snow trac net to dredge 5

[Snowtrac Nome]

we had some good weather last night in nome so i took the family out for a short ride out of nome on the tundra and took some photos here is the st-4 project out at dredge 5 my wife was operating thhe camera the 4 year old aka mini-me and the family dogs are in the picture with me

 

[Melensdad]

Looks like a fun outing with your son!

 

[Snowcat Operations]

Very nice indeed!

 

[fogtender]

Keep it up!

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Looks like fun! Thanks for sharing.

 

[couchloafer]

great pictures! tell us more about dredge 5............ they used similar dredges here at the turn of the century mining boom, the tailing piles left behind are unbelievable

 

[thcri]

The best pic to me was your son on the hood holding the pup. That is a picture that is worth millions. Don't ever lose it.

 

[Snowtrac Nome]

there are 3 of these dredges in nome 1 is out by the dot building another by the airport faa housing it was started on fire by some kids and burned down now its just a frame another one on the west end of the airport and 5 is behind town theyre build by yuba iron works and are some of the largest bucket line dredges ever constructed the ladder can dig to about 40 feet and i think each bucket 1,5 yards. i know some were used with mucury these were all gravity seperation with jiggs to clean up the fine marterial there is 1 smaller dredge out side of nome called swanberg its a lot smaller and older another one is still operated by the tweet family at tayler and that one has run since before ww II. I flew over that operation a few years ogo in the black hawk its amazing how mother nature reclames the land