Last night we went to Diamond tooth Gerties - a fun production within a gambling casino complete with black jack tables, Texas hold 'em tables and slot machines. Quite enjoyed the performance with the dancers and singers.
Afterwards we walked back along the river. This is the old CIBC building right along the water, and this picture was taken about 10:30 pm.
Today, Friday, we went out to Dredger #4 up the Bonanza river. It is another Parks Canada historical site. They actually have restored this beast, in its time the largest dredger in the world. Our pictures don't do it justice. It was huge, and up until the past 5 years was frozen in a swamp. The action was pretty basic, they had to melt the permafrost and then dig down to bedrock and sort the gravel/ mud in the big roller (kind
of how a front loading washing machine works. Anyway the heavy gold fell through the holes first, and then the water washed it all over sluices so that the gold could be collected. The thing must have made an incredible racket, and left huge trails (tailings) of gravel all up and down the valleys.
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