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Ask The Experts — How have fellow dredgers modified their dredges in order to retain fine gold?

Q: In the article by David Knowlen, “There’s Still Gold in the Umpqua River,” January 2008, the author stated that “most conventional dredges with normal angles of sluice setup do not retain this gold.”...

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