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Show MINERS SUFFER UNTOLD ACOHY Nearly Frozen and Forced to Subsist Eight Days on One Day's Food. thrilling Adventure of 8nowbound Nevada Miner, Who Tied a Message Mes-sage to Dog's Neck and Sent Him Out For Help. Carson City, Nov.-Snowcd in with but ono day's food and twenty miles rom tha nearest habitation, Chris feppcrson nnd Jack Reynolds, miners, ipent eight days tu a starving nnd freezing condition. The two men went out Now Year's lay to do somo location work on a Claim owned by them in the Lono Pino mining district east of Qardncrvlllo. Thoy took their dog with them and nc day's foods, instructing tho driver of a hired rig that took them to tho foot of the mountain to roturn next Say for them. Tho driver returned to Qardnorville and forgot all about Jcpporson and Reynolds until a day later. Ho went out but' tho men could not bo found and ho returned to Qardnervillo. Jcpporson nnd Reynolds walked up tho mountnlu after loavlng tho teams nd reached the Winter's mlno, where thero Is a cabin. All dny Now Year's and for threo days aftor. tho snow fell lo thnt it wns Impossible for tho ruon to leave tho cabin, oven for fuol. Tho food gavo out tho third day and Jopporfeon tied a mossago around his dog's neck and rushed him out in Uio snow to dlo or reach Gardorvlllo. Tho dog reached anrdncrvlllo Monday ind was noticed Wednesday, a week tftor tho men wero lost A rescue party started out nnd mado Its way to the Winter's mlno, arriving lato Thursday evening. Tho two mon wero In or fainting condition from hunger ind cold. Jcpporson was In bolter condition thnn Reynolds and he ro-Mvored ro-Mvored when restoratives wero glvn him. Reynolds was In tho deep sloop that procodos doath from freezing, and it took nil Thursday night to bring him to comploto consciousness, uo is badly omnclatod nnd frostbitten. |