The cement plant is currently quarrying gypsum east of I-90 in the Black Hawk area. John Trudo, left, and Albert Reitz stand before the sinkhole between their homes that leads to an abandoned gypsum mine below.

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I-90 should be safe. The mine shown on the map was a relatively short term quarry for the cement plant and was strictly a surface/trench operation.

By Monday afternoon Huntrods says they will have a better idea of the extent of the underground mining. The Black Hills have a lot of abandoned mines that were never properly shut down and were open to anyone foolish enough to venture in. Did that reclamation have to meet any standards for future development?

I moved to Black Hawk in 1984. A sanitary district has no authority over development or building codes. Lawyer up!! Freedom First!!! I know folks on West Elm.

Huntrods says they received some updates from the underground team who went inside the sinkhole and they did more extensive mapping of the abandoned gypsum mine Thursday night. Rapid City Journal 9/18/2018. Great headline. Like Black Hawk, Meade County also resisted most forms of zoning and civil property rules. 12 Blackhawk families displaced after sinkhole exposes abandoned gypsum mine. We tend to get the govt we pay for. Trudo said he, Erika, their two children and their Great Dane are living with relatives but that’s a temporary solution. “I felt suction behind me and a little bit of movement under my feet. Some of the tunnels were big – 12 feet high and 40 feet wide. With this divisive, damaging election behind us, time to work to bring us together.

You can cancel at any time. The Journal and other local papers reported as early as 1910 on the opening of the Dakota Plaster Plant in Blackhawk, archives show. And now 13 residents have to pack their belongings to move out for their safety. You have permission to edit this article. A couple of years ago, Tilford, South Dakota ( Freedom First) village, had a fire that killed the Sturgis fire chief. The USFS has closed many but there are still some out there. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The sinkhole entrance in a Black Hawk neighborhood near Interstate-90 just west of Rapid City. These sinkhole residents thought they were getting a great deal with low taxes and no hassle living.

From a 2001 USGS report by Jack Epstein: “Karstic collapse due to dissolution of gypsum and anhydrite is an active process in the northern Black Hills. He figures there used to be a scrapyard or garbage dump on the surface, and the car somehow sank down from there.

Zionts has remarkable photos of the mine tunnels and the junk therein, which houses above may soon be joining: Zionts is also tracking down the developer, who is apparently harder to find than information about the old mine itself: Meade County departments are collectively looking into the history of the subdivision to determine if the mine was ever disclosed to the county in the original proposal in 2002. I’ve heard anecdotal information that there were tunnels in this area,” he said. It’s like a 1951 Ford,” Pelczarski said. Huntrods said he’s been in contact with local, state and federal officials and is exploring grants through FEMA or even mine reclamation funds. The area in question was the site of sewage lagoons for the Northdale subdivision. The state and the cement plant should have the information on the reclamation process. For one thing, he never expected to find a car down there. This could get interestinger. The sinkhole collapse at 5:30 p.m. that day broke water and sewer lines that further ate away at the earth, widening the hole in the Hideaway Hills subdivision to 40 by 50 feet. There is a GoFund Me page set up for one of the families who have to evacuate. The land was left vacant for several years.

The great escape of the spring comes from Albert Reitz and his lawnmower, which barely outran the Great Black Hawk Sinkhole: Albert Reitz was mowing his lawn after work on Monday when he felt it. “You wouldn’t think that there would be a big mine underneath you,” he said Friday. The only approval it would have needed would have been from the Meade County Commission, right? I believe this entrance has been closed as part of the current mining operation. Prepare to move. Reitz and Trudo aren’t the only friendly neighbors in the Hideaway Hills community. The mine was not forgotten; it was recorded on publicly available maps. BLACK HAWK, S.D.

It is part of the Northdale Sanitary District. Today, families are … Simply filling the open trench with clay and topsoil?

https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/gbhs9t/buyers_back_out_of_a_home_sale_due_to_possible/. The sinkhole on East Daisy Drive that leads to the old gypsum mine underneath part of the Hideaway Hills community in Black Hawk. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. All of the evacuated residents will have somewhere to stay, as crews will remain in the area through the night. (https://water.usgs.gov/ogw/karst/kigconference/jbe_hydrologyhazards.htm). Six more homes were evacuated after the mine was discovered, said Doug Huntrods, emergency manager for Meade County. BLACK HAWK, S.D. An old gypsum mine was discovered by cavers with the Paha Sapa Grotto after a sinkhole collapsed Monday in the Hideaway Hills subdivision of Blackhawk. Huntrods said older residents in the county have told him the area was a dump or a landfill at some point.

Do keep us appraised please. Noem, tweets about “rigged election systems.”. “We want to know what kind of compensation are we going to get for this because this is draining our pocketbooks,” said Reitz, who’s been living in a hotel with his fiancée, Lori Erickson Kiehn.

First time commenting? Huntrods said construction on the subdivision began in 1992 and was finished in a few years. Black Hawk Down: Old Gypsum Mine Avenges Inattentive Housing Development, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Chinese Lead World in Ridiculing America for Coronavirus Failure. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. Too bad…..54 Ford convertible….very collectible…. …The cavers mapped 2,300 linear feet of passages, Pelczarski said. (Dan Austin/Paha Sapa Grotto) There are two sinkholes as large as 40 feet wide in the yards of a residential neighborhood of Black Hawk, just north of Rapid City. Good luck to the sinkhole folks in trying to get money from the county. Read the DFP Comment Moderation and Nymity Policy, then share your thoughts. Apparently someone failed due diligence, and perhaps disclosure. The emergency manager for Meade County, Doug Huntrods says the district is fencing off the current sinkholes as well as a couple of other areas where officials believe sinkholes will open in the future. BLACKHAWK, S.D.— Two sinkholes have opened up in a residential area in Blackhawk. Trudo said he quickly moved his pickup from the area, which later collapsed. Dissolution of gypsum in the Spearfish and Gypsum Spring has resulted in collapse and formation of many sinkholes in several areas that are presently undergoing development between Rapid City and Spearfish, SD (Rahn and Davis, 1996; Davis and Rahn, 1997).”