He then moves all the parts to the Eureka Creek claim to reassemble. It took 11 weeks to disassemble and move the dredge to Paradise Hill claim, Tony's mine, at the halfway point of the mining season. The dredge is located at Clear Creek at the beginning of season 5, and is to be moved to the Paradise Hill Claim to start dredging there. He proceeds to disassemble the dredge during season 5, hoping to have it up and running at the end of season 5, or the start of season 6. Tony Beets buys dredge just before season 5. The dredge is located at Clear Creek, 150-mi, a 3-hr drive, from Tony's primary claim, Paradise Hill claim, where he wants to move it. It should be able to run a 7 or 8 month season, while most miners run only 5-month seasons in the Klondike. It is to be disassembled and moved to a different location. Tony intends to have the dredge up and running for end of season 5 or season 6. Before Tony bought it, the bucket chain had not been moved for 30 years, and rusted together. The buckets processed over 2yd/min lifting paydirt 60-ft to the trommel. The best season the dredge had, it caught $5million in gold. The dredge's trommel was originally installed before WWII. At the time Tony bought it, it had not run in 27 years. Then in the 1980s gold went up, and the dredge was refurbished, and run until 1988, when gold dropped again, and was not used until Tony Beets bought it. The dredge was idled when gold prices fell. The dredge ran for for 22-yrs, catching $55million in gold.
Spud: that piles into the bed below the dredge allowing the dredge to rotate about and hold in place.Bucket line: 130-ft long, 72 cast iron buckets, 660 lbs.Purchase cost: $1million just before season 5 by Tony Beets.
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