Gold dredges float on a moving pond of water, picking up gold-bearing gravel using a chain of buckets at one end and discarding the waste gravel through the discharge stacker at the other. Longitudinal section through bucket dredge (Source: Historic American Engineering Record) Teams of horses hauled the last hundred tons of dredge machinery to the dredge assembly site in February 1913 after the last sternwheeler was frozen about 40 km (25 mi.) south of Dawson in October 1912.

of Ohio, was shipped dismantled from Vancouver to Skagway, carried on to Whitehorse on the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway, and carried on to Dawson by sternwheeler. 4, purchased from the Marion Steam Shovel Co.

It is envisaged that the plaque will be mounted on a boulder at the dredge when the site work is complete.ĭescription: After the Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899), 19 bucket dredges mined placer gold in Yukon between 19. Plaque Location: The plaque is temporarily in storage while site work is done at Dredge No. Just before crossing the Klondike River, turn left (south) on Upper Bonanza Creek Road, and proceed 12.1 km to the dredge. From Whitehorse, take Yukon Highway 2 north 515 km towards Dawson City. Canadian Klondyke Mining Company Dredge No.

Mining dredge