Dredge No. 4 in Dawson City - Yukon Territory, Canada
Shortly after gold was discovered in the Yukon Territory, Dredge No. 4 was installed to harvest gold from the surrounding earth.
The dredge has been out of commission since 1959, and is now recognized as a National Historic Site of Canada. Explore this site in Dawson City, and learn about its role in Canadian industrial mining history.
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The Restoration of Dredge No. 4 National Historic Site
Dredge No.4 is a massive gold mining machine located in the gold fields near Dawson City, Yukon, which mined alluvial gold on the Yukon River from 1913 until 1959. Commemorated as a National Historic Site, for years shipwrights have been working to restore and stabilize this amazing piece of Klondike history. You can tour this incredible site commemorating the legacy of corporate mining history in the north from May to September each year.
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Dredge No. 4 National Historic Site of Canada
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Dawson City - Dredge No 4 1992
This video was shot in 1992 when Parks Canada was in the middle of restoring the Dredge. By this time they had removed the silt from around it. Near the end of the gold rush, mining companies purchased claims, and floated dredges up and down the valley. Basically, the dredges would scoop ground from in front of them, screen out the large gravel, and use a sluice system to separate the gold. The gravel and non-gold bearing earth would be dumped out the back end, creating a movable dam that moved the pond with them.
Gold Dredge No. 4 by drone
Dredge No. 4 is a wooden-hulled bucketline dredge that was built near Dawson City by the Canadian Klondike Mining Company in 1912 and mined placer gold in the area until 1959. It is now a National Historic Site owned by Parks Canada. I flew the site when I was just getting used to the drone, so there are some bumpy spots.
Dawson City - Dredge No 4 1990
This video was shot in 1990 when the dredge was still silted in its own pond. Near the end of the gold rush, mining companies purchased claims, and floated dredges up and down the valley. Basically, the dredges would scoop ground from in front of them, screen out the large gravel, and use a sluice to separate the gold. The gravel and non-gold bearing earth would be dumped out the back end, creating a movable dam that moved the pond with them. Parks Canada has done a lot of work restoring this dredge since this video was taken.
Gold Dredge #4 Bonanza Creek, Dawson, Yukon Part 2
Gold Dredge #4 Bonanza Creek, Dawson, Yukon
Klondike National Historic Sites – Where the Past is Present
Ever wanted to visit the Yukon? Discover the Klondike National Historic Sites in Dawson City, Yukon through the eyes of community members.
Dawson City is a lively town that is passionate about its history and people. The Klondike National Historic Sites are scattered throughout the community and in the Klondike goldfields. Meet a variety of locals and hear why they love the Klondike and its historic places.
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Dawson Dredge #4
Dawsons Dredge #4
Travel Guide Road Trip to Alaska-Gold Dredge #4 Dawson City Yukon
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#NewtonTours, #DawsonCity Placer Gold Drive Around
#NewtonTours, #DawsonCity Placer Gold Drive Around
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Enjoy this footage with Bill Harris, a legend in the Yukon gold camps. Watch as we visit a drive along an area of rich placer mining on the way to Dawson City and visit a free mining claim located at the historic site of an important gold discovery.
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Apparently all the trees shown in this video would have been logged during the peak of the local gold rush in the late 1800s. Imagine the boom-bust that washed over this place? Bill told me some spots have been mined many times over and keep paying gold. Imagine what the future of placer gold mining looks like here.
Learn more about the Dredge No. 4 National Historic Site of Canada
And the legendary Katie Carmacks, mentioned at the plaque shown in the video. Read this Whitehorse news article from 2018,
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What does the future hold for this historic gold mining community?
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Bucket Line Dredges - Monster Machines of the Goldfields
The early bucket line dredge was a massive piece of machinery used to recover and process large amounts of gravel to recover gold. The were unlike anything else at the time.
Since they could move so much gravel, they could efficiently work ground that was unprofitable by other methods. They could process tons and tons of gravel in a day, and many of them operated around the clock.
The heyday of the bucket dredge was the early to mid-1900s. By the 1950s it seems that most of the gold districts throughout the Western United States and Alaska had a dredge working the river bottoms. They are credited with millions of ounces of gold.
Most of the dredges are long gone now. Most were decommissioned and their metal was scrapped. Only a handful of these ancient machines exist today, but some have been well cared for and are popular sites to visit.
For more information on early mining history and gold prospecting information, come and visit us over at raregoldnuggets.com.
The Coal Creek Dredge
Learn the historic workings of the Coal Creek Dredge in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.
Located in Coal Creek, Alaska, the Coal Creek Dredge once mined over 3.2 tons of gold.
NPS/Josh Spice & Sean Tevebaugh 2015
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Gold dredge 10
Gold dredge 10
Dredge 6 construction at Gilmore, 1920s
This film clip from the late 1920s shows Dredge Number 6 under construction at Gilmore, Alaska. Men assemble the superstructure of the large dredge using hot rivets, and then the dredge is floated and put to work. This high resolution digital scan made possible in part by Friends of the Tanana Valley Railroad. (B&W/Silent/16mm film).
This sequence is an excerpt from AAF-784 from the Romig Collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska & Polar Regions Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
Dredge #4 Klondike, Yukon Part 1
Dredge #4 Klondike, Yukon
Retracing the Klondike Gold Rush - The Yukon, Canada
Known for its wilderness landscapes, wildlife and striking natural phenomena, the Yukon in north-west Canada is larger than life. This is a land rich with dramatic mountain vistas, wild rivers and crystal clear lakes. Southern Yukon has vast forests as far as the eye can see, and in North Yukon the tundra rolls on forever. In summer, you can enjoy the midnight sun extending your fun into the wee hours and in winter you won't want to miss the mystery of the northern lights. However, what makes the Yukon so well known is gold.
The Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush took place at the end of the nineteenth century. Thousands of people streamed into the Yukon in search of gold and, at the peak of the gold rush, Dawson City was the biggest city north of Seattle and west of Winnipeg. Writers of the time in particular helped to immortalise the heady days of the gold rush. You can still see many signs of the gold rush when you visit, whether you hike the famous Chilkoot Trail or visit the historic city of Dawson, where the Palace Grand Theatre and Diamond Tooth Gertie's Gambling Hall put on nightly shows in true gold rush style.
Is it still possible to find gold in the Yukon?
Are you feeling lucky? There's still plenty of gold out there. It's just a matter of looking in the right place. Tour companies in Dawson City offer gold panning tours. If you're more serious, you'll need to check with Yukon Government about where you're permitted to pan.
The Dredge
Me and Mini_Wheats vist what we call The Dredge- an old machine that took sediments out of the canal, but now it's abandoned. Thanks to my GoPro, we thoroughly explored it =D