Show GOLD DREDGING IN california union sacramento gala cala the sacramento union of recent date had the following after many months of labor natoma no 8 the biggest gold dredger in the world has been completed and is now in operation in the rich gravel beds of the natoma consolidated soli dated in the vicinity of folsom the dredge was completed last week and given its first official test sunday it fully fitly came up to the expect expectant at ons of the officials of the company and on tuesday it began its work of gathering the precious metal from the the gravel the no 8 was carefully des designed ened for the work which it is to do it was built large so as to minimize the cost of operation it handles about three times as much material as an ordinary machine ana the cost of oper ope afon raVon is but little more although it cost to buld build and equip this big dredge the returns from dredge mining are so rich that it will pay for itself in a comparatively short time it has a capacity of cubic yards of earth eart ll 11 an hour and in a months time will handle approximately cubic yards if this ground runs only 50 cents in gold to thia the cubic yard the dredge will more than pay for itself in two months time the dredge can take the gold out dut of the ground for so little money that it can work at a profit in what is termed poor land the nacomas consolidated has so much land in sight to dredge that it will imran immediately begin the construction of another monster machine on the same lies as the no 8 the science of dredge mining has advanced materially during the past ten years the new dredges are gigantic w when hen contrasted with the first dredges used the dredging industry is bringing sacramento forward prominently as one of the important gold producing coun counties ties of the state |