Hydraulic Dredging for GoldBearing Gravels
Repeated failures in attempts to work goldbearing gravels by means of suctiondredges have created the impression that this method is impracticable. The suctiondredges have failed from three special causes: excessive wear and frequent breakage of pumpshell, runners and liners; inability to dredge compact gravel which would not readily move towards the intake; and, most important of all ...