Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-28
CAMPING PARTY VIEWS
The Big DREDGER At
SPRING VALLEY
Especial Correspondence. !

A party OF Lower Valley Campers
have just returned from Cyote Creek
land pronounce the hunting and fsa-
Ting excellent alongithat and neighbor-
ling canyons. The party consisted OF
sNola Westfall, Marie Thornberry,
Vernon Westtall and VIM. Thorn.
berry They started Monday eve July
18th, well supplied with all camp
parphaernalla.
Supper was had at the Helwinkel
ranch a few miles north Of town and
then with merry shouts and songs the
party wended on Its way till the old
bennit place was reached. Here
coffee was brewed, beds unrolled,
and the weary ones ate, slept and
were refreshed. The party took
lunch at Spring Valley the next. day
and as they were well acquainted
with number OF people there it was
arranged that dance should be given
the following Saturday night in hon.
Or Of the returning LoveLockers
Just about four O'Clock Tuesday eve-
nlng as the party nearing their des-
tinatior very heavy and noisy
thunder shower invited them into
the tolls of camp lite. The next
evening Messers pugh, Douglas and
oreen from Lovelock drove into the
canyon and pitched tent a few rods
away from the first arrivals. In the
evening much visiting and card play
ing was enjoyed-ln the day time
the boys fshed and hunted while the
girls rested and read.
Saturday evening about four the
lhornberry & Westfall edition broke
camp and going by the way OF
Unlonville increased their number
by the two Talcott girls then drove
hastily across the plains to the
Spring Valley dance. The evening
was spent in the good old fastened
country way. The orchestra con
|sAsed of large graphaphone and
the dances were mostly "square"
During the early part OF the evening
watermelon and rootbeer were served
and about two O'Clock there was a
hearty supper at one of the camps
Just at daylight the revelers stole
home and went to bed. Early the
next morning, Sunday, the campers
spent a couple of very interesting
hours looking at the big dredger
Several workmen pointed out and ex
planned each part Of the large ship
1t looks exactly like a ship from the
outside and the machinery is very
similar. One large 100 horse power
engine runs the main boat another
so horse power engine runs the wat
er supply still another runs the big
bucket system and small electric
dynamo lights the vessel. The bow
gantry coslsts of the big derrick like
structure upon which the buckets
work. Each bucket weighs Iaoe
pounds and all are fastened in q
line forming long chain. As the
buckets 60 down they fill themselves
full of dirt then come up and empty
INTO the sluse box or cleaner. The
large pipes of water also terminate in
the sluse box and every 8 inches
there is an iron "rifle" where the
gold is deposited. Then the "clean
ed" dirt goes on through the sluse
box and out an immence stalker in the
stem gantry of the boat. In this
way you see as it digs in front and
deposits its own wall behind it can
sail through the entire valley. The
water will be piped from Indian
Creek and not as much water will be
required to run it as one night at first
think. After the reservoir in which
it Is to float, is once filled the
same water can be used over and
over. The lower part of Me deck is
painted dark tan and the upper
deck, white. 1t will only take four
men to run this immence dredger
when once it is finished which will
be in about two weeks.
After leaving this interesting sight
the travellers set out for home which
they reached about ten O'Clock Sum
day evening. Camping trips are in
teresting and refreshing but Love
lock is good place to camp most OF
the time.