“They (the dredges) chewed up the rock, sifted out the gold and then shot the rock out the back end of the floating dredge," Bentz explained. "It was amazing, but it also damaged the valley’s ...

A dredging project at Canyon Lake has been postponed again, this time to the fall. The project was planned to begin this spring. John Carreiro, of the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish & Parks ...

Also known as a “floating factory”, the dredge was upgraded in 1963, and continued to operate for the next four decades. In August 1982, TT5 was finally put to rest, after 44 years in service.