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Drainage and water-power. \ 



river in Fillmore and Houston counties. There is a slight broad upward 

 swell in the surface of the county, apparently due to the anticlinal condi- 

 tion of the rocks, which enters the state near Richmond, and passing in a 

 west south-westerly course, leaves Winona county about where Rush creek 

 leaves it. It is perhaps the principal cause of the greater elevation of 

 Arendahl township, in Fillmore county. 



The streams of Winona county, without exception, lie in deep rocks 

 cut valleys, and are fed, and maintained at a uniform stage, by copious 

 springs that issue along the foot of bluffs. Their water is clear and cool, 

 and adapted to the brook-trout which formerly frequented them, and is 

 still found in limited numbers. Near the western border of the county, in 

 the vicinity of St. Charles, a light spreading of drift begins to appear under 

 the loam, and the valleys are less deep and precipitous, yet still show the 

 rocky substructure in frequent outcrops along the bluffs. 



Water-powers and flouring mills. The streams furnish numerous water- 

 powers. They are employed for making flour at many places. Most of 

 these mills are small, but they have generally the most approved methods 

 of manufacture. Some of them are sufficiently large to maintain an im- 

 portant export of flour in sacks or in barrels. Occasionally a large spring 

 is the principal source of water-supply for the smaller of these mills. Of 

 course such springs are really due to the issue of small subterranean 

 streams. 



Water-power mills in Winona county. 



On Beaver creek, S. W.} sec. 15, Whitewater, mill of F. E. Becker; twelve feet head ; three 

 run of stones (one for feed); thirty horse-power ; capacity fifty barrels per day. 



On the Whitewater river at Elba, the filba mills ; owned by Meilicke and Hoffman ; two 

 wheels, sixty horse-power ; nine and a half feet head (can be made eleven); three run of stone 

 (one for feed); one hundred barrels per day ; have more water than can be used. 



On the north branch of the Whitewater river, S. W.} sec. 5, Elba, the Fairwater mills; owned 

 by Edward Ellis ; ten feet (?) head ; two run of stone (one for feed); forty barrels per day. 



On the south branch of the Whitewater river, S. E. J sec. 2, St. Charles; owned by 



Lamberton ; fourteen and a half feet head, with little water; two run of stone (one for feed); in 

 full water, forty barrels per day. 



On the south branch of the Eollingstone creek, at Stockton, owned by A. G. Mowbry ; has 

 both steam and water ; ten feet head ; one hundred and seventy-five barrels per day ; known as 

 the Stockton mills. 



Mosquito mills, N. W.J sec. 8, Warren ; owned by Porter and W. M. Duncanson ; two run 

 of stone (one for feed); turbine wheel with thirty-five feet fall (can run but one buhr at once); 

 twenty-four bushels ground per day. 



On the south branch of Rollingstone creek, the Hillsdale mills; one mile northeast of Stock- 

 ton ; owned by Pietsch and Furbish ; fourteen and a half feet head ; thirty-six-inch Leffel wheel ; 

 four run of stone (one for feed); capacity sixty to seventy-five barrels per day. 



