While looking up information on the Barnstable County dredge he came across what he thinks is the answer. The town can buy its own dredge - the Ellicott 370 HP Portable Cutterhead dredge, to be exact.

California's ban on the use of suction dredges to extract gold from rivers is legal and not overridden by a 19th century federal law that allows mining on federal land, the California Supreme ...

That gold lay on average around 30 feet below the ground. It couldn't be mined with traditional mining techniques, it had to be dug up. To do that, large dredge boats would be assembled on site ...

California's ban on the use of suction dredges to extract gold from rivers is legal and not overridden by a 19th century federal law that allows mining on federal land, the California Supreme ...

California's ban on the use of suction dredges to extract gold from rivers is legal and not overridden by a 19th century federal law that allows mining on federal land, ...

California’s ban on the use of suction dredges to extract gold from rivers is legal and not overridden by a 19th century federal law that allows mining on federal land, the California Supreme ...