Finding Alexandra's Forgotten Gold Dredge Wreck (1 January 2023)

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  • Опубликовано: 5 дек 2024

Комментарии • 42

  • @Penguinracer
    @Penguinracer 2 месяца назад +2

    Thanks Scott & Roger for the fascinating insight into a part of Otago's pioneering history. I look forward to see more videos like it!

  • @dprcontracting6299
    @dprcontracting6299 5 месяцев назад +9

    That was a great reminder at just how big the Central Otago Gold Rush was. Four dredges operating within sight of each other! Incredible. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

  • @morris2450
    @morris2450 11 месяцев назад +7

    Thanks for covering a piece of Central Otago history

  • @mickmcmillan3955
    @mickmcmillan3955 9 месяцев назад +4

    Thanks Scott and Rodger, great video!

  • @billdennis3681
    @billdennis3681 11 месяцев назад +5

    Good video mate of the old gold dredge.

  • @leopardsgowild
    @leopardsgowild 4 месяца назад +4

    great video mate, thanks for including the history and some images etc, nice work

  • @tigertiger1699
    @tigertiger1699 6 месяцев назад +5

    Great video…., tough people our pioneers🌹🙏

  • @andrewhorsburgh2549
    @andrewhorsburgh2549 11 месяцев назад +5

    1957 I went on a trip through Central and clearly remember the old dredges. I was only a Young one.

  • @otagogold2236
    @otagogold2236 11 месяцев назад +4

    Great video!

  • @anembellishedaccount3638
    @anembellishedaccount3638 3 месяца назад +4

    I remember playing on some of the wreck in the 1980s
    Great adventures

    • @shanefraser7764
      @shanefraser7764 3 месяца назад

      Boy would I love to mess around on that site✌️✌️✌️✌️

  • @timjopson6762
    @timjopson6762 10 месяцев назад +3

    Very good video man.

  • @alistairclarke6726
    @alistairclarke6726 11 месяцев назад +3

    Fascinating and very original content

  • @TheOtherPhotoGuy
    @TheOtherPhotoGuy 3 месяца назад +2

    Nice one, enjoyed the story

  • @majestic1222
    @majestic1222 3 месяца назад +2

    Awesome video 👍

  • @scapekiwi
    @scapekiwi 5 месяцев назад +4

    hell of a good video

  • @warfivevy0neMachines
    @warfivevy0neMachines 4 месяца назад +2

    Masterpiece Presentation

    • @scottbennett1614
      @scottbennett1614  4 месяца назад +1

      Thanks and appreciated. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @whirlymurley3974
    @whirlymurley3974 11 месяцев назад +2

    wow ty for this

  • @aidansharples7751
    @aidansharples7751 11 месяцев назад +3

    Great video, dont be afraid to branch out to other parts of NZ history.

  • @unhippy1
    @unhippy1 10 месяцев назад +5

    lol this brings back memory's......i found that old dredge while shooting rabbits 25 odd years ago

  • @johnbattermann1221
    @johnbattermann1221 11 месяцев назад +4

    Nice video! I'm curious if anyone has panned the tailings to see how much gold might have gotten through the dredge? Sometimes those dredges were not as efficient as modern equipment and gold can still be pulled out of the tailings.

    • @scottbennett1614
      @scottbennett1614  11 месяцев назад +5

      The electric dredges that processed these tailings were very efficient, and whilst there would be some gold left, any further recovery is supposedly uneconmic. In saying that, it was economic during the construction of the Clyde Dam to process the tailings gravel for gold as it was being crushed for making concrete. In addition, much of the ground has been worked over a couple of times, but there is always hope of getting some colour in the pan!

  • @stevendeus9229
    @stevendeus9229 3 месяца назад

    Used to cut school in the 70s.
    Go up to La Grange California and crawl around on a dredge there.
    Good times

    • @scottybsactiveinterests
      @scottybsactiveinterests 3 месяца назад

      Sounds fun. Despite my grandfather and uncles working on dredges, have never been aboard one.

  • @edwardbryans4623
    @edwardbryans4623 3 месяца назад

    Is the one similar to this still parked off the grey river, near greymouth

  • @AboveCentralOtago
    @AboveCentralOtago 5 месяцев назад +2

    LOLz, when Roger took me up he said KLM took off like a brick!

    • @scottbennett1614
      @scottbennett1614  5 месяцев назад +1

      We were using most of the runway with us in it. Got to say really impressed with your drone footage and channel.

  • @briandavies1809
    @briandavies1809 10 месяцев назад +3

    I saw the sister dredge to this in1966 in Bulolo Papua New Guinea & it was still operating..

    • @scottybsactiveinterests
      @scottybsactiveinterests 10 месяцев назад +2

      Would like see any pics if you have them please. My uncles and grandfather worked on the Austral Malay Dredge before it was broken down and transported to Malaysia.

    • @godisanissan7407
      @godisanissan7407 3 месяца назад

      Parker Schnabel visited what remains of it on his show when he went to PNG several years ago.

  • @glennjaggard7065
    @glennjaggard7065 3 месяца назад +1

    Yes I agree we should try and perseve these as it is our History of past gone by and we do have the machinery no to lift these things as the old saying it can't be done is a load of crap of course we can if the right people get behind it

  • @macaelapayn7529
    @macaelapayn7529 3 месяца назад +1

    There are two more visible dredges,one in the clutha,that I know of anyway

  • @Dave183
    @Dave183 8 месяцев назад +2

    In the family tradition, set by Ron...

  • @glennjaggard7065
    @glennjaggard7065 3 месяца назад

    Tell me why did you not top up fuel before going to hanger as condensation could get into half empty tanks due to sweat I use to work for Shell oil NZ and I have delivered a lot of aviation fuel to shell BP Todd , Oheakea, air base and field air so I was wondering why you did not topup

    • @scottybsactiveinterests
      @scottybsactiveinterests 3 месяца назад

      There was a combination of factors, Alexandra summer weather is hot and dry (i.e. low humidity) so lower risk of condensation. The plane sometimes doesn't get flown regularly so factoring in upfront fuel cost as well as having fresh fuel for next flight is a consideration. My father always does a pre-flight checks of both tanks for water and has never had any indications of water in fuel to date. I appreciate however that refuelling after a flight is good practice for the reasons you mentioned.

  • @granthardy5844
    @granthardy5844 7 месяцев назад +3

    Promote the site......

  • @deanstevenson6527
    @deanstevenson6527 9 месяцев назад +2

    🥝✔️

  • @lindastevens6861
    @lindastevens6861 3 месяца назад

    Machete ?

  • @lindastevens6861
    @lindastevens6861 3 месяца назад

    Not a swimming pond😮

  • @daleolson3506
    @daleolson3506 3 месяца назад

    The music junked another video 👎👎👎👎💩💩😬

  • @duncanrogers9775
    @duncanrogers9775 5 месяцев назад +1

    Too long winded. Gave up after you fueled up