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Show Movements In the Rockies. "Tho mountains aro constantly moving," mov-ing," was the remark of an officer of 'ho Dcnvor and IMo Grande Road recently re-cently In speaking of tho great landslides land-slides In the canyon abovo Glenwood Springs, Colo, "Wo find fiom actual r experience in maintaining tunnels, bridges and trackB In tho mountains that tho mountains aro moving. It costs a railway passing through tho mountains a great deal of monoy in tho course of ton years to keep the ", tracks In lino, and maintenance of tunnols Is even moro expenstvo. Drive a stako on tho sldo of a mountain, take tho location with tho greatest care, and roturn after a few months. Tho stako Is not In tho Bamo location. Tho wholo sldo of tho mountain has moved. This experiment has often been tried and In all cases tho result rovos that tho mountains aro moving. mov-ing. Tho mountains aro gradually seeking the level of tho sea." |