Salt Lake Herald | 1891-05-17 | Page 2 | Lookout Mountain Shaken

Lookout MountaIn Shaken Recently a blast was fired on the side of Lookout mountain which was remarkable re-markable in its size and results One hundred kegs of powder were packed in six holes and fired by electricity A ledge of rocks was dislodged and hundreds hun-dreds of tons rolled down the mountainside mountain-side some of the pieces being as high asa as-a two story building The broad guago railroad track was destroyed for 200 yards and trees cut down like straw Itt It-t ok two weeks for fifty men to repair the damage to the railroad which was worse than a hole in the ground At least 100000 tons of rock were thrown out and down Memphis AppealAva lanche