placer dredge

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placer dredge [′plās·ər ‚drej]

(mining engineering)

A dredge for mining metals from placer deposits; it consists of a chain of closely connected buckets passing over an idler tumbler and an upper or driving tumbler, mounted on a structural-steel ladder which carries a series of rollers.

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