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Mountain Strikes Back Against Industrialization

Eight miles southwest of Oakridge Oregon, on Jan 19th, Coyote Mountain took a swipe at the Union Pacific Railroad Company. As the U.P. mainline switchbacks up Coyote Mountain, a major landslide 20 acres wide and 200 feet deep plunged down the mountain. It took with it 1,500 ft. of upper track and another 150 ft of the lower track and buried 60 acres. One 3,000-foot segment was covered in mud and logs 20 feet deep. Read more

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