Re: very early image of St Elmo depot DSPP 1881.
| June 13, 2022 06:21PM |
degg13 Wrote:
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> From the 1915 HABS map the flume began just east
> of the First Street bridge over Chalk Creek. It is
> not shown on the 1885 HABS map. I don't know when
> it was put in nor which specific operation it was
> for but a guess would be either to power one of
> the mills downstream in St Elmo or Iron City or
> for the cyanide mill.
it was, according to the the Mineral Belt volume 2 , used for the Mary Murphy mine, settling vats were situated in st elmo, which seems a long way from the mine itself .... although the mine was quite a way above the creek so probably that was the reason it was situated lower down near transport.
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> From the 1915 HABS map the flume began just east
> of the First Street bridge over Chalk Creek. It is
> not shown on the 1885 HABS map. I don't know when
> it was put in nor which specific operation it was
> for but a guess would be either to power one of
> the mills downstream in St Elmo or Iron City or
> for the cyanide mill.
it was, according to the the Mineral Belt volume 2 , used for the Mary Murphy mine, settling vats were situated in st elmo, which seems a long way from the mine itself .... although the mine was quite a way above the creek so probably that was the reason it was situated lower down near transport.
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