The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-01-01
EXCITEMENT OVER FALL
OF DIAL ROCK.
-razevveu Citizens Fear other
More Destructive Up
heaVelS.

I.N
.r..,..,,, "a. Dee. 2O.-rho excite ~
man, caused hy tho breaking aud iA'"ns 81,
of the great Dial Rock has NOT "'ai'd' q
Ina fact. many OF our o~n citizens nave
.o.t found out that tho rock h"- ial'en'
and thcrc Is great fear cHpfessea nna i'''
lthat other great iocks aud ellis in '-''
..,,i,n NAV take notion Co tumble TOT
,.,,ain il Is the Dial Rock seemed Co Doe
, eternal and ii- fan an .mpossibi''y.
b Your correspondent drove out O." '''
b florida, 10 thc Dial Rock 90 inspect ana 'n-
b ,e.tir.te the phenomenon The n,A''''
{ .,...o.,h to tne rock With a vehicle leaves
70 shout two miles TO walk and climb up the
b. steep sides OF East River moun'ai"-"''
2 .o ea., task on yesterday. as there vas
e snow Ca Che sides Of the ciin-.
.s The Dial Rock proper is 'an t'.,N.
49,, hundred feet high. about the
a center of o. long ledge o. chn'.
- .ftt.. roek. which overhung the mcu"-
Dol ,t.-. t-al. on. aud. breaking INTO '"''
$3.50 crashed doun the mountain Fi1'
.h IN. ,.f-ht of the boulder has bee" N"
rt,n.iv estimated az FROM forty 'no9'"
by "a one hundred thousand tons ~t'
49, ..,'.,,l feot iu diameter huge rocks
A. aud THICK NfNNI AANNN"
lof the mountain JOB the TRACKS 90 ~.
Ter i.,id.r These we're all ieseiea 20 '"s
--ourd The trees we've sp.nte'.' ""D
b. rock. ground into powder ana '"' F''s
Ne Tf. rsth made ay ;he rolling STONES
Dc. can hs seen for miles aronnu,
'nr AZ 90 naV appear, 30 one "e.,N n
.rts made sr the falling rocks. Mess's' D. -
.bol p.,r,sr ana Thomas A. witten, prom'ne"'
80 ... ..t., lava. at the loot OF TIE noun
ate tain. did nor hear the noise
.efrl irl. historic old ledge picked an oppv.
, so 49,. ,f-,e 10 IAN. 10 was SUNDAY nith'
lace NO one apou or near hy IL 20 ne inlu.eu. p
'ath crushed 10 death beneath els pouee'o4
a. weight ...,,o
he. THE ROCK DESCRIBED.
'n., rt. foi,osine abridged description
- a. 80 i. taken from Nickie, = histoi
lf,A OF farewell. written in 1872,
4 no ..piai Rock is one Of three heAas
tt,v rast River mountain about 'n'ce
49, eat OF Jsacrsouvile. How 70 came ''
..r name cannot be accurately aets''llNs
..t ,I,,..-t tradition tells that there 81 en- u
800 - a natural sun-diai-
81, 4, en.i,le 10 fud 90 when visited the roc
me-. recks are elevated in tue AR
80. .f,ut tte height OF 500 ieei above
-..t ale, of Clinch River. which no"s gen
M Ia alorr near the base OF The mountain =,
lose ascent 70 ANt NNHt 't tt'N 49,
- ,ua nav be easily rode over 10y snen
80. 80 more ior themselves tosn U"
.,-. i.,.... The naked ciins
~. s,,m l5a 10 80 teet above the ee"'"
-, ie,.l Of the summit Of the mountain'
80 = -, =. IL sosne Internal eommo'ion
Il y, started them from the bowels Of 'Ae g.
to afrieht the eve that shoalc "S'e
/. man from their tops.
cease VIEW FROM DIAL Rock-
IT ho~ Aftsr describing the ascsat Of the
snusi~ er.I ,csks. the writer says Of ,He ias'
mother ..i,cirai ore--thc Dial Rock prep
ls, aud ..From Tie top Of ~hieh he east ni'
"a. has 5,wn the beautiful Clinch valley
.cs aim ~ beauty lndescribaAle presents u
b. best u.u,tsins ri.e above mountains "a
aroane les saeceession. an. Ter IN tee -
Cisiii- ai.t.acs. The vision distinguishes
le body fa,nt outlines Of tho Cnnsoeriena ana
aratiop ...s.~ mountains. Looking 10 the
f@es TIE ~ 49,. tho great Plat Top
n,~n- valley Of the beantifal Ohio, the 3
- 9; AZ al commerce and indus,ri 10 ~cst
. iadii- Norris Knob. The higbess point %
byds 81 No.nfein. is summit kstsiog NE
the - rsonAs, % the rieht sises Paint i.ie
psred 20 D.akins Nroatains. and Assr os. Y
,sire can ss.es.,. ths rocky t.seks & House and
her q q w.,.rtslns. IA Rasseh eennts- f@r
puhle 81 Sittsnce ara ssea ranges 81 ci.ueh
las be- sssn. ana 10 sssipes space. it's
q fess INC disposition 10 hfinf ,hs
! hoarhs. ADD ash him. Ia there 'oef