| 单词 | flume |
| 例句 | The park extended into flume rides, wave pools, and a lazy river. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The umbrella-waving dancers kick up the accumulated water, splashing the audience members near the stage, who squeal like delighted riders on a log flume. ArtsBeat: Running in Circles: 'Chariots of Fire' in London 2012-06-28T14:59:50Z But as Blow It Up explodes in beer flumes and pandemonium, tonight is all about the Vaccines ascending to the status of icons. The Vaccines – review 2012-11-19T13:57:44Z We managed two of the bigger attractions — the trigger-happy Laser Raiders and log flume Pirate Falls — the last of which was marred only by my daughter accusing a woman in a raincoat of “cheating.” In the Royal Borough of Windsor, attractions ancient and modern 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The program would then narrow down the list of possible words to those like "flume" and "slate." Want to master Wordle? Here’s the best strategy for your first guess 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z But it was never released on home video in the US, and its most enduring cultural footprints are the song and the Splash Mountain log flume rides at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland. Song of the South: the difficult legacy of Disney's most shocking movie 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Which is one way of saying the place has its own waterpark complete with flumes, cannon and one of those lazy rivers engineered to float you gently around a circuit on an inflatable. Justin Bieber gets baptised in a bathtub 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The indoor halls are filled with giant climbing frames, trampolines, log flumes and spinners. 10 of the best UK and European theme parks: readers’ tips 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z If the island sinks, would that release the powers of the mystic log flume out into the world? Lost in Lost: Season six, episode 16 2010-05-21T21:00:00Z The seated audience, bedecked in their ponchos, looked like they were taking a different kind of ride: a high fashion log flume, perhaps, as they were showered from on high. The Top 10 Moments of Paris Fashion Week 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z She kicks up for air and sends a flume of mist from her mouth. Extract: The Whales by Evie Wyld 2010-09-06T13:47:00Z As they drive off with the caravan in tow, Wheatley shows how the mother is literally fuming with displeasure at the window, breathing heavily, her nostrils producing twin flumes of condensation. Cannes 2012: Sightseers – review 2012-05-24T11:59:47Z At Disney’s Florida theme park they got an Anna and Elsa-themed log flume. ‘I must have watched it 50 times’: a Frozen dad prepares for the sequel 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Experiments in flume tanks will help to change this through the depiction of deposition in future models. Deciphering the intensity of past ocean currents 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z The team carried out the work at Oregon State University, which runs a 104-meter-long flume—the largest experimental wave laboratory in the country. In a twist, beach grass could make dunes more vulnerable to storms 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Disneyland’s Splash Mountain — the famed log flume ride whose imagery is rooted in the dated and racist 1946 film “Song of the South” — has an end date. Disneyland sets Splash Mountain closing date, releases new concept art for Tiana's Bayou Adventure 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z “I agree that the change in timeline and the number of flumes used was odd, but we accepted this as part of the correction,” he says. Journal declines to retract fish research paper despite fraud finding 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Over the years, the 10-foot-high wooden dam, about 200 feet long, diverted water into a 10-mile-long wooden flume conveying water to the dam’s powerhouse. Hydro company to pay $500k for spill of artificial turf in Puyallup River 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Currents and sediment input in the flume tank were simulated using pumps and monitored with a current meter. Deciphering the intensity of past ocean currents 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z As the shadows lengthened, we hit the bumper cars, log flume and three roller-coaster runs in quick succession. They braved Barcelona with kids this hot, busy summer and lived well 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z An online campaign at the time even called for a “Princess and the Frog” makeover to the log flume ride that’s been a park favorite in large part due to its 52½-foot drop. Disneyland sets Splash Mountain closing date, releases new concept art for Tiana's Bayou Adventure 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Like most of Dixson’s experimental work, the study relied partly on a so-called choice flume, an apparatus in which a fish can choose whether to swim toward a chemical signal. Star marine ecologist committed misconduct, university says 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Occasionally, a steelhead trout got flung down the flume and squished in the printing works. Why we turned the L.A. River into a freeway (for water) 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Rain poured down in furious torrents, turning the subway system into a kind of flume ride. Overlapping Disasters Expose Harsh Climate Reality: The U.S. Is Not Ready 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Disney Parks on Monday revealed the latest concept art for the log flume attraction that features the animation studio’s first Black princess along with her beloved frog-prince Naveen and trumpet-playing gator Louis joining the festivities. Splash Mountain revamp spotlights New Orleans, Mardi Gras with Tiana leading the fun 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Water from two different sources flows into the flume, side by side, and researchers measure how much time the fish spend in water from either source. Does ocean acidification alter fish behavior? Fraud allegations create a sea of doubt 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The ecologist would have needed 11,628 liters of sea water to flow through the flume, which the draft report says she had to collect 2 kilometers from the shore. Star marine ecologist committed misconduct, university says 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z That event was in addition to thousands of fish killed in the flume, fore bay and turbines of the dam in routine operations every year, the suit alleged. Puyallup tribe files federal suit against Electron Dam, citing pollution, fish kills 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z A recent online campaign even called for a “Princess and the Frog” makeover to the log flume ride that’s become a park favorite in large part due to its 52-1/2-foot drop. Disney to replace Splash Mountain 'Song of the South' theme with 'Princess and the Frog' 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Hale Irwin has lately said he thinks of his hands and the club handle riding down an imaginary flume of water. John Updike: My innermost swing thoughts - Golf Digest 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Dixson also used the flume for studies not related to ocean acidification. Does ocean acidification alter fish behavior? Fraud allegations create a sea of doubt 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The correction also says two flumes were used simultaneously, effectively doubling the observation time. Star marine ecologist committed misconduct, university says 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z For her live experiment, Schrier poured chemicals into flasks and made three big fluffy colourful flumes of gunk. Mariah Carey: make my wish come true. All I want for Christmas is you | Rebecca Nicholson 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory in a wave flume and became trapped. University of Oregon employee injured in wave lab 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z "The thing that I really remember was the cracking sound of my ribs hitting the side of the flume," he added. Children hurt after Center Parcs raft flips over 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The large-scale Earth Surface Dynamics Laboratory includes a 12-metre tilting flume, used to explore how sediment is eroded, transported and deposited on Earth’s surface. Top 10 institutions for Earth and environmental sciences in 2018 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The thought of hurling himself down the narrow, steep, snaking flume of ice and shadow made him queasy. The Wild Carnival at the Heart of Skiing’s Most Dangerous Race 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z The flume is 12 meters long and half a meter wide. Deadly Volcanic Flows Glide on Their Own Cushion of Air 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z When Pyenson visits the station, “billows of steam erupted from geothermal pipes” and “flumes of krill and whale blood” ran under his steel-toed spiked boots. We May Never Understand the Ocean-Wide Damage Done by Industrial Whaling 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Old items from the amusement park such as log flumes and go-karts will be used for planters and playground equipment. City announces plan to turn theme park into public park 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z A few skiers came off slopes where machines spewed flumes of the snow to half-empty parking lots. Dry, hot California winter closes ski resorts, stalls wildflower blooms and revives drought fears 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Olive Mill Road itself had become a flume. Scene of devastation in Montecito as mud buries whole neighborhoods 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z It made news for an embarrassing, though not unexpected, incident: A log flume boat capsized. Perspective | An old metal token puts Answer Man on the trail of a D.C. saloon tycoon 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Once realistic replica flippers were created, they were connected to a rig mounted in a flume tank and operated at various inclinations, speeds and timing arrangements. The Unique and Efficient 4-Flipper Locomotion of Plesiosaurs 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z Completed in 2010, the fence separates Shelby Park and the municipal golf course from the rest of town, and stretches west for a few miles atop the bluffs flanking the flume. Driving the Most Controversial Strip of Land in Trump's America 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z They say the dredge boats leave wide flumes of turbulent sediment that damages marine life and shellfish fertility in the sections used by the baymen, reducing the number of shellfish they might harvest. Claims Over Shellfish Fuel a Battle in the Bay 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z First, we obtain a digital 3-D model of a fossil and place it in a virtual flume tank. Reverse Engineering Mysterious 500-Million-Year-Old Fossils That Confound Our Tree of Life 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Be the water responding in waves, waterfalls, surf, ocean wash, spouts, flumes, drops and drips glistening on rocks, bubbles, froth, steam or foam, or drenching beachheads and Moana, viewers will be mesmerized by its realism. Blu-ray review: ‘Moana’ 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z The story follows the events surrounding the tie flume in Dayton, with one of the main characters based on former Dayton Mayor Susan Wissler, who was the first woman mayor in the United States. Teacher writes original musical 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z That process, as well as the intervening transport, has changed several times since the construction of the original flume, which is still visible on the canyon wall along the lower section of No Name. From snowmelt to Glenwood Springs’ taps: cool, clear water 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z The corps is also constructing a Juvenile Bypass System upgrade, which involves “daylighting” juvenile fish passage to an elevated flume. Army Corps improving fish passage at Lower Granite Dam 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The original property deed hangs in their living room, beneath a framed black-and-white photo of the old sugar flume passing high over the land. The power of tea 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Jurassic Park” flume rides at Universal parks, for instance, kept the pilot light burning between “Jurassic Park III” in 2001 and “Jurassic World,” which opened this year. Lionsgate Seeks to Build on Its Library of Film Properties With Theme Parks 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z “We built the tie flume slide over Christmas break and started building some of our other sets. It’s been a whirlwind.” Teacher writes original musical 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Even in a league known for instability, Kearse’s weekly flume ride stands out. Here’s what it’s like to get cut by the Redskins three times in four weeks 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The new Dutch flume replaces an older, smaller version that will be retired after 35 years of service. This machine produces the largest humanmade waves in the world 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Yes, there will be water slides, but city officials are quick to point out that there will not be amusement-style attractions, like log flumes or luge runs. California Town, United by Drought, Is Split Over New Water Park 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z An officer removed a sparrow that was stuck in the flume of a fireplace. D.C. Animal Watch 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Kilbride suggested the tie flume, a man-made slide used to float and transport logs, and that is how the process started. Teacher writes original musical 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z His famous “Waterfall” shows a waterwheel powered by a cascade pouring down from a brick flume. Dyslexia Can Deliver Benefits 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The first study in the new flume was actually done in July. This machine produces the largest humanmade waves in the world 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z For many residents here, the images of heavily militarized police officers in riot gear, the flumes of tear gas and the busted in windows of looted storefronts are merely a flashpoint in Ferguson’s history. Ferguson prepares to say goodbye to Mike Brown 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z The log flume at Camden Park in Huntington, West Virginia where I took my children every year when they were young. '30 in 30': Women candidates to watch in 2014 -- Shelley Moore Capito 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z “Honestly, I don’t think she had anything to do with the tie flume, historically, but she was somebody of real significance,” McArthur said. Teacher writes original musical 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Disney imagined a flume journey with more than 200 animatronic dolls, dressed in traditional garb from around the world. 'It's a Small World' after all; iconic ride celebrates 50 years 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Watch Deltares's “trailer” for the Delta Flume: The flume is largely inspired by Holland’s historic battle against the sea. This machine produces the largest humanmade waves in the world 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z When they finally give way, falling like microscopic dominoes on a steep slope, they provide an icy flume for the snow above. Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek 2012-12-20T20:56:48Z He puts the cigarette to his lips, takes a puff, and exhales a rich flume. Should e-cigarette advertising be allowed? 2012-12-06T03:15:50Z Glial cells along the outside of arteries form these channels, creating a flume for cerebrospinal fluid that follows the brain's blood vessels. Brain's Drain: Neuroscientists Discover Cranial Cleansing System 2012-08-15T21:45:00.180Z If Tiger played in the morning, they would go down to Blackpool in the afternoon, go to the Pleasure Beach and ride the log flume. The Open: Tiger Woods' dad told me his son would change the world 2012-07-17T22:58:00Z Researchers can also change the amount of water in the flume during an experiment to simulate tidal variation. This machine produces the largest humanmade waves in the world 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Once the flume was gone, the space was a long way from being ready. Six Flags America previews its new coaster, Apocalypse 2012-05-18T15:25:37Z But it will be interesting to see the bunk-houses and the flumes, and get an idea of the way the work is carried on.” The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z I saw that pure water was brought to the harbor by a wooden aqueduct that crossed the valley on trestles, after the manner practiced in the California mining regions, and there called a flume. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Tomlinson's flume, which would bring the water to the mine, was not finished yet. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z The flume will also provide new insights into natural processes such as sediment transport along shorelines and the mechanical properties of coastal soils, López Lara says. This machine produces the largest humanmade waves in the world 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The coaster, which replaces the log flume Skull Mountain, didn’t appear in the park overnight. Six Flags America previews its new coaster, Apocalypse 2012-05-18T15:25:37Z Later on, some of its waters would be diverted to the giant flumes, down which the logs would come hurtling to the valley below. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z Water is carried for many miles by log flumes and ditches, to be distributed over these little fields. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z He was not aware that Tomlinson, who had had difficulties with the flume he was building, was just then coming up the hillside in a somewhat uncertain temper. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z Japan's Port and Airport Research Institute has a flume to mimic tsunamis, built to generate one wall of water instead of a steady onslaught of waves. This machine produces the largest humanmade waves in the world 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The night was intensely cold, and I was not surprised to find icicles over a foot long on the flume behind the house in the morning. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z There is a sense of poising near the head Of some great flume of brightness, flowing by To pour in gathering torrent through the dark. Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z "When spring comes I want to be in shape to begin throwing out the gravel the minute the ground thaws, and I don't want to be bothered building flume and railroad." Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z He wants more water, and is putting up a flume. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z This video shows how the new flume works: This machine produces the largest humanmade waves in the world 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The channel was deepened considerably, but the effect of this was to divert a still greater flow into it and form a sort of a chute down which the water rushed as through a flume. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z "Building flumes is evidently more profitable than I thought it was," she said. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z It is also used for flumes and piles, for it resists decay on exposure to water. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z They saw the lumber men float logs down into the pond at one side of the dam and near the flume through which the water dropped to turn the turbine wheel. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp 2011-09-30T02:00:20.203Z The flume will allow researchers to build realistic, 1:1 scale models of 85% of Dutch coastal defenses. This machine produces the largest humanmade waves in the world 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The sentinel held us very firmly and bawled to his fellow, who arrived presently with a lantern; and we saw the grist-mill close to us, with its dripping wheel and the high flume belching water. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z "I came up along the flume and she's wasting very little water," he said. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Mr. George was compelled to rebuild the flume, enlarging it to capacity at his own expense. The Discards 2011-08-27T02:00:23.603Z There were locks and flumes and water-gates, and plenty of water. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z The sun had just cleared the forest when, one morning soon after Dane had set his flume and washing gear to work, he sat at breakfast before a swinging table in their extemporized mess tent. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z The shores of the islands and mainlands have been covered with mills and manufactories, while the scene is still further disfigured by a maze of railway and other bridges, waterways and flumes. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z "I know very little about the man, but I never saw more thorough work than he has put in on the flume," he said. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z I reckon he would have been with me still, but the early floods in '54 washed out my bed-rock flume in American River and I had to break up my establishment. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z Was he held fast as if in vice, Wedged 'mong the timbers and the ice, Or was there for him ample room For to float down the narrow flume. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z While Dane ran his eyes along his trenches it struck him that the raw heaps of sand and the rude wooden flumes appeared strangely out of place in that gap in the primeval forest. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z At length the atmosphere grew heavy and a flume of languid clouds straggled up where they hung upon the distant mountain peaks, pregnant with pulsing heat lightning. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The flume was finished, and the dam already progressing well, when one morning Devine came out, somewhat grim in face, from the new adit he was driving at the Canopus. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Our biggest paper mill, not long ago, was shut down entirely because of the eels, which got in through the flumes by hundreds, and stopped the water wheels. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z In early summer, Couric generated some old-fashioned media sparks by allowing that Hillary Clinton's ride on the presidential log flume might be splashier than some. Katie Couric leaving anchor post at CBS News 2011-04-04T12:52:00Z When these processes were accomplished the foreman shouted "Turn on half a head," and Ole Oleson, at the gate, allowed half the usual flow of water to rush down the flume to the dump-box. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z Old Tom blew the whistle, the engines started, and in an hour the pumps had raised a hundred tons of sand and gravel and deposited them in the concentrating flumes. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z Brooke left him presently, and, turning off where the flume climbed to the dam, came upon Jimmy, tranquilly leaning upon his shovel while he watched the two or three men who toiled waist-deep in water. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z And the last chap the boys hung to a flume up to Redwood, he had three wives, didn't he? The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z This was accomplished by constructing a dam across the river, and directing the water into a canal or flume prepared for it, thus leaving the bed of the river bare, perhaps for miles. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Down the 1st, which may soon be converted into a log flume, professionals are hacking up the rough like madmen. Ryder Cup ? live! 2010-10-01T06:00:00Z Another image of the Tory leader saw him on a log flume, wearing a baseball hat and accompanied by a youthful entourage. Hague's story 2010-05-14T13:49:00Z "Still," said Brooke, very slowly, while his face grew set, "you don't know why I came here to build that flume for you." A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z But if a player is grinding around the walls like a log flume, we turn down the restitution value, which effectively makes the wall become sticky. Blur: hands-on with Activision's rocket-powered racer 2010-05-06T08:00:00Z The log flume remains closed because it is not in working order. Barry Island theme park re-opens 2010-04-02T08:27:00Z To the right of this a short flume was entirely hidden by alders, and above the dam lay a pond, entirely covered with green lily-pads, and dotted by white blossoms all summer. The Girl From Tim's Place In America water is often carried long distances in flumes or open wooden channels, supported, where necessary, on trestles. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Now, I've heard from a friend of mine, who has a contract to build the Canopus folks a flume. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z It was found possible to make the flume absolutely watertight, and in case of repair being necessary at any part the framework is easily taken to pieces so that new staves can be inserted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" This flume connected with the distant reservoir of an irrigating company and had been built by Jessica’s dead father at a great and ill-afforded expense. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch An hour later they picked a level spot near the new flume, wrapped up in their blankets and lit pipes. The Land of Strong Men Then Pete sat down on the bedside, and the two miners prattled about the new flume, and the price of flour in a camp now overgrown with jungle. A Man in the Open "The difficulty is that I haven't the least notion how to build a flume." A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z In Fresno county, California, there is a flume 52 m. in length for transporting timber from the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the plain below; it has a rectangular V-shaped section, 3 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Tell him there’s a bit of a break in the flume I’d like his advice about.” Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch On the afternoon of the day when the flume was completed, Rennie was absent. The Land of Strong Men "Luckily, the present plans of the company don't call for much flume timber; I say 'luckily,' because I don't like to do violence to my convictions, when I'm happy enough to have any." The King of Arcadia Brooke said nothing further, but signed to the men who were waiting, and proceeded to roll the shattered rock out of the course of his flume. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z The cross section of the flumes shows an elliptical bottom and Santa Ana. straight sides consisting of wooden staves held together by 248 iron and steel ribs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" While ground-sluicing one night, and possibly wondering what other deduction could be made and not leave him nameless, he was caught in a cave, sluiced out, and carried head-first through the flume. First Fam'lies of the Sierras No further attempts were made to interfere with the ditch; but the flume itself sagged in the middle by natural subsidence of the loose soil, and much of it had to be set up again. The Land of Strong Men These were “flumed,”—that is, the water was diverted by wooden flumes from the natural channel and the sand and gravel in the bed were washed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" I fancy I know rather more about flumes than you did a little while ago. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z The flumes are frequently carried along precipitous mountain slopes, and across valleys, supported on trestles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Lull pointed out the lines where his high ditch was to run at the base of the bench land, with flume at gully and cañon steeps. Stepsons of Light I hope your flume is all right now. The Land of Strong Men First the “rocker,” then the “tom,” the “flume,” and the hydraulic stream were the tools of the miner. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Still, I couldn't see how to get the work done more cheaply without taking the risk of the flume settling a little by and by. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z In some parts of America aqueducts are frequently constructed of wood, being then termed flumes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Presently the crouching lad drove his spear into the flume at his feet and was struggling on the rock with a large salmon. The Whelps of the Wolf They dug into the mess, and sank holes for timbers to support the flume. The Land of Strong Men The “flume” enabled him to dry the bed of a stream while he worked over its gravels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Well," he said, diffidently, "it occurred to me that when there was frost on the high peaks you might have some difficulty in getting enough water to feed the flume. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z The pipes are not painted, and it has been suggested that they would suffer in their exposed position in case of a bush fire, a contingency to which, of course, flumes are also liable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" One summer evening we sat upon the flume looking over the landscape. The Book of Courage It took four days to put in the flume. The Land of Strong Men I guess dad's money and mine, too, is 'gone up the flume,' as the miners say. Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son Well," he said, "Mrs. Devine is a lady of station, and I am, you see, merely the builder of one of her husband's flumes. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Then the water in the flume was turned off, the sluice, riffles an' platform were scraped clean wi' knives, an' all six pardners panned the scrapin's. The Boy With the U.S. Miners The soft, humid air was sweet with the earthy scents of the ca�on, and the curled fallen leaves of the live oaks along the flume path were golden-brown with moisture. Stories of the Foot-hills For a moment he stood contemplating it, and then started on a run for the flume. The Land of Strong Men The practical construction of logging equipment, such as aerial tramways, log slides, dams, and flumes, is of peculiar importance, and so are the conditions and changes of the lumber market. The Training of a Forester Building flumes and dams, though that will hardly convey any very clear impression to you. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z A convenient hatching apparatus is a number of wicker-baskets, fine enough not to allow the eggs to pass through, set in a flume of clear running water. Soil Culture Well, turn some water from the sand-box into the old flume and run it down to your new ditch until I get back. Stories of the Foot-hills Angus had told Jean nothing of his suspicions as to the destruction of the flume. The Land of Strong Men Ten men went up; the fire in the flume along the stairs below them was beginning to whip through the board partition. In the Heart of a Fool He also obtains from the bloodhound branch of his family a wild yearning to star in an "Uncle Tom" company, and watch little Eva meander up the flume at two dollars per week. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) If the space they must occupy be small, make the flumes zigzag, to increase their length. Soil Culture He went around the other two men, who had fallen into some talk about the flume, and stood in the path beside her. Stories of the Foot-hills It took nine days to complete the flume a second time, and all hands were dog-tired. The Land of Strong Men Over this part of the canyon wall none of the Sobrante ranchmen had ever come; though below it, along a smoother portion, ran the flume that watered the ranch in the valley. Jessica, the Heiress It was at the end of this flume that Harry King had filled the large dipper for his horse. The Eye of Dread These eggs may be hatched in the flumes described above, though hatching-boxes are preferable. Soil Culture Melissa walked along the path beside the flume in vague bewilderment. Stories of the Foot-hills River-bed claims are those beneath the surface of the river at low water, and access is obtained to them only by removing the water from the bed by flumes or ditches. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining “The d––– hog is in the flume,” he said. The Greater Power “There were never but two lines run below the creek; after you raised objection I ran them both, and both were above the flume.” Whispering Smith Granger was attending to the flume which they had constructed. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin Old Withrow had preceded his daughter, stumbling along the flume path, muttering sullenly. Stories of the Foot-hills The ditch is rarely used, because the banks of the mining-streams are usually so steep, high, rocky and crooked, that a flume is cheaper. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining Three thousand dollars were expended by Smith and others in erecting a flume and in tunnelling. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index And if your right-of-way men had ever said a word about crossing the creek above the flume I never would have given you a right of way at all.” Whispering Smith He had been watching the great water-wheel and the flume that brought the water to it from the pond. Harper's Young People, June 1, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly She avoided the camp, scrambling through the chaparral on the opposite bank, and, reaching the flume path at last, hurried on breathlessly. Stories of the Foot-hills It may be as low in January as in August, but the winter is the season of rains; and when the flood comes, it sweeps dams, flumes and every thing before it. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining A flume of air from her exhaust, a sign of exhaustion, told Rick that Jan was tired. The Electronic Mind Reader “I certainly can’t put a grade in below the flume, and you refuse to talk about our crossing above it.” Whispering Smith When these were stuck up on each side of the lower end of his flume, and the water-wheel was set in its place, Mart took off his hat and shouted, "Hurrah! the brook's at work!" Harper's Young People, June 1, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly She leaned against the timbers that supported the flume across the gully, and fanned herself with her hat. Stories of the Foot-hills The dam will always leak, and water will run into the bed from the adjacent hills and mountains, and this water must be lifted out by pumps driven by wheels placed in the flume. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining By the time that point is reached the difference between the gradients of the flume and of the valley bottom has produced a difference in height of some hundreds of feet. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use “Why not let us cross where we are, and run a new level for your ditch that will put the flume higher up?” Whispering Smith A small flume, eight or ten inches square, of common red-wood is laid along the upper side of a ten-acre tract. Our Italy The girl crept along the platform and descended a short flight of steps that led to the mill flume—a long box-like sluice-way that carried the water in to turn the mill wheels. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill An inch of water is as much as will run out of an orifice an inch square, with the water standing six or seven inches deep in the flume over the orifice. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining That accounts for four hundred thousand—gone up the flume. In Her Own Right “You will have to cross below the flume where it stands, or you won’t cross the ranch at all.” Whispering Smith This flume costs a trifle, is left in position, lasts for years, and is always ready. Our Italy This was the long flume, a steep, long incline, down which the water of the stream raced with great velocity. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill When they cross ravines and valleys, large flumes—wonders of carpentry—must be built. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining Detail of bulkhead gate At some point in the race or flume, the flow should be protected from leaves and other trash by means of a rack. Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine The water is brought from mountain lakes and rivers, through ditches and flumes, sometimes supported by trestle work, fifty or one hundred feet high, to near the scene of operations. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Into this flume is turned from the ditch an irrigating head of 20, 25, or 30 inches of water, generally about 20 inches. Our Italy A moment more, she reappeared a few feet from the boom, and was unmistakably heading for the swift water beyond running down to the flume. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill The only practicable method of doing this is by damming the stream, and taking the water out of its bed, in a ditch or flume. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining The dam is 10 feet high, and the race, which feeds the flume from the mill pond is 75 yards long. Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine Then it is let from the flumes into large and stout iron pipes, which grow gradually smaller and smaller. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography There was nothing more that needed to, or could, be done at the Pocut River end of the flume, part natural, part artificial, which supplied Bud's new ranch with such a vital necessity as water. The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X These wheels were silent now, for two great gates at the end of the flume barred out the waters. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill The lawyers, doctors and office-holders, pay their assessments in cash; the merchants furnish provisions, the lumbermen supply lumber, and the miners make the dam, and help the carpenters build the flume. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining The farmer can cut down the cost of this pipe by conveying his supply water from its natural source to a pond, by means of an open race, or a wooden flume. Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine It was impossible to reach it with anything save the pike-pole, for the water in the flume over it was four or five feet deep. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine But what I'm looking for, now, isn't that fellow, who may or may not be shot, but for the break in my flume—that's what I want to locate. The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X The girl tripped lightly along a single plank that extended over the flume. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill Take you way up into the mountains, and when you got used to roughing it in sure-enough wilderness—say you'd helped me haul timber for a flume—then we'd be real pals. Free Air In fact, because of danger from flood water and ice, it is better to locate it in a more protected spot, leading the water to the wheel by means of a race and flume. Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine The young millers were now a good deal alarmed, and, running out, climbed up the dam and looked into the flume, to see what was the matter with their gate. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Snake spoke rightly of "to-day," for it was getting sunrise-light when the battle was over, and the party returned to the tents near the flume reservoir. The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X Jack," said Henry Burns, as he followed his companion across the planking of the flume, "you look like an underdone buckwheat cake. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill Used for timber, shingles, flumes, fence posts, coffins, railway ties, water pipes, interior decorations, and cabinetmaking. Seasoning of Wood When the wheel gate is closed the water in the mill pond behind the dam, and in the flume itself should maintain an approximate level. Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine You see, this girl of Brownell's she came up where I was mending the flume yesterday, and we got right well acquainted. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories They had nearly reached the other end of the flume, and could dimly see, ahead of them, a faint glow, which told of daylight to come. The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X There was no great depth of water in the flume—no one seemed to know just how much. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill A dry weed-choked irrigation ditch paralleled the trail, its wooden flumes, like the fence posts, rotting where they stood, and its walls all but obliterated by the wash of spring freshets. The Gold Girl The race has two spillways, one near the dam, and the second at the flume itself, to maintain an even head of water at all times. Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine The hill-benches steamed and 272 clammy mists wrapped the camp at night; the downward rush of melting snow increased, and several times wild floods swept away portions of the dam and half-built flume. The Long Portage But this will give us a start so we can get to the Pocut River end of the flume by morning. The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X Now he was stumped by a girl no bigger than himself, and he felt his knees wabbling in uncertain fashion at the thought of attempting the flume. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill He’d have gone down the flume, if I hadn’t got hold of his bridle. The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch It is from this flume that the penstock draws water for the wheel. Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine The giant wooden flume could be faintly discerned, through the smoke of the fire and from the pipes of the men, 62 not twenty feet away from the engines that worked it. Polly's Business Venture There was not a shred of evidence to connect Dunne with the destruction of the dam and flume. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters They hardly saw the sides of the flume as they shot by. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill The sand fell into one bin and the gravel into another, and the waste water was carried away by a flume. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Water is supplied to this wheel by a wooden penstock 33 inches square, inside measurements, and sloping at an angle of 30° from the flume to the wheel. Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine His ears were erect and his tail was standing out straight behind him, as he stood and glared at the wooden flume. Polly's Business Venture To get the water across, a trestle had been erected and a flume laid on it. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters And if you don't let the flume in this whole place'll wash out like flour. Still Jim A small creek was diverted, as shown, into a wooden flume terminating in two sand tanks; by means of the swinging gate the flow was passed through either tank as desired. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The old flume still exists where the water ran over onto the wheel, and the site of the old mill, which is now also torn down, is easily traceable. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado But Mike was as keen a hunter as his dog, and they both sensed that something very foreign to water was passing through that flume. Polly's Business Venture When the trestle was well along Bruce commenced sawing lumber for the half mile of flume which was to bring the water from the head-gate across the trestle to the pressure-box above the power-house. The Man from the Bitter Roots He hurried back up onto the section, thence up to the flume edge. Still Jim It was on the land of one Sutter, a Swiss settler in the Sacramento Valley, as some workmen were opening a flume for a mill. History of the United States, Volume 3 “I believe,” said I, “that the surface-water from above is showing the flow from the flume.” Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic Mike then selected several of his brawniest fighters and very quietly led the way to the opening of the flume where the water-gate was located. Polly's Business Venture To pass the head-gate and the flume gave him an acute pang, while the high trestle which represented so much toil and sweat, hurt him like a stab. The Man from the Bitter Roots Every man who was not digging gingerly at the sand slide was turned to throwing bags of sand on cofferdam and flume edge to hold back the river as long as might be. Still Jim Project to flume the river for many miles. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 The muddied water from the great flume raced down through the ravine, turning many wheels, but nowhere gathering in any form or place which seemed good187 for trout. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic “Do you remember the giant flume we planned to carry off the water of the river that flowed underground; the one into which Nolla and you dropped the torch the day you found the cave?” Polly's Business Venture If they had lynched him, I could have disappeared, and it would have been thought that Black Harry had gone up the flume. Frank Merriwell's Bravery It rushed like a Niagara over the flume edge. Still Jim It is seven miles long and three or four wide, with the Feather River wending its quiet way through it, unmolested by flumes and undisturbed by wing-dams. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Sometimes iron pipes or wooden flumes are used in place of the ditches. The Western United States A Geographical Reader Mike leaned forward with face turned towards the flume, listening. Polly's Business Venture A flume had to be constructed before it could again be used. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History A great cofferdam built near the Elephant's base diverted the river into a concrete flume that ran along the foot of one of the mountains. Still Jim On the 5th of July they began to lay the flume. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Well, I'm goin' to dam it up above, bring it down a flume, hitch on a little giant, an' turn it loose to rip an' tear at that there ground. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance But the dog crawled noiselessly across the ledge to the flume and there he stood with tense nerves. Polly's Business Venture Early in the autumn a single case of typhoid appeared in a small town near the head of the flume. Preventable Diseases The top of this was just below the flume edge. Still Jim The river, filled with flumes, dams, etc., and crowded with busy miners, was as much altered from its old appearance as if an earthquake had frightened it from its propriety. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 A wooden flume clung like a huge serpent to the steep slopes, and a tramway descended from near the summit to the mill below. At the Time Appointed As they could travel faster on the ground than the men creeping up inside the slippery wooden tube, Mike and his companions reached the water-gate before they heard the suspicious sounds from within the flume. Polly's Business Venture There was a boy at the end of the dam near him, and a boy in the middle of it, and two boys at the flume, near the mill. Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way Indeed, on the side next the flume there already rose above the river bed a mighty square of concrete, a third the width of the river. Still Jim Project to flume the river for many miles. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 But old "Aunt Jess," like all the rest, At death he did resign, And in his bloom went up the flume In the days of Forty-Nine. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads Accompanying the strange muffled sound inside the flume every few moments, there came a different sound, as if something sharp was being driven into the wood for a hold. Polly's Business Venture It was only when it was too late that she saw Bullion Ravine ahead of her, and the swaying high trestle over which the flume is carried. The Madigans This flood has just begun and it's higher now than I've ever seen the water in the flume. Still Jim There is a dreadful flume, the machinery of which keeps up the most dismal moaning and shrieking all the livelong night, painfully suggestive of a suffering child. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Then we have to provide a stamp-mill, turbines, flumes and dam; and, though Mr. Weston suggests a wood-burning engine to supply the crushing power, the saving effected would be no great matter. The Gold Trail As soon as Mike felt convinced that someone was trying a new trick to gain possession of the mine, he crept back to the camp-fire and told the men of the sounds inside the flume. Polly's Business Venture "If that's lost the whole expedition will be up the flume, as we miners used to say." The Young Treasure Hunter or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska I'm going to fill the excavation with water from the flume and so avoid the wash from the main flow. Still Jim Now, if I were scientific, I should give you such a vivid description of it that you would see a pen-and-ink flume staring at you from this very letter. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 There were water tanks, great cross-bulkheads and flumes to handle the rain and snow. Wandl the Invader Without further delay, then, Mike threw open the lid in the top of the flume and commanded the trespassers to come forth. Polly's Business Venture A very effective device where streams are small is the flume, Fig. Handwork in Wood One knew that old Jezebel, having crossed endless wastes, having fed on loneliness, whispered threats of trouble to the narrow flume that for a moment throttled her. Still Jim Besides the flume and the bowling-alley, there is an inconsiderate dog which will bark from starry eve till dewy morn. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 As the wheel turns, the buckets are filled, raised, and then emptied into a trough called a flume. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Had he not been absolutely quiet, the faint sound of something moving inside that flume would have been lost on the outside. Polly's Business Venture He sends the pianner over to the warehouse there 'longside the flume an' has the men slap together a stout boat to run her down in; but at the las' minute he backs out. The Spinner's Book of Fiction The Santiago is a scow-boat, with a recess, or flume, the whole length of her bottom, to a stern propeller. History of Steam on the Erie Canal No easy skidways to a lake, no flume, no aerials; there was nothing to cut expenses. The White Desert The water flows through the flume into the irrigating ditches, which distribute it as it is needed in the fields. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Wait a minute!’ shouted a frightened voice from the flume. Polly's Business Venture You might not believe it, pardner, but we run a quarter of a mile down that there flume before we hears her strike. The Spinner's Book of Fiction The whole flume was built in ten weeks. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail We will talk to her, you and I. Mebbe, when the spring come, she will lease to you the lake and the flume site. The White Desert Conveyance of water in irrigation canals, flumes, and pipes, by Samuel Fortier. The Passaic Flood of 1903 There was a rough flume which carried the water from a dam close to the edge of the forest and provided a fall to turn a mill wheel. The Return Trouble is, she don't know what sendin' it down the flume means. The Spinner's Book of Fiction The 'boat' is built like the flume, V shaped, and fits into the flume. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail "But—" "She have land, and she have a part of the lake and a flume site." The White Desert Both were on the bank of Packard's Creek; the flume constructed by Joe Woods's men followed the line of the stream. Man to Man Altamont additionally looked at the flume, a rough structure of logs lined with sheet aluminum; and at the nitriary, a shed-roofed pit in which potassium nitrate was extracted from the community's animal refuse. The Return No, that's on the flume side, an' it might draw dampness there. The Spinner's Book of Fiction The flume at the point alluded to must have been very nearly forty-five degrees inclination. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail "This is my flume and—" "Run tell Thayer!" shouted the foreman, and then with recovering strength, he turned for a cant hook. The White Desert A modern flume, which follows closely the line of an ancient ditch, brings down the necessary water from Waihee Creek. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 Altamont looked at the flume, a rough structure of logs lined with sheet aluminum, and at the nitriary, a shed-roofed pit in which potassium nitrate was extracted from the community's animal refuse. The Return After a while he takes her off up the flume a piece, an' they stays there a long time, but she don't seem satisfied much when she comes back. The Spinner's Book of Fiction It comes," said he, "in our flume down the mountains, fifteen miles, and from our dumping grounds is brought by the Virginia & Truckee Railroad to this city, about sixteen miles. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail And together they settled to the making of a bid that ran into the millions, an overture for a contract for which they had neither mill, nor timber, nor flume, nor resources to complete! The White Desert Then they were emptied into a flume, a narrow trough along which they were swept into bright cans that held almost a gallon each. Across the Fruited Plain Rising at the head of the creek, itself a natural gold-sluice, its bed and banks can carry any number of flumes, which would deposit their precious burden in cisterns near the river. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative You mightn't think it," said he, "but three years ago this here was the most scrumptious camp on the hull flume. The Spinner's Book of Fiction The flume is a wonderful piece of engineering work. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Houston moved hazily back, away from the flume site. The White Desert She glanced up the dark fissure as through a flume. The Delight Makers He proposed for M. Bonnat and himself to secure the monopoly of washing the Protectorate with this flume—a veritable French toy, uselessly complicated, and yet to be used only upon the smallest scale. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Every man along the flume, from Skyland to Mill Flat, was in love with her. The Spinner's Book of Fiction It required 2,000,000 feet of lumber, but the item which astonished me most was that there were 28 tons, or 56,000 pounds of nails used in the construction of this flume. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail It still is possible for me to obtain lumber, but to get it to the mill necessitates a flume and rights in the lake. The White Desert Conniston and Argyl were to drive on to the dam, and to open the gates controlling the current to be poured into the big flume. Under Handicap A Novel In the latter water has first to be bought, and then to be brought in pipes, flumes, leats, or races from a considerable distance, sometimes extending over forty miles. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative His flumes were knock-kneed and bow-legged, and in places they had no legs at all. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope The flume cost, with its appurtenances, between $200,000 and $300,000—if it had cost a million it would be the same in my estimation. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Ba'tiste reached for the cant hook, and balancing it lightly in one hand, sought a resting place on the edge of the flume. The White Desert The dam has got to be made, the flume has got to be built, the cut has to be dug, a lot of trees and boulders have to come out. Under Handicap A Novel She shook off the spell and arose, approaching closer to the bank and flume where Gettysburg was toiling. The Furnace of Gold A big flume to the point I showed you, a big main ditch and several laterals will do the trick. Square Deal Sanderson There are two reservoirs from which the flume is fed. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail We've been hoping, Ba'tiste and myself, that we would be able to induce you to lease us your portion of the lake and a flume site. The White Desert He showed her the accomplished work, showed her the deep, wide flume, and as they stood upon the dam itself pointed out an intricate set of levers controlling the great gates. Under Handicap A Novel Across the bottom of all this flume, at every yard or less of its length, small wooden cleats had been nailed, to form the "riffles." The Furnace of Gold Band saws replaced the old circulars; the new mills delivered their product into flumes that carried it forty miles to the railroad. The Killer The grade of the flume at the mill is very heavy, and the water rushes through it at railroad speed. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Then there would be opportunity for everything, for skidways into the lake, a flume on her side and a mill. The White Desert He touched a long, slender lever reaching from the flume to the bank where they stood. Under Handicap A Novel The sluices were mere square flumes, set with a fairly rapid grade. The Furnace of Gold The construction of this flume was a tremendous undertaking, but by now the firm could borrow on its timber. The Killer The grade of the flume is from 1,600 to 2,000 feet from top to bottom—a distance, as previously stated, of fifteen miles. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Together, led by the wolf-dog, they made their way to the wagon again, once more to skirt the lake and to start down the narrow roadway leading beside the flume. The White Desert It's going to be a temporary job and a makeshift, but it's going to sling the water into a flume that will carry it back into the old cut and down into the Valley. Under Handicap A Novel Each stick shot down the flume like lightning, up the short incline at the end, and soared away like a bird to the pile beyond and below the shed. The Voyage of the Rattletrap To get the water necessary to keep the flume in operation the partners—again by means of "dummies"—filed on the water rights of certain streams. The Killer Mr. Flood and Mr. Fair had arranged for a ride in the flume, and I was challenged to go with them. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail It was another flume; they were making a connection with his own; already water had been diverted from the main flume and was flowing down the newly boarded conduit which led to the Blackburn mill. The White Desert The flume is finished, the cut made across the ridge to Dam Number Two across Indian Creek. Under Handicap A Novel Down this was a long wooden chute, or flume, like a big trough, which for the last thirty or forty feet at its lower end curved upward. The Voyage of the Rattletrap It is used for house construction, interior finish, tanks and flumes, shingles, posts, and boxes. Studies of Trees The red-faced carpenter was sent whirling into the flume ten feet ahead. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail They haven't any legal right to this land or flume or anything else; they just figured that my mill was burned and that I wouldn't be in a position to fight them. The White Desert I mean that it will be your hand which turns the first mad current down into the flume. Under Handicap A Novel A very exciting account of a trip down a lumber flume comes from Pomona, California. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 21, April 1, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls These men formed a corporation, put in pumping stations and flumes, and the corporation became indebted to one of the financial institutions over which the church exercised considerable influence. Conditions in Utah Speech of Hon. Thomas Kearns of Utah, in the Senate of the United States I did not know at this time that Fair had his fingers crushed between the flume and the boat. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail But the timber could be bought on a stumpage basis, the lake and flume leased, and with a new mill— "I understand the whole thing now!" The White Desert Mrs. Paynter's room, nominally heated by a flume from the Latrobe heater in the parlor, was noticeably coolish on a wintry night. Queed It seems that in the lumber regions on the Pacific Coast, flumes are built for the purpose of carrying the lumber from the camps in the mountains to the sawmills in the valleys below. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 21, April 1, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls An aqueduct about 4,000 feet long, partly of ditch and partly of flume, was needed to bring the water from the catchment dam on the creek to the brow of the gorge. Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 It seemed an hour before we arrived at the worst place in the flume, and yet Hereford tells me that it was less than ten minutes. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail But they know that with the mill out of the way, and the whole thing a disappointment, that I should be willing to contract my timber to them and lease the flume. The White Desert Mounting these, and pursuing the edge of the flume, the grotto gradually expands and heightens; your way lighted by rays in the inner distance. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I These flumes are a kind of V-shaped trough, about three feet deep, and are built on trestles after the manner of the elevated roads. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 21, April 1, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls She shuddered at the unprovoked wrath which blazed up like the spontaneous kindling of flume, and she grew faint at the fearful merriment raging miserably around her. Twice Told Tales What became of Hereford I do not know, except that when we reached the terminus of the flume he was as wet as any of us. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Houston broke into a run, racing along the flume with constantly increasing speed as he heard outburst after outburst from the giant trapper, interjected by the lesser sounds of argumentative voices in reply. The White Desert Behind her an open door, creaking in the light wind, swung wide, and beyond it the upper flume stretched back to the natural reservoir where she had been imprisoned by the fallen pine tree. The Rim of the Desert The height of the flume from the ground ranges from twenty to one hundred and twenty feet, and they are fifty to sixty-five miles long. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 21, April 1, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Beyond Black Point we climbed a trestle and mounted a flume that was our highway to the sea. In the Footprints of the Padres Fair said that he should never again place himself upon an equality with timber and wood, and Hereford said he was sorry that he ever built the flume. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail As far as the law is concerned, this is our flume, and our water, and our lake, and our woods back there. The White Desert A soft breeze came down over the ridge as they ascended; the flume, that followed the contour of the roadway, gurgled pleasantly. The Rim of the Desert Suddenly a curve in the flume brought them into a wide stretch of water, and they had reached their journey's end. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 21, April 1, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Through this flume the city was supplied with water. In the Footprints of the Padres For myself, I have only the strength to say that I have had enough of flumes. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail You heard what that fellow said—that they had the woods, the lake and the flume to use as they pleased? The White Desert Afterwards, when the party had inspected the reservoirs and upper flumes, Beatriz found herself returning to the bench with Lucky Banks. The Rim of the Desert The logs are floated down on water that is turned into the flume from the mountain streams. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 21, April 1, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls It was cased in a heavy frame; and along the timbers that crossed over it lay planks, one after another, wherever the flume was uncovered. In the Footprints of the Padres One circumstance during the trip did more to show me the terrible rapidity with which we dashed through the flume than anything else. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail We'll never fulfill the contract, even with the machinery, unless we can get the use of the lake and a flume to the mill. The White Desert All it needs is this short flume sketched in here to bring the water down, and a sluice-gate to feed the main canal that follows this bench we are on. The Rim of the Desert A party of three men was invited to go up to a lumber camp and take a trip down into the valley by one of these flumes. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 21, April 1, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls This narrow path, intended for the convenience of the workmen who kept the flume in repair, was our delight. In the Footprints of the Padres The soft, humid air was sweet with the earthy scents of the canyon, and the curled fallen leaves of the live-oaks along the flume path were golden-brown with moisture. The California Birthday Book I was to have the land he owned out here at Empire Lake; and the flume site leading down the right side of Hawk Creek to the mill. The White Desert Yes," he answered, "Nature remembered, while she was busy, to construct the main flume. The Rim of the Desert Each man remembered all the dreadful stories he had heard about accidents in flumes, and at every curve and turn expected to be dashed to pieces in the cañon below. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 21, April 1, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls So we came to Fort Point and the Golden Gate; and beyond the Fort there was more flume and such a stretch of sea and shore and sunshine as caused us to leap with gladness. In the Footprints of the Padres In sandy soils, ditches leak, and board flumes must be substituted. The Dollar Hen Afar off, logs were sliding in swift succession down the skidways, to lose themselves in the waters, then to bob along toward the current that would carry them to the flume. The White Desert It means an expensive electric plant and several miles of private flume. The Rim of the Desert A flume, or ditch, would often carry all the water to a lower part of the river, leaving the bed of the upper stream dry for miles. Stories of California The flume was a square trough, open at the top and several miles in length. In the Footprints of the Padres The cost of the smaller sized flume is three cents a foot. The Dollar Hen No—I have not seen her since the day—at the flume. The White Desert There's a point below the Springs where the current boils through great flumes of granite into a rocky basin. The Rim of the Desert But since a strong water-power is necessary, a large reservoir and miles of ditches or wooden flumes must be built, so the first expense is large. Stories of California "You make you a sort of three-cornered boat just to fit the angle of the flume; and then you lie down in it and go to Sycamore Flats, in about six minutes more or less." The Rules of the Game If a man interferes with the flume, or takes more than his share of the water, put him out. The Dollar Hen They constructed dams and reservoirs, with V flumes in a number of places, making them converge as near as possible at the Summit, some six miles from Glenbrook. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter He found the spring, marked high in a depressed shoulder, and followed the line of flume drawn from it down to a natural dry basin at the top of the pocket. The Rim of the Desert You will find a little package of food at the end of the mill flume. The Khaki Boys over the Top Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam Clamped in rectangular bundles, pushing the raging white water before their blunt noses, as strange craft they should have been flashing at regular intervals down the twisting, turning and plunging course of the flume. The Rules of the Game In this case running water is not possible, but the pipes or flumes may be arranged so that fresh pumping flushes all the drinking places and also leaves them full of standing water. The Dollar Hen From this point it is again conducted through covered flumes, together with water from Hobart Creek and other streams, to the intake of the pipes across Washoe Valley. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter The company made improvements, built a flume thirty miles long to bring water to the property for development, but it was hardly finished when a State law was passed prohibiting hydraulic mining. The Rim of the Desert They crawled to the end of the mill flume. The Khaki Boys over the Top Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam Next day the water was turned into the flume. The Rules of the Game A wind came roaring down some tideway of the air like water in a flume. D'Ri and I In the curve of Crystal Bay, a few miles from where the scars show where the water escaped from Marlette Lake flume, this town was located in 1882. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter The whole tunnel was completed, with the exception of a thin wall left to safeguard against an early thaw in the stream, while the bore was being equipped with a five-foot flume. The Rim of the Desert We put in a flume between two falls on the Middle Fork, but made only wages, and I got my arm nearly broken, and had to work with one hand for nearly a month. Death Valley in '49 It gathered headway, rubbing gently against the flume, first on one side, then on the other. The Rules of the Game And even by private parties, land may be taken for ways of necessity in many States, and for drains, flumes, and aqueducts by the constitutions of the arid States. Popular Law-making The Lake with its peculiar attractions is left entirely behind, with not another glimpse of it until we stand on the flume at Lake Marlette. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter But I think likely I'll tap the new High Line and rig a flume with one of these new-style electric pumps. The Rim of the Desert Then they put stakes at the sides and rigged a canvas flume over their bridge through which they turned the whole current of the river, leaving a nearly dry bed beneath. Death Valley in '49 Bob rode up the flume to the reservoir, a great lake penned in cañon walls by a dam sixty feet high. The Rules of the Game His beholders seized and dragged him out upon the floor; but he threw off their hands, sprang astride of the door-sill, and stretched himself to the flume mouth to help another man out of it. The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World Captain Overton also extended the flume lines, constructed the tunnel through the mountain ridge, built the Marlette Lake dam and made many other improvements and extensions. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter Red climbed the bank to the flume, and raised the gate. Red Saunders His Adventures West & East These men were, without doubt, the inventors of the canvas flume which was afterward used so successfully in various places. Death Valley in '49 The flume itself was of concrete, large enough to carry a rushing stream. The Rules of the Game The flume no longer furnished a supply, and he stared open-lipped, wondering if the enemy had meddled with his water-gate in the upland. The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World The flumes and pipe-lines have recently been rebuilt and repaired where necessary so that the entire system is in excellent condition and a high state of efficiency. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter It was supported by ledges of rocks on each bank, and there was a flume, which conducted the water to the wheels of the mills. Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; Vermont The water was brought in a ditch or flume to the top of a high bank, and then terminated in a tight box. Death Valley in '49 Bob strode to the gate, and after some heaving and hauling succeeded in throwing water into the flume. The Rules of the Game The water that was lifted was carried away from the works in a flume 160 meters in length, which likewise removed the water from the motive wheels. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 Its waters are conveyed by tunnel, flume, etc., over the mountains, the Washoe Valley and up the mountain again to Virginia City. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter As we ascended, we continually got nearer to this flume, which was run on a grade, and at last we passed under it. Out of Doors—California and Oregon Faster and faster she went, while the speed of her going swept off the black flume of smoke from her stack and trailed it behind, a dense, low-lying shadow. Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers I have been informed by my men that you have constructed or caused to be constructed a water flume through section 36, and a road through sections 14, 22, 28 and 32. The Rules of the Game It would seem rational, as regards this, to try to put to profit the hydraulic power that the flumes and canals render disposable for mechanically extracting the sand. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 These denote where the flume broke and the water made its own rude channels to the Lake beneath. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter We could see ahead of us where it, like the flume earlier in the day, reached the river level. Out of Doors—California and Oregon The dam and the flume cost me four million. Burning Daylight "You remember when we first came in here how Plant closed the road and the flume right-of-way on us because we didn't have the permit?" The Rules of the Game Used to be a member of the firm—his father; in fact, founded the business—made a fortune at it—failed, for an unfortunate reason, and went "up the flume." Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 10 The course of the conveying flume may distinctly be traced, for part of its twenty-four miles of length. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter She was quite as active and strong as he, and clambered from rock to rock and over the shattered scantling of the flume with the vigor and agility of a young boy. Blix Along the Mother Lode the rivers ran bank-high and the camps sat in lagoons, the sound of running water rising from the old flumes and ditches. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California It has been reported to me that your firm has constructed a flume across 36, and a wagon road across 14, 22, 28, and 32. The Rules of the Game Curves, where required, should be carefully set, so that the flume may discharge its maximum quantity. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 We might calculate on a month or six weeks in getting up the fort, making the leat and water-wheel, putting up the machinery, and laying down the flumes. In the Heart of the Rockies "Up the flume—throwed up the sponge, you understand." Roughing It, Part 5. The engineer's orders included the building of a flume, carrying the water down from the Chilano's plantation into a tank, built on the ruins of the rock which had guarded the sylvan spring. In Exile and Other Stories You must not use that road as a highway, nor the flume, and you must remove the flume within a reasonable time. The Rules of the Game Sills, posts, and caps support and strengthen the flume every four feet. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 Overcome by a dull market, a financial depression and a reserved central committee, he ate a package of Rough on Rats, and passed up the flume. Remarks From a stream up in a canyon some enterprising men had built a log flume and connected with it a large hose and nozzle they had brought up from the coast. History of California From down below in the moonlit valley, into which the flume dipped there came a roaring sound. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range You would be required to submit in writing specifications of the length and location of said road and flume. The Rules of the Game This extension of the sill timbers affords a place for the accumulation of snow and ice, and in the mountains such accumulations frequently break them off, and occasionally destroy a flume. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 The stone flume and the adjoining ruins are commonly ascribed by the people of Cuzco to-day to the Incas, Page 165but do not look to me like Inca stonework. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru Alfalfa is raised by irrigation, the best method being from flumes opening into indentations, not so deep as furrows, from which the water spreads, flooding the whole surface. History of California "The flume must be broken just below here!" cried Jack. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range You'll be building your roads and flumes and railroad, getting your mill up, buying your machinery and all the rest of it. The Rules of the Game In crossing ravines in this State, flumes or wrought iron pipes are used. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 Finally, careful examination of the flume discloses the presence of lead cement, a substance unknown in Inca masonry. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru The remedy for this state of things was found to be in a company ditch, flume, or reservoir, with the use of water controlled by fixed laws. History of California There, back in the direction of the flume, towered a high peak. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range They sauntered down the length of the trestle, with its miniature steel tracks, to where the flume began. The Rules of the Game Many miners object to flumes on account of their continual cost and danger of destruction by fire. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 One of them, crossing the flume by Mr. Hardwick's shop, broke the newly-formed ice and there found the drifting body of Mrs. Clamp. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 In the canons great dams were constructed to catch the flow from the melting snows of the mountains, and miles of flumes were built to carry the water to the mining grounds. History of California "We'll float down the sluiceway to freedom!" he cried, as he placed the plank on the edge of the flume. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range There were a number of things to attend to on the lower levels, such as anticipating repairs to flumes, roads and equipment, systematizing the yard arrangements, and the like. The Rules of the Game Stringers running the entire length of the flume are placed beneath the sills just outside of the posts. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 The dam was finished early in January, the frame for the mill also erected, and the flume and bulkhead completed. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 The great wheel below the flume rolled all day, throwing over its burden of diamond drops, and tilting the ponderous hammer with a monotonous clatter. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 He was riding his plank alongside of Jack now, as the flume was broad enough to permit this. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range If he isn't fishing right above the flume. Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island As occasion may demand, the flume is trestled, the main supports being placed every eight feet. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 The cane, stripped of its leaves, passes from the flumes under the rollers of the crushing-mill, where it is subjected to a pressure of five or six tons. The Hawaiian Archipelago We are now running down the western slope two hundred and twenty-five miles from San Francisco, with mines on both sides, and numerous flumes which tell of busy times. Round the World They think they can strand us in the flume. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range He knew that the lever locking the mill-wheel had been opened, and that Jean Jacques had his hand on the lever which raised the gate of the flume. The Money Master, Complete He knew that the lever locking the mill- wheel had been opened, and that Jean Jacques had his hand on the lever which raised the gate of the flume. The Money Master, Volume 2. Then there came a time when the little city was threatened with a woeful flood, because of a breaking flume; but by a simple and wise device Felion stayed the danger. Parables of a Province To reach this result rather long canals, flumes, or pipe lines must be laid to convey the water to the power stations and deliver it at high pressure. Marvels of Modern Science He followed close after Jack, who was moving around the edge of the lake, to reach the other part of the broken flume. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range Within a few miles, mill and flume tell of the tracing down of golden quartz lodes. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance The water is conducted 3 I miles through pipes and flumes from springs and snow-fed streams in the Sierras 1,500 feet above the city. Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information My chariot kept to the road which lay alongside the irrigating flume, a stone trough which runs from the snow-covered hills to the dry country below. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life Then, before they could reach the threatened spot to support it, Slapjack Simms, with a shriek, plunged flapping down into the cut and seized the flume. The Spoilers Over and over he was rolled along the bottom of the flume. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range His fiery energy is shown by the rapidity with which hundreds of men swarm on ditch and flume. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance The next day they all walked up beyond the ranch-house, and followed the dripping flume to the dam. Saturday's Child Then I reached for my tube, and sighted it on the lower end of the flume, far, far below, almost too far away to be clear to the naked eye. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life The road wound along the gravel of the bars and passed in proximity to the flumes. The Spoilers My partner and I got a little gold from the washings that came down the flume, but we had to spend most of it to live. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range Reluctantly you turn away to view the monstrous flume along your path. See America First The water, then not more than a rivulet, was deflected through flumes from the river bed, so that all the sand of the bars could be put through the sluices. Down the Mother Lode The house was a sturdy stone affair of one floor, set against the side of the mountain, a short distance above the flume. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life They treated but four boxes in this way, leaving the lower two-thirds of the flume untouched, for Anvil Creek gold is coarse and the heart of the clean-up lies where it is thrown in. The Spoilers Owing to the fact that the cross-pieces were above and close to their heads, the boys could not peer over the edge of the flume. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range And in order to satisfy reasonable human curiosity, the proprietors of the flume have been obliged to select a bowlder and label it as the one that was formerly the shrine of pilgrimage. Their Pilgrimage Their sluices, logs, flumes, water-wheels, all their mining paraphernalia, sometimes even their living outfits, were swept away in the floods. Down the Mother Lode Next second I was gazing stupidly at the rushing, swirling water of the flume. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life He used to go to town ridin' astride a log on th' lumber flume. Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up Then, as their eyes grew accustomed to the gloom, they could note the sides of the flume slipping past them. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range If it were, we could account for the catastrophe, a few years ago, in the Franconia Notch flume. Their Pilgrimage "Well, when he bangs his head on the overbrace of the first flume, he knows he's home and crawls out." Down the Mother Lode There was an opening into the outer air; I rushed through, and stared in the growing twilight down the black furrow of the flume. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life Where the ditch plunges through the mountain, it climbs over; and where the ditch leaps a gorge on a flume, the horse-trail takes advantage of the ditch and crosses on top of the flume. The Cruise of the Snark I hope this flume doesn't do any stunts like that. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range It seemed as if the gold they had taken out was by some ironical compensation gradually making its way back to the soil again through ditch and flume and reservoir. Devil's Ford No work was done in the ditches, in the flume, nor in the mills. Drift from Two Shores He thought with new respect of Mr. Sealyham, Mr. Mastiff, Mr. Dachshund, all the others who were powers in these fantastic flumes of stone. Where the Blue Begins The water travels underground, appearing only at intervals to leap a gorge, travelling high in the air on a giddy flume and plunging into and through the opposing mountain. The Cruise of the Snark Right to the edge of it came the flume trestle, and it could be seen, in the moonlight, where it had broken off. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range And now SHE says, wot's the use o' the gold without the flume? Devil's Ford |
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