| California-type dredge [¦kal·ǝ¦fȯr·nyǝ ´tīp `drej] MINING ENGINEERING A single-lift dredge in which closely spaced buckets deliver to a trommel; oversize rocks are piled behind the dredge by a conveyor or stacker; the undersize are washed on gold-saving tables on the deck, and tailings discharge astern through sluices. |