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number of small water channels that drained 

 the northern slope of Battle Mountain. 



On the northern slope of the Peak a boulder 

 field begins at the altitude of thirteen thousand 

 feet and descends over a wide field, then over a 

 terraced slope. Though probably not of great 

 depth, it will average a mile wide and extends 

 four miles down the slope. It contains an im- 

 mense amount of material, enough to form a 

 great mountain-peak. Probably the greatest 

 array of glacial debris is the Mills Moraine on 

 the east side of the Peak. This covers several 

 thousand acres, consists of boulders, rock-frag- 

 ments, and rock-flour, and in places is several 

 hundred feet deep. 



Where has all this wreckage come from? 

 Some geologists have expressed the opinion that 

 ages ago Long's Peak was two thousand or so 

 feet higher. At the time of its great height, 

 Long's Peak was united with the near surround- 

 ing peaks, Meeker, Washington, and Storm, 

 and all stood together as one peak. The 

 present shattered condition of these peaks, their 

 crumbling nature, the mountain masses of de- 



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