 EPOD - a service of USRA

The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes
and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and
archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory
captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The
community is invited to contribute digital imagery, short captions and
relevant links.


 Archive - Black Hills Flume

   January 09, 2021

    Flume

   Every weekend we present a notable item from our archives. This EPOD
   was originally published January 9, 2004.

   Provided by:  Mike Barondeau
   Summary author:  Mike Barondeau

   This is one of the tunnels you walk through when traversing the Flume
   Trail from Sheridan Lake to Rockerville in the Black Hills of South
   Dakota. The historic Flume Trail takes you back to the mining boom of
   the 1880s when the Rockerville Flume carried water 20 miles (32 km),
   from Spring Creek west of present-day Sheridan Lake, east to the placer
   diggings near Rockerville. This flume operated until 1885 and enabled
   miners to take over $500,000 in gold. The trail follows the actual
   flume bed for much of its length. Along the way, you'll see historic
   artifacts and parts of the flume itself, but because of these fragile
   artifacts, this is a hikers only trail.


Related EPODs

    Archive - Black Hills Flume  Cracked Eggs of the Bisti Badlands
    Puget Sound Feeder Bluff  Exogenic Fulgurites  Cedar Breaks:
   A Rainbow in Stone  Archive - Johnsondale Potholes
    More...

Geology Links

     *  Earthquakes
     *  Geologic Time
     *  Geomagnetism
     *  General Dictionary of Geology
     *  Mineral and Locality Database
     *  Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness
     *  This Dynamic Earth
     *  USGS
     *  USGS Ask a Geologist
     *  USGS/NPS Geologic Glossary
     *  USGS Volcano Hazards Program

-
   Earth Science Picture of the Day is a service of the  Universities
   Space Research Association.

https://epod.usra.edu
 
