They say you can track the massive number of private companies that sprang up through the 70 BILLION dollar influx of money. The amount of gold was so massive the US govt forced the Russians to sell them the gold, only allowing the us dollars out of the country. Apparently the company assumed that the dredge was broken and not one single person went to look. The same place they dumped all the gravel and sand from the 3-4 times over the years. When the Russians went to salvage the dredge, they found 70 BILLION dollars in gold dust in the bottom. (The dredge is still operating today in South America) During the early 70's the current owners of the dredge sold it to a russian company for 'scrap.' The russians were planning on fixing it up and selling it to some other buyer. The mining operation was finished, they abandoned the dredge until the early 70's. These are 10' piles of the rocks that were dredged up over all those the dredge reached Fairplay, it sank. Just outside the town of Fairplay, Colorado you can see giant, snake like, light colored, fat lines outside the town. You can see the results of the dredge using google images. The dredge was not known for making very much money, the proceeds were still enough to continue.
They dumped this garbage out 3-4 times throughout the years. During this time, the bottom of the dredge was dumped of all the gravel and sand that accumulates. This continued down river for many years. When an area was dredged out they would build a new dam and move the dredge to the new flooded area.
The river was dammed up and the dredge floated in an area as it dredged for gold. This dredge was purchased and used to dredge the river from behind Alma, Colorado to Fairplay, Colorado, a few miles away.
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