January 17, 1975 – While it was a scramble earlier last week to clear slides from the Camp Bird Mine road, the State Highway Department saw little action on U.S. 550 (the Million Dollar Highway) until Saturday night. Then that side of the mountain got interesting, too. According to Blaine Thomson, State Highway Department foreman for this district, there had been a few slips on the road but nothing serious until about 8:30 p.m.