Gold Dredges of the Yukon and Alaska
Mining dredges were used in Yukon and Alaska from the turn of the century on into the 1950s to extract gold from the land. Several of these old dredges still litter the landscape of the North, one of the most visible reminders of the glory days of the Klondike Gold Rush. Jake Wade Dredge: The first gold dredge appeared in the Yukon in the fall of 1899. There were eventually some 2 dozen ...