GOLD MINING BLOG

Shipping our sold dredges

Before we sell one of our used dredges, we very carefully and methodically go thru the entire machine to be sure it will run and function properly. Rust and rusty parts are either cleaned up

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6″ Keene Gold Dredge to Alaska

Interesting story…sold this lightly used 6″ Keene dredge to a guy in Wisconsin. He paid for it and said he would drive out here to the Sacramento area and pick up it. He did. He

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Budget Air System for Gold Dredge

Recently sold a used 2 1/2″ Keene gold dredge to a pal up in Nevada County. He said he was going to dredge on a small creek and didn’t think he’d need air.  It’s been

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T-80 Air Compressor for Gold Dredge

Tested this compressor before disassembly. It was pumping air but not holding any pressure. This is what we found after removing the head and valve plate, you can see why. Exhaust flapper valve was broken

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Gold Dredging in Calilfornia

I’m getting a lot of people asking me if suction dredging is open in California. I’m not an attorney and I don’t give legal advice but…here is a copy of an article published in the

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