| Show mount chastas Sh astas mysterious mud river CAL A river of S sacramento raud bo bowl ders aud ashab extending in width from a few hundred hundred yards to half a mile and in some places from 15 to 20 feet deep began flowing recently from tile mouth of mud creek canyon eight miles cilles above county on OD tile the slope of mount shasta into ilie river Ilo some soine of them ciany tons lots in weight were carried toward the river in the lie thick stream the like of which lias has never been seen before in uie ue mccloud section lind and the origin of which isa Is I 1 a mystery old residents students of mount Sh chastas astas formation attribute the phenomenon noi nenon to the action of a n gla glacier eler the only one of tile the mccloud slope which Is situated near the lie peak of an extinct volcano and which had been to the sun because of tile the dearth of snow they are convinced that a par part of the glader glacier has broken loise slipped down the slope of file lie mountain and Is now melting rapidly sweeping past mccloud at n point lri aliva irresistible vis mass broke tile the pipes of ste me clouds water vator supply and for two tivo days the lie inhabitants were forced to depend upon railroad roll rond tanks links tw for their drinking water nater atje mud iliad flowing into the mccloud river completely changed the color ond and consistency of that stream and was noticeable in tile the sacramento river na as far south gouth ns as redding after the cutting off of mcclouds McC loads water supply a force of men under the direction of if F it 11 lambert superintendent of the mccloud SIc Cloud river lumber company effected temporary repairs tind nd 20 men began patrolling ng the pipe line to prevent a repetition of t the he occurrence lambert said that its as soon as the danger appeared tv tu be less legs pronounced it ft crew of men would limb climb to the ilia head of creek canyon to if possible tile cause of the disturbance on mount shasta are flye living glac glaciers lers mount shasta Is one of it tho a four I 1 mount mountains in california over feet it tops that figure by feet it wits was fit at one time undoubtedly an active volcano |
