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Show 12 KI1 DEAD I ii iijmm I Colorado Miners Swept to Death While Eating in Their Boarding-House. NINE SUCCEED IN DIGGING H OUT OF TONS OF SNOW Disaster Occurred in Cunning- ham Gulch, Nine Miles From Town of Silverton. S1LVERTON, Colo.. March 10. Twelve miners employed at the Shenandoah mine were caught by a great snowsllde early this morning and swept to their death. IH Thclr bodloa have not yet been recovered Assistance has been summoned from Sil- IH verton to help dig the victims from be' ncath the snow. IH The Known Dead. JACOB THEDOLDT. JESSE SHAW. HB GUS HOiSE. PhJTER CULEBURG. BERT ALBERT. EDWARD KIRK, formerly of Ouray. "SLATE" BRANTON. EM1L ROSS. ul'STAVbON. vm MAROELO. . P1COLLO. ONE UNKNOWN. According' to a report received from ilo.vardvlllo. tho men wcro killed by a snowsllde, which struck the boarding- he use at the mine while they were at IH dinner. IH It Is reported that twenty-one men IH were caught in the slide and that nine dug their way out, more or less Injured, IH One Man Escapes, A man who escaped hurried on to How- IH nidsvllto. three miles, down the gulch, and telephoned to Silverton for help. Tho Shenandoah mine Is located ln tht? east slope- of King: Solomon mountain. In Cunningham gulch, nine miles jiorth from Silverton. All lelcphono wires to the section north of llowardsvilic are out and communication with Ihe mine Is lm-possible. lm-possible. No Train in a Week. The mine employed about .sevcnty-llvc men and lo one of the largest In the San Juan country. The thermometer fell lo '-J below zero last night and toda dawned clear, with the mercury rising It has been a week since a train lelt here and It will probably be several. dns before the RIo Grande lino can be opened to Durnnzo. The Gladstone & Northerly has u largo forco at work clearing the line to Glad- The tinanclal loss by the destruction on Saturday of the Green Mountain mill i ond the Silver Lake tramway line is eail-mated eail-mated at $J.t. Boarding-House Swept Away. On Sunday another slide came down on the Green Mountain property und swept away tno bourding-house. Tho men had nil come down. A cottage near the Old Hundred mine was also carried away, but no damage to the mill was sustained, although fears nre entertained as to IU safoty, as It is in a dangerous position. The employees IBH were dismissed Saturduy. A large forco will bo sent to tho Green H Mountain mill and systematic work be-gun be-gun to recover tho bodv of the missing llreman, Daniel R. lllckey. and replace buildings and machinery. jH |