The Christine Rose is a self-propelled barge excavator
dredge
Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing ...
used to mine Bering Sea placer gold deposits in the region around Nome, Alaska, US. It is owned by
Pomrenke Mining and its registered home port is
Nome, Alaska
Nome (; , , also ''Sitŋazuaq'', ''Siqnazuaq'') is a city in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough, Alaska, Unorganized Borough of the US state of Alaska. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula c ...
, US. The Christine Rose is featured in the Discovery Channel USA mining reality TV show ''
Bering Sea Gold
''Bering Sea Gold'' (also known as ''Gold Divers'' in the UK) is a reality television series set in Nome, Alaska, on Norton Sound, that airs on Discovery Channel. It is from the creators of the ''Deadliest Catch'' reality TV show.
The show is d ...
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Specifications
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* Launch date: 1941
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See also
* Myrtle Irene The Myrtle Irene (USCG id: 643114) is a crewed flat-topped power barge adapted into a littorals at-sea excavator dredge mining vessel designed By Tony Messina out of Northern Wisconsin . It is owned by Arctic Sea Mining, LLC and its registered home ...
* Tuvli 160 The Tuvli 160 (USCG id: 516564) is an ocean-rated crewed flat-topped barge in the process of being adapted into a powered littorals at-sea excavator-boomed suction dredge mining vessel. It is owned by Pomrenke Mining and its registered home port is ...
* AU Grabber
* Viking Dredge 1
* Viking Dredge 2
* Bima (dredge)
References
External links
* Boat Database (boatdb.net
Nome, AK port boats
Bering Sea Gold
Barges of the United States
Dredgers
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