Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Three gold dredges worked the Sumpter Valley from 1913 to 1954. This dredge (Sumpter #3) was launched in 1935 and was built substantially from parts from the first dredge (Sumpter #1), which had been idle for 10 years. Between them, the dredges worked more than 8 miles of the valley floor, extracting $10 to $12 million worth of gold.
The Sumpter #3 Dredge had a 125 foot hull length and was 52 feet wide. The digging ladder consists of 72 buckets, each weighing 1 ton and holding 9 cubic feet of gravel. The rear stacker is 96 feet long with a 35-inch discharge belt.

County / Borough / Parish: Baker Year listed: 1971 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event Periods of significance: 1925-1949 Historic function: Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation Current function: State Park Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Street address: Not listed Privately owned?: Not Listed Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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