Not long ago in the old Sumpter Valley, a mechanical beast the size of an apartment building spent its days plodding along the stream beds, eating the valley floor. As it dug itself ever deeper into ...

The construction of the new dredge below town was completed the first of the week by the Yuba Construction Co., and it was turned over to the Powder River Gold Dredging Co, who will operate it. While ...

SUMPTER, Ore. — The beauty of traveling Oregon’s back roads and byways is the unexpected treasure that you may find along the way – not just the scenery, but interesting lessons about Oregon’s past.

This story has been corrected to reflect that bucket line dredges, not steam shovels, were used to dig up the valley floor. FRISCO — One of the most unique ecological restoration projects in Summit ...

FAIRBANKS - The Fairbanks Exploration Co.’s Gold Dredge No. 8 at Fox (shown in the drawing) is perhaps the most visible and well-known dredge in the Fairbanks area, but the FE Co. actually operated ...

The choice of dredging method removed only a fraction of the contaminants, and the EPA's monitoring of progress has been insufficient. Dredgers at work in the Hudson River near Fort Edward on July 26, ...

In 1850, the depth of New York Harbor was between 10 and 20 feet. Today, the harbor is more than 50 feet deep. The change in the depth of one of the world’s largest natural harbors is the result of ...

Ellicott Dredges LLC & Rohr-Idreco Dredge Systems, which are owned by Ellicott Dredge Enterprises, LLC, has announced that Ellicott's Latin American Sales Manager, Andres Borasino, will be adding the ...

Boston can claim its new tunnel project as the "big dig", but the nearly $3 billion effort to dredge navigation channels in and around New York to 45 — and eventually 50 ft. — is the second largest ...