F. E. Company Dredge No. 4

The F.E. Company Dredge No. 4, also known as the Pedro Dredge and the Chicken Dredge, was originally owned by the Fairbanks Exploration Company (F.E. Co.), a subsidiary of the United States Smelting Refining & Mining Co. (USSR&M). It was built by the Yuba Manufacturing Company in California, and was shipped to Pedro Creek north of Fairbanks, Alaska in 1938. It was assembled there, and operated until 1958.

F.E. Company Dredge No. 4
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location	Along Airport Road, south of mile 66.4 of Taylor Highway, Chicken, Alaska
Coordinates	64°04′11″N 141°56′19″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1938
Built by	Yuba Manufacturing Company
NRHP reference No.	06000435[1]
AHRS No.	EAG-00069
Added to NRHP	May 18, 2006

The following year it was disassembled, trucked to Chicken, Alaska and reassembled. The dredge commenced operations on lower Chicken Creek in September and worked for approximately five months every year thereafter until October 1967, when it produced its final cleanup.

In 1998, the 500 ton dredge was moved overland to its current location at the Chicken Gold Camp.[2]

In 2006, the dredge was added to the National Register of Historic Places and was opened to the public.[3]

See also

• Chatanika gold dredge (Fairbanks)
• Coal Creek Historic Mining District
• Goldstream Dredge No. 8
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Pedro Dredge". Chicken Gold Camp. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
3. "NRHP nomination for F.E. Company Dredge No. 4". National Park Service. Retrieved June 9, 2017.

External links

• Pedro Dredge
• Pedro Gold Dredge Chicken, Alaska