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Show COTTONWOOD SM0WSLIDES, Coming Down in Strange Places. .Mta City in Danpur of Being Buried. Alta, Jan. 12th, 1875. The good name given tothepresent 1 winter, hitherto, is very much modified modi-fied in consequence of tho continued and very sovere storms for tho past week. Theso storms seem ab very different from those of the preceding years, that tho wiseacres of those times seem false prophets, and their opinions and prognostications formed from certain observations noted of former Beasons, bhako their heads and say their knowledge of the freaks of nature is very limited and uncertain, un-certain, Snowslides have occurred this winter win-ter in places whero tho were never known to have rolled before, and no person seems safe from their merciless merci-less visitations. During the past few days several slides, of no mean proportions, have taken placo between Alta and Tan-nersvillo Tan-nersvillo as many as seven in two days. A few teams have beon caught, but no human lives taken. Sevoral men have been overwhelmed by tho flaky waters, but, fortunately, have extricated themselves. On Monday a slide rolled from Emerald Hill right into Alta, on tho south, and covered a shaft at which two men were working, about 150 feet from Parlin & Thompson's Thomp-son's stable. Forlunately,in carrying away tho windlass house, the snow did not fill the shaft, although it 'was covered over completely with fifteen feet of snow. The men succeeded in working themselves out safely, receiving re-ceiving no more than a fright. j On tho same evening, at a prospect I near tho Autehpe and Prince of Wales mine, in Big Cottonwood, six men were caught by a large and heavy snowshde. Two worked their way out, and tho other four were buried and could not be discovered. The whole force ot mine employe's at the Princo of Wales mine wore I engaged in digging through the slide on Tuesday, and at length succeeded, in the evening, in finding the bodieB. The men's names are John Cox, John ,'frem berth, James Glasson and James Eenfray, all Comishmpu. The sympathies sym-pathies of all in the district are aroused, as the men were well known and mucli respected. About 2 o'clock, p.m.,on Tuesday, avery largo snowslide commenced at the summit of Emma Hill, north of Alta, and carried all before it that lay in its way. Two men in passing toward the .Reed & Benson mine at the time although carried along with it, were saved by crouching behind stumps and trees. Tho slide passed the Val-lejo Val-lejo works, and destroyed the ore house at the tunnel and the boarding house, breaking them into splinters in a fearful manner. Four men were dug out of the debris of the nouses and nine out of the tunnel. Only one man, John James, was injured, aud he not severely. One man, the cook, colored, is missing, and all dil-Hgent dil-Hgent and earnest search for him has been in vain. Tho boarding house of- the South Star and Titus mine was covered over and one end broken. Several men were in the house at the time, and were completely jamed in on all sides I by the Bnow, but were speedily res-! res-! cued. One of them suffered much j by the position he was held in by S that element, and ho actually thought he had been carried for hundreds of yards under it, but fortunately ho was held there, and ho heard the men working and exploring for his rescue. This slide rolled into tho middle of Main street, in Alta, and when nearly epant half filled the house occupied by Mrs. Davis, breaking botlvnorlu and south doors. The people of Alta have, hitherto, felt secure from the slides, from the position of tho town on a flat, but are now considerably shaken in their confidence. The east end of the IJruner boarding house, situated sit-uated on a flat, well guarded place, apparently, was carried away. On the alarm being sdunded of the slide at those places, the men of Alta rushed by sccrts to the scene, equipped equip-ped with shovels borrowed from the stores, and rendered every assistance that nien could to their fellow creatures. crea-tures. The mail, in consequence of tho storm, did not arrive on Monday or Tuesday, and only Wells, Fargo it Co.'a express box was brought through on Tuesday. Several men tried to press through from Tannorsviile On Monday, but failed to make the journey; jour-ney; but quite a number weathered it through on Tuesday on horseback and on foot. No doubt other snowalides and accidents ac-cidents have occurred, but reports have not come in. The storms are characterized by stroug winds and much drifting ot Bnow. G, Mining" Record, Rsal Estate, etc Messrs. Lapham, Rood & Cc, i a new firm that has opened an office under the Fint National bank, for the transaction of n general mining, real estate and insurance agency business. bus-iness. The office will be a general headquaters for mining information, where descriptions of properties held for sale can be examined, and through which sales can be effected. The gentlemen comprising the firm have long been connected with the mineral interests of this Territory and Nevada, and aro ncquaintcd with almost every district and many of the mines in this region; and their extensive experience in such matters qualifies them for successfully carrying on the business in which they have engaged. L. R. & Co. also transact several other kinds of busins,which is moro clearly indicated in the advertisement advertise-ment of the "Mining Record Office," Of-fice," which appears in this issue of the Herald. |