placer mining dredge
Dredge Mining. Dredge mining, a type of alluvial mining, involves the use of a floating boat or barge with either a series of buckets to scoop gravel, or a suctioning apparatus to vacuum gravel from the bottom of a creek or riverThe most common type of dredge used in gold placer mining in the early 1900s was a bucketline dredge Today, suction dredges or modern dredges that use suction systems