1834 E. Elliott Spirits & Men in I. 220 How like an eagle, from his mile-high rock, Down sweeps the Gihon, smitten into mist On groaning crags.
1942 June p. viii (advt.) Climb the mile-high peaks of the Great Smoky Mountains.
1963 J. Lusby in ‘B. James’ 229 A black speck raced towards me along the rim of a mile-high blood-red cliff of cumulus.
1989 Sept. 72/1 Pretty mile-high whipped cream cake with fresh fruit.