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Title: Gold Dredger
Date Created and/or Issued: 1930
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: This circa-1930 photograph shows a massive “double stacker” gold dredger making its way through a section of eastern Sacramento County. Popular areas for dredging included those adjoining the American River, especially near Rancho Cordova and Mather Field. The Natoma Development Company was a forerunner in this area, following a new yen for gold that surfaced in the early 1900s. The County’s last gold dredger was taken out of operation in 1962.
Type: image
Identifier: 2257
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/2827
Subject: Mining and Dredging
Dredgers
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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