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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 38546" data-attributes="member: 981"><p>Got two old beaut dredging books today.</p><p></p><p><strong>Dredging for gold - J H McGeorge 1964</strong> (this one deals with dredging at Westland NZ between 1921 - 1953. Very interesting read and I guess the same operating procedures applied to Australia dredging. Puts the dredging sites I see at Tarnagulla on Sandy Creek into perspective. </p><p></p><p><strong>Dredging for gold in Australia - George Peel 1983.</strong></p><p>This covers:</p><p>The portable surface dredge</p><p>Working the surface dredge</p><p>Submersible and subsurface dredge</p><p>Bank dredge or hydraulic concentrator</p><p>Motorised gold pans</p><p>Electrostatic -Dry concentrator</p><p>Locating and working a likely spot</p><p></p><p>Peel's book was from a far more forgiving era - they would string you up now for what he recommends in some of the chapters. Either way, I recommend Peel's book.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 38546, member: 981"] Got two old beaut dredging books today. [b]Dredging for gold - J H McGeorge 1964[/b] (this one deals with dredging at Westland NZ between 1921 - 1953. Very interesting read and I guess the same operating procedures applied to Australia dredging. Puts the dredging sites I see at Tarnagulla on Sandy Creek into perspective. [b]Dredging for gold in Australia - George Peel 1983.[/b] This covers: The portable surface dredge Working the surface dredge Submersible and subsurface dredge Bank dredge or hydraulic concentrator Motorised gold pans Electrostatic -Dry concentrator Locating and working a likely spot Peel's book was from a far more forgiving era - they would string you up now for what he recommends in some of the chapters. Either way, I recommend Peel's book. [/QUOTE]
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