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Dredge No. 4 (Hän: Lëzrą Kä̀nëchà "s/he is looking for money") is a wooden-hulled bucketline sluice dredge that mined placer gold on the Yukon River from 1913 until 1959. It is now located along Bonanza Creek Road 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of the Klondike Highway [ 1 ] near Dawson City , Yukon , where it is preserved as one of the ...
Bonanza Creek (Hän: Ch'ö`chozhù' ndek) is a watercourse in Yukon Territory, Canada. [2] It runs for about 20 miles (32 km) from King Solomon's Dome to the Klondike River . In the last years of the 19th century and the early 20th century, Bonanza Creek was the centre of the Klondike Gold Rush , which attracted tens of thousands of prospectors ...
Map showing Surry County in North Carolina. This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table ...
The dredge commenced operations on lower Chicken Creek in September and worked for approximately five months every year thereafter until October 1967, when it produced its final cleanup. In 1998, the 500 ton dredge was moved overland to its current location at the Chicken Gold Camp.
The Elkin Valley Woolen Mill in 1877. Alexander Chatham went to work as a clerk at the Gwyn Mill in 1858. Richard Gwyn built the grist mill along the Elkin Creek in Elkin North Carolina. It was powered by water from the creek and local farmers brought their corn to him to be ground into flour.
Bonanza Creek 63°56′36.48″N 139°20′5.43″W / 63.9434667°N 139.3348417°W / 63.9434667; -139.3348417 ( Dredge A preserved bucketline sluice dredge used to mine placer gold; symbolizes the importance of dredging operations to the evolution of gold mining in the Klondike
Exit 85 provides the midpoint entrance into Elkin via Hwy 268, or CC Camp Road. North Carolina Highway 67 You can also enter Elkin by exiting off NC 67 (exit 82 at Jonesville), then heading west on NC 67 until crossing over the Yadkin River (this becomes old Business Hwy 21). At this point, you'll be entering the historic downtown district at ...
Notable buildings and structures include the Gwyn-Foard House (c. 1855), Hugh G. Chatham Bridge (1931), Liberty Tobacco Warehouse (c. 1920), Harris Building (1902), U.S. Post Office (1937) designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon, former Elkin Town Hall (1938–1939) built by the Works Progress Administration ...