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Post by RKC on Nov 13, 2008 14:54:27 GMT 12
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Post by RKC on Nov 13, 2008 14:55:47 GMT 12
From: RKCNZ Sent: 3/08/2008 2:07 p.m. G'day alluvial0, That's one of the old Eldorado dredges being offered for sale on Aussie Ebay which was a dredge first marketed in Australia by the late John Winter and sold through Miners Den in the 80s .. so, its not actually a 'Suitcase dredge'. The "Suitcase" dredge was an entirely New Zealand conceived name and applies to an entirely different style of dredge i125.photobucket.com/albums/p71/auriferous101/suitcase_dredge_002.jpg These Eldorado dredges were more successful at catching fine gold than the NZ Suitcase dredge and there was some success with them during the early 80s in the hot spots (near Jamison) of the Goulburn river (they were still entirely a hobby dredge with significant fine gold loss and professionals would not use them). These Eldorado dredges were very different to the Suitcase dredge, particularly in size. They had "better" fine gold recovery, mainly because the really dumb mistakes of having an intake of 6" and having it well underpowered with only a 5 hp engine, were not mistakes employed on the Eldorado's. However, there was nothing original about the The Eldorado as it was actually a copy of the first eductor dredges that appeared in California during the 50s. From the book Diving and Dredging for Gold img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/Coochee/goldP1010108.jpg?t=1217720289 Regards, Rob (RKC) |
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Post by RKC on Nov 13, 2008 14:58:37 GMT 12
From: alluvial0 Sent: 3/08/2008 10:59 p.m.
Hi there Rob, Thanks for that. I didnt think it was a suitcase dredge, but just for want of a better description & it sort of has a similarity. Also backing up your comment about wondering how many of these types of dredges will now find there way out of a dark dusty garage corner to suck someone into buying a pretty inefficient unit.
Alluvial
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