IC 6421 Method And Cost Of Dredging Sand And Gravel By The Ohio River Sand Co., Louisville, Ky. ? Introduction

This is the first of, a series of papers describing dredging methods and costs in recovering sand and gravel from the beds of rivers throughout the United States and deals directly with the methods employed and costs obtained by the Ohio River Sand Co. near Louisville, Ky. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance of J. R. Thoenen, mining engineer of the Bureau of Mines, in the collection of data and compilation of this report.