Montana’s Huge Bucket Gold Dredges (9 Historic Images)

Gold Dredging Montana

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Bucket line dredge in Last Chance Gulch north of Helena.



The Maggie A. Gibson dredge on Grasshopper Creek in Bannack. 1896. It ran for 2 years before being moved to Alder Gulch.



The Peggy dredge operated on Washington Creek, Tobacco Root Mountains.



The Fielding L. Graves dredge on Grasshopper Creek. This was the first gold dredge operation in the USA.



The Conroy Dredge #4 at Alder Gulch.



A Yuba electric dredge on Prickly Pear Creek near Jefferson City.



The H & H Miner dredge churned up the gravels on Henderson Creek near Drummond. This was the only dredge allowed to operate during WW2 because it also recovered scheelite.



The Porter Brothers dredge on Last Chance Gulch north of Helena.



Bucket dredge running on Dry Cottonwood Creek. Deer Lodge County.

 

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Updated: October 10, 2019 — 10:04 pm