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Photographer: Courtesy Historical Society of Dayton Valley
Caption: Marker detail: Modern Mining in the 1890s
Additional Description: This floating dredge, built on the Carson River in 1889 by J. Hanse Rae, was used to explore for gold and mercury lost in the Carson River bed at upstream milling operations. Rae speculated he would make $400 million, but profits were meager. The dredge operated until circa 1915.
Submitted: November 27, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p552532
File Size: 1.490 Megabytes

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