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Project described is only successful bucket dredge mining enterprise in Nevada; operations began in Oct 1938, about 5 mi west of old mining town of Manhattan; available yardage estimated as 25,000,000 cu yd; dredge boat 172 ft long, 60-ft beam, draws 9 ft of water; chain of 105 buckets, each 10 cu ft, digs to 75 ft below surface of pond; daily capacity 12,000 cu yd; equipment and operating details.
Project described is only successful bucket dredge mining enterprise in Nevada; operations began in Oct 1938, about 5 mi west of old mining town of Manhattan; available yardage estimated as 25,000,000 cu yd; dredge boat 172 ft long, 60-ft beam, draws 9 ft of water; chain of 105 buckets, each 10 cu ft, digs to 75 ft below surface of pond; daily capacity 12,000 cu yd; equipment and operating details.
Nevada's Manhattan gold dredge
Min J
Clark, A.N. (author)
Mining Journal ; 29
1946
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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