Tuolumne Gold Dredge
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N 37° 38.205 W 120° 28.283
10S E 723115 N 4168520
An ECV Plaque located near a U.S. National Register Historic Place on County Highway J59 two miles south of La Grange, California.
Waymark Code: WM3VGZ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/21/2008
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Behind this monument rests the historic Tuolumne Gold Dredge which started operations at Patricksville, just east of this location on June 15, 1938. A Walter Johnson No. 52 Model, it floated on a self-created pond of water. It was larger than a football field, weighed over 2,500 tons and $543,148 to construct. The dredge used electricity to drive 120 4000 lb. buckets 70 ft. deep to recover gold. It ceased operation in July 1951. The total amount of gold recovered is unknown.
dedicated April 20, 1996
Don Lucas
Noble Grand Humburg
Estanislao Chapter No. 58
E Clampus Vitus
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