| Show MOUNTAIN RUNS AWAY Engineers Puzzled by Sliding Mass of Earth in State of Colorado Golden Colo Cole Au Aug 25 Any Any one who 1 knows 8 0 of a good way in iii which to snub a sliding mountain can cani sell sel his knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge on favorable terms to tIme the Colorado Colo- Colo I ado raio und amid Southern railroad A mile from Golden is a spur of the tine known as North Table rable moun- moun ain tain It rears rear's a C square bread something some some- thing hing thing like hike a C quarter of a nile i-nile mie into the tire atmosphere and anti I Is a pretty husky y sort sorto o of mountain taken all al In nil all For or the last two weeks a portion lOrton o of oft It t lies bus taken talen to sliding and ant tho time railroad railroad rail rail- rul- rul road people have found It U necessary necessary- to keep a a force o ot of u. u L hundred inon bus busy shovelling tho time mountain dirt oft off or tho the trucks tracks Ko o far Cur they have havo been able ablo to keep of or the tire slide but even with wih the tho aid of or a a steam shovel sho cl tho the task 1 Isa is isa a difficult one A quarter of oC the tire way up the lie mountain moon moun- aln tain runs a theme flume fumo through h which are aro conducted the tine waters of Clear creek over oter 1 0 Into unto the lie farmers' farmers Irrigated lands lauds to o time the west ivest west On one ono elope alope lower lowel down downsi i HI si the time Gol Golden en smelter Below the tine ditch litch and above the time smelter runs run the tire hIgh WHY vay and ant bordering this are arc farms En Engineers say that the time cause Is an one Far down In time the ground grounds Is s a stratum of hard harl dry potters clay cla smooth us as glass and ant the great weight of or the tho earth resting upon It I Is simply causing the tIme mass to move o 10 0 slowly down Inward time Iho leveL le eL It Ii Is scarcely an avalanche as in tC lc mountains this term is understood to lo represent a a sudden of oC great groU reat of earth curth Tho Tire only wily difference differences Is s that this Iris mountain is moving 10 wl with h Imperceptible speed about ten pet feet a i day Tire The county officers havo already alread expended ex ex- thousands in trying to keep tIle tle he road In condition In the thelast I last ast week tho time road has dropped four lour or Of five lve feet leot In some places while other portions aro are twisted and heaped up II It I hits become necessary to put up UJ fence rail Ial barricades at nl night ht Inasmuch as asno asno no 10 ono nine l knows what will ill wil happen within in arm hour o l Ilio lJ slide started below bolow tire the level of or I the tho dich ditch which has not yet been boon af at- Up lip above on tire Iho mountain side Id are arc a a. n number of or springs und and those thiam aro nic supposed lo to furnish tho tIre solvent which causes the tIme earth oarth to slip Tho The suile of oC Lire llio mountain is torn Irn and amid anc seamed With wih great Tnt fissure At t points thc these c are arc eight or ten err foot feet wide giving th Ih the j appearance appt of oC an nn earthquake earthquake I Ier Every er fe few fow minutes In iii some spot inert is a n loosening of the tire overhanging earth carth u ii dull dul thud rind anil new fixtures appear appeal on the time mountainside mountaInside mountain side with wll a fence gone one here mere and a smart part of or the Ire road there roar The fine smelter was thol thought ht to too bo ho In In of or joining in tire the slide but Ufa tle orl work done tono by ly Ire tho railroad men inns hug so far Car protected It It men say gay that the they cannot think of or nn any way of solving big ing tho time problem but hut to tn keep right on un mo ln moving away tho tire dirt as 8 fast Cast as It I I come ami carrying time tho mountain away piecemeal on the tIme trains On ire tho south slope slone James ames Taylor lied lieda I a n line lino orchard Trees roes earth rind and all al' al have bavo Ilvo been leen corralled In time Iho slide 11 the lie orchard Is several hundred foot feet Curt fur fur- CurI I t tiler r down flown tho the mountain their than it orl originally was waR Taylor whimsically asserts that Lint If II It II keeps on mo ln moving ho lie will wil havo o ha I Ia a hard time n agreeing with his next I neighbor In lii whom tile to tho tine orchard rex reHI s. s I rhe Tho earth lies haM down ilo upon tho the I h dwelling of re William lam Carpenter another and III has torn away arvay awn a corner of rr I hit Ow ho house sc The residenCe l is built buit ai tt t th the the- hoH bottom m of a n sIH sharp sharp- rp slope with wih h ti r two foot foundation under tho time upper p part rt riM find a n six toot on the tire lower Carpenter Car Car- cr pointer penter has braced time Iho h house with wih i a dozen upright beams brams but It-Is It unlikely unlike unlike- I ly that thal ho ire will 1 be ablo to save it house houe situated d Another that was fOr forty feet from froni the tho foot of oC tho mountain now ha tIle lies mass of earth Tit t its Is back door Tho The barn arn on Ole Petersons Peterson's form farm was W S. about fifty f feet et from time the it The fine arth earth has hns not riot af affected ni- ni th the Iho house hilt but ho barn is Silly feet reet away now und and there thero Is a it I big hII ig chasm en II it Hand and t the tho o house which Peterson Peterson Peterson Peter Peter- son has bras boon compelled to bridge |
