Snowstorm Dredge, Largest dragline dredge in Colorado. |
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 Master Mucker!  Group: Admin Posts: 7,208 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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May 20 2005, 08:28 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 30-December 03 Member No.: 60 |
Take a look at Gold Prospectors Of Colorado web site www.gpoc.com we are doing a fundraiser to move it down to Fairplay to make it into a working musem.
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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 Redpaw Mrs. CP,
Fire it up and lets get some GOLD !... Oct 30 2003, 12:16 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 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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