That August, Tony and his company were charged $31,000 for violating the Yukon Waters Act in the incident, as Yukon News reported at the time. On Gold Rush, the narrator called the stunt a “Viking baptism” meant to change the dredge’s luck. Why does Tony Beets not use his dredges anymore?Ī fiery stunt with the dredge got Tony in trouble. The property is associated with the Mining Industry in Colorado Multiple Property Submission. It is 50 feet wide, 86 feet long and 42 feet high and could process 10,000 cubic yards of gold-bearing gravel per day. The last mining dredge still intact in Colorado, it sits on part of the Snowstorm Placer, between Fairplay and Alma. The dredge was dismantled in 1926 and subsequently shipped to South America. The Snowstorm Dredge was the subject of a talk at the Park County Historical Society Sept. That compares to a fishing fleet of about two dozen, he said.
In 2020, a year kneecapped by the coronavirus pandemic that sidelined some miners, the Nome-ported gold dredge fleet numbered about 42 to 45 vessels, plus another approximately 30 support vessels, Stotts said. How many gold dredges are there in Nome Alaska? Did Tony Beets get his second dredge running?īeets Dredge #2 is the second dredge acquired by Tony Beets, becoming part of the Viking Fleet. And because the night crew had carelessly left the hatches on the deck open, the sand and water filled the pontoon and partially sank the dredge. In the second incident, fine sand plugged up the sluices and spilled onto the deck beneath. It was built to mine tin in offshore Malaysia and Indonesia.
The Bima (IMO number: 7633789) was a bucket-line dredge.
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