These are the tailings piles from the numerous gold dredges that operated in the area up in the early half of the 20th century. "Breckenridge was founded on the discovery of gold," says Wendy ...

By the 1920s, gold fever in Alaska had escalated to ... which would operate the dredges as a subsidiary of the USSR&M Co. The dredge components were loaded and shipped to Fairbanks on two to ...

Call it a history lesson paved in gold. A Yuba City man, 94, sent a letter to CBS Sacramento inviting us to tour something that played a big part in his life and the region — a gold dredge.

SUMPTER, Ore. — The beauty of traveling Oregon’s back roads and byways is the unexpected treasure that you may find along the way – not just the scenery, but interesting lessons about Oregon ...

It turns out, it was the 94-foot-long vessel, The Robinson Gold Dredge, which was used in the early 1900s during the gold rush in the eastern part of the state. Since the discovery, the Fishers ...

BOISE, Idaho — A suction-dredge gold miner from California who operated in an Idaho river containing federally protected salmon and steelhead without permits required by the Clean Water Act must ...