Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields

Founder of the Yuba Constructino Company, Wendell P. Hammon, also founded the Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields on the Yuba River in 1904. This company became a large, profitable placer operation, a proving ground for new dredge designs and a training ground for dredge operators and others in this global industry.
In 1957 the two Yuba companies merged into Yuba Consolidated Industries.
Yuba dredges have been built and shipped from California to worldwide markets during the first half of the 20th century. These 'gold boats' were shipped in pieces and assembled where the mining would take place. Locations included the countries of Malaya, the Philippines, Bolivia, Columbia, China, and Russia.