Tagged: placer gold ming

Small draglines like this were once common at placer gold-mining operations. They were used for excavating and for loading elevated sluice boxes.

P&H dragline at Pioneer Park represents early 1900s industrial innovation

When gold was discovered in Alaska at the end of the 19th century, it was individual miners who initially exploited the resource using picks and shovels and other rudimentary equipment. As easy diggings disappeared,...