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An amazing mining dredge in Oregon

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	Re: An amazing mining dredge in Oregon « Reply #10 on: December 29, 2010, 12:22:15 am »

that is great, thanx for sharing

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	Re: An amazing mining dredge in Oregon « Reply #11 on: December 29, 2010, 12:41:50 am »

Now thats a big machine, bet it cost a lot back then to get the elec ran to the dredge.

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	Re: An amazing mining dredge in Oregon « Reply #12 on: December 30, 2010, 04:14:36 pm »

Those bad boys ran on water. very hot water. Grin

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and another

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	Re: An amazing mining dredge in Oregon « Reply #13 on: January 03, 2011, 07:56:22 pm »

I can't wait to get to Idaho next spring. Up by Idaho city.

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	Re: An amazing mining dredge in Oregon « Reply #14 on: January 03, 2011, 08:35:22 pm »

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Those bad boys ran on water. very hot water. Grin

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They may have ran on water hot water at that but they still used electricity to power the beast.
( Read the info contained in this pic that was attached to the first post )
12 mile 23,000 volt elec line was strung to the dredge overland from a hydroelect plant.

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	Re: An amazing mining dredge in Oregon « Reply #15 on: January 04, 2011, 12:11:47 am »

thanks for the post!!!!

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	Re: An amazing mining dredge in Oregon « Reply #16 on: July 20, 2011, 09:25:17 pm »

That is pretty cool. We have one sunk in a canal in the Kewanaw Pennisula of the Upper Penninsula of michigan. Left over from the old copper days.

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	Re: An amazing mining dredge in Oregon « Reply #17 on: November 01, 2011, 07:24:02 pm »

Back in the 1970's this dredge in Sumpter was pivately owned and they had self-guided tours for 50 cents. My family and I took the tour and I have pictures of the two kids sitting in one of the huge digging buckets! Hm-mm-mm! I'll have to find that and post it here! Detecting

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