“Fabulous Flume”

edgar st. john & john snetzler took a water right above here on the little spearfish in 1887 and the ditch and flume, 9 miles long, was to take “placer” water to iron creek 3 miles north. a high flume crossed school house draw just to the west and along the canyon wall to the north. you can trace that flume along that wall and the iron cables on which it hung above the ranger’s cabin below. the buckeye placer mining company took it over: a vast, costly and unsuccessful project. You, who are adventurous, can get a ‘big kick’ clambering on that north wall to find frequent evidence of this venture.

Lawrence County, location unknown