National and State Register
Hanging Flume
Montrose County
The approximately six mile long flume is a three-sided wooden structure attached to the walls of the Dolores and San Miguel Canyons, at a level of 150 to 400 feet above the Dolores and San Miguel Rivers.
It was constructed in 1889-1890 to bring water to the Lone Tree Placer mine. Subsequent poor economic conditions resulted in its circa 1900 abandonment.Â
National Register
Address
Colo. Hwy. 141, 5.7 miles northwest of Uravan
Site Number
5MN.1840