Dredge Bucket
Object
2007.1.56
Bucket laying on its side. Bucket is flat on back side, curved in semi circle at front. Flat side 69 cm wide, 63.5 cm to bottom of inside of bucket. Front curved in semi circle, 75 cm from back of bucket to point of circle farthest away. Two metal arms extend outward from flat wall, 65 x 7 x 10 cm high. Holes drilled at each end 6 cm diam. At bottom of bucket, below flat back side, are four steel brackets with steel pin broken off.
Dredge bucket for gold mining. A dredge is a large rotating bucket line feeding sluice boxes to dig and recover gold from gravels below water level.