! W... Oct 14 2003, 03:59 AM mtpan That sure is a nice looking old dredge. I hope the... Oct 14 2003, 04:07 PM Mrs.CP :)
Hey 79Chief,
I have added some pics of the dr... Oct 14 2003, 08:42 PM Mrs.CP Hi Redpaw,
This is an amazing piece of equipment. ... Nov 1 2003, 11:17 PM Quilomene John What a cool old dredge! I noticed something in... Nov 29 2003, 09:34 PM coargonaut It is the only one left in Colorado.
Only one othe... May 6 2004, 09:38 PM Mrs.CP QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Oct 9 2003, 01:44 PM)It proce... Dec 30 2004, 10:25 AM sgaolson Denise that's real cool. I am printing it off... Jan 1 2005, 11:02 AM Mrs.CP I e-mailed for an update, Patricia who is a Techn... May 20 2005, 06:32 AM Redpaw Wow great information in that PDF, I'll look f... May 20 2005, 09:29 AM prospector_41 Take a look at Gold Prospectors Of Colorado web si... May 20 2005, 08:28 PM Mrs.CP Cool Burt! You have a link?
I cant seem to fi... Jun 3 2005, 07:44 AM Mrs.CP Im trying to get some updates from Patricia, but I... Jun 3 2005, 08:57 AM Mrs.CP <_< Still waiting for an update. Seems they... Oct 4 2005, 02:43 PM leonard Hey Denise! Would there be any chance of getti... Oct 6 2005, 07:41 AM Mrs.CP Sounds great Leonard. I will talk to a few people ... Oct 6 2005, 08:34 AM
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