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Show uu BIG DREDGE HANDLES MUCH PLACER-GRAVEL Salmon, Idaho, April 12. The Kirt-ley Kirt-ley Creek Gold Dredging company's modem dredge, built by the Yuba Construction company, Is handling 100,000 cubic yardB of gravel each month. On an adjoining creek, the Bohannon Dredging company is handling about 3000 cubic yards per day. The Bohannon Creek property consists of 2300 acres of dredging ground, which is estimated to average 25 cents per cubit yard. Both of these large dredges are operated by electric power supplied by the Lemhi Lem-hi Power company from Salmon. The ground belns- worked by the Bohannon Bohan-non dredge was located as far back as 1S63 and has been worked on a small hydraulic plan every season since that date. The Pine Creek mines, near Shoup shipped in a carload of pipe which was transported by boat down iho Salmon river on Wednesday. Extensive Exten-sive work will be done at this proi erty during the summer. |