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 HB4431 Side, Northwest Of Engine Mounts
|  HB4432 West Of Dredge
|  HB4433 Front, Looking West
|  HB4434 North Side
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 HB4435 Bucket Tower, Southeast Side
|  HB4436 West Of Waste Conveyer
|  HB4437 East Of Waste Conveyer
|  HB4438 Northeast Of Waste Conveyer
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 HB4439 South Side
|  HB4440 Detail Of Conveyor Belt Crane For Bucket Material
|  HB4441 Area Below Conveyor
|  HB4442 Collection Box Beneath Front Conveyor, Looking East
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 HB4443 Trommel, Toward Front Of Dredge
|  HB4444 Spud, Looking Northwest
|  HB4445 Dredgemaster's House And Controls
|  HB4446 Main Drivegears
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 HB4447 Drive Wheel End Gears (possibly Rope Drive)
|  HB4448 Detail Of Wood Framing And Boss Gear
|  HB4449 Hoist Gears
|  HB4450 Northwest Of Engine Mounts
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 HB4451 East Of Engine Mounts
|  HB4452 North Side Of Dirt Collector
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Item Title
LocationTaylor Highway,
Chicken vicinity, AK
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER AK-12
Building/structure dates:
1907 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1909 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1914 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1935 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1940 subsequent work
Significance: One of the first bucketline dredges in the Fortymile mining district, this dredge worked longer than any other. The remains site on what is considered by many as the richest creek in the district. The dredge would run ten days, 24 hours a day, then the sluice boxes would be cleaned. The best clean-up was about $30,000.
Subjects
Moving Of StructuresMetal BuildingsExcavation
Related Names
American Mining Company
Wade Creek Dredging
Lowe, Jet, Photographer
Faulkner, Sandra M., Historian
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. SIDE, NORTHWEST OF ENGINE MOUNTS
2. WEST OF DREDGE
3. FRONT, LOOKING WEST
4. NORTH SIDE
5. BUCKET TOWER, SOUTHEAST SIDE
6. WEST OF WASTE CONVEYER
7. EAST OF WASTE CONVEYER
8. NORTHEAST OF WASTE CONVEYER
9. SOUTH SIDE
10. DETAIL OF CONVEYOR BELT CRANE FOR BUCKET MATERIAL
11. AREA BELOW CONVEYOR
12. COLLECTION BOX BENEATH FRONT CONVEYOR, LOOKING EAST
13. TROMMEL, TOWARD FRONT OF DREDGE
14. SPUD, LOOKING NORTHWEST
15. DREDGEMASTER'S HOUSE AND CONTROLS
16. MAIN DRIVEGEARS
17. DRIVE WHEEL END GEARS (POSSIBLY ROPE DRIVE)
18. DETAIL OF WOOD FRAMING AND BOSS GEAR
19. HOIST GEARS
20. NORTHWEST OF ENGINE MOUNTS
21. EAST OF ENGINE MOUNTS
22. NORTH SIDE OF DIRT COLLECTOR
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