CACHE CREEK DREDGING DETAILS
GIVEN BY U.S. MINE INSPECTER
In a recent issue of the Minin# an
Scientific l Yes. a, of San Krancisci
Sumner S. Smith, federal mine in
speetor for Alaska, gives an inform
in*: article concerning the dredgin
operation?* on Cache creek, which i:
in part, as follows:
“Muring the past spring the Cach
Creek Mredging company installed
dredge on Cache creek, which is *h
fir.*t serious attempt at this t\ pc o
mining in this part of Alaska.
The dredge equipment and timbe
were assembled at Seattle in Jum
l!»lf», and towed to Anchorage on th
old sailing vessel Harden City. Th
stern-wheel steamer Lois was als<
built at Seattle and brought t<> An
chorage at the same time under hei
own steam, as the facilities lor hand
ling purges across Cook inlet and uj
the Susitna and Yentna river w*i
totally inadequate at that time. A'
Anchorage, the equipment was trans
ferrod to barges that \ ere pushed u|
the Susitna and Yentna rivers to M«
Dougall. Here the dredge-timber:
were framed and during tin* follow
ing winter (December to April) till
entire out Jit wa.> hauled on bob-sled?
from this point to Cache creek, 1L
miles above its mouth, where tin
dredge was assembled this spring and
started operations on July 7.
The creek is comparatively shallow
the average depth being approximate
iv *ix feet, so the dredge was built
with a large hull to secure a shallow
draft. It is >7 feet long. 7>4 foot beam
and 7 feet deep. The planks on the
bottom are 4 by 12. those on the
sides 6 by 12 and those on the deck
;; by 12. The winch deck is 1H> feet
above the main deck, and the pilot
deck 12 feet above this.
There are ♦».’» 7-cubic feet close-con
nected buckets with manganese-steel
lips: and, while thi* dredge has a ca
pacity of MJH)0 cubic yards per 24
hours, the management has based its
plans on 2.000 cubic yards only, on
account of the shallowness of the
ground and the number of bouMers.
I hough the latter nave reiarne*! in**
speed of digging, they have not prov
ed a serious hindrance, as they are not
large enough to require special appur
atus for handling them. With the
present number of buckets, the
dredge will dig .“-0 feet below the
water line, though it is improbable
that it will be called upon to work at
anywhere near this depth on this por
tion of the creek.
The line gravel from the bucket
falls through an 11-inch grizzly into
a 4">-imh flume, IPS feet long. The
grade of the flume is adjustable,
though the best results are obtained
by keeping it at an inclination of
about l 1-8 inch per foot. The rif
fles are 2 by 4‘s capped with 3-8 inch
manganese-steel plates and are set
1 :t-4 inches apart. A 6-inch centrif
ugal pump supplies wash water at the
grizzly and an 18-inch centrifugal
pump discharges directly to tne
Hume. The buckets are washed clean
by water from two nozzles, the gravel
falling to a save-all sluice equipped
with Hungarian riffles. This flume is
18-inches wide set on a grade of one
inch per foot
d A feature never previously used on
>, an Alaskan dredge is the construction
- of rock chutes from the grizzly. The
- oversize from the bars goes to a
^ the branches of which pass on each
side of ilu* save-all sluice and empty
at the pond all of the dredge, where
k. ihe atones form a dam and prevent
;l the line from filling the bond under
k* the boat. These chutes are 42-inches
f wide and lined with manganese-steel
plates at the points of greatest wear.
r. Power is furnished bv a 250-h. p.
. \ arrow tubular boiler, burning coal,
which i.> mined locally. A 150-h. p.
• lieaves engine drives the pumps and
> dynamo, a 125-h. p. l.idgerwood the
dgging holder, and a 20-h. p. the,
• v uu ln\>. The steam from the engines
:> condensed and returned to the
> hoiier.
A number of beds of lignite out
crop on t'aclie creek and its tributar
ily. and from these an ample supply
■ i . . ioi may be obtained at a low cost.
I he company has secured a l’ree-use
it-' acre permit to mine coal and this
. main r obtained its supply from an
o|K'n-cut two miles from the dredge.
1 di> had will be obviated the com
mg season, a.> a contract has been let
to d.i\e entries and u> open rooms on
a ,» loot bod on Cache creek during
the winter. so a supply will be easily
a\at able at a convenient point in the
spring. The coal has a long tlame
I
and i? good for making steam, though
the percentage ot' u>h is high. If the
company had not owned the steam-j
oq dpmeiit before the construction of
the boat was planned, the situation
world have been ideal for an electri
a \ operated dredge, the power be
•ng generated at the point where the
coal was mined.
Atr a short, though successful
season, the only change planned on
the dredge i." to add a second bull
wheel so that the drive will be on
both >idos of tiie bucket-line, which it
is believed will reduce friction and
give the dredge a marked increase in
ctlicicm y, with a corresponding do
crejise in operating cost.
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