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Jim Grigsby

April 15, 2015 09:26PM

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philip.marshall Wrote:
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> Very interesting landscape. Are those parallel
> mounds all dredge tailings?

That's correct. There were two dredges, though only one at a time, and they ran 24/7 except for a brief shutdown once a week for cleanup. The total time was approximately 30 years + or -.

The remains of the first dredge are across the tracks from our McEwen Depot, and the second one (actually #3) is now a state park at Sumpter.

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Re: Sumpter Valley Trackwork	Jim Grigsby	April 14, 2015 07:03PM
Re: Sumpter Valley Trackwork	philip.marshall	April 14, 2015 07:43PM
Re: Sumpter Valley Trackwork	Jim Grigsby	April 15, 2015 09:26PM
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Re: Sumpter Valley Trackwork	Bill Pratt	April 16, 2015 11:57AM
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