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Show MINERS SUFFER I UNTOLD AdY I Nearly Frozen and Forced to I Subsist Eight Days on One Day's Food. I Thrilling Adventure of Snowbound BJ Nevada Miners, Who Tied a Mes- H sage to Dog's Neck and Sent BB Him Out For Help. H Carson City, Nov. Snowed In wltls H but one day's food and twenty miles rom the nearest habitation, Chris feppcrson and Jack Reynolds, miners, pent eight days in a starving and BJ freezing condition. BJ Tho two men went out New Year's BJ lay to do somo location work on a BJ claim owned by them In the Lone Pine H mining district east of Gardncrvllle. H They took their dog with thom and H one day's foods, Instructing tho driver BJ of a hired rig that took them to the H foot of the mountain to return next BJ Bay for them. H ' The driver returned to Gardnerville Jfl and forgot all about Jeppcrson and BIJ Reynolds until a day later. He went out but the men could not bo found BJj and he roturncd' to Gardncrvllle. . BJ Jepperson and Reynolds walked up' ft IBJ tho mountain after leaving tho teams " IBJ nd reached the Winter's mine, where IBJ there is a cabin. All day Now Yeara BJ tnd for three days after, tho snow fell BJ io that It was impossible for tho men BJ to leave tho cabin, even for fuol. BJ Tho food gave out the third day IBJ and Jopperson tied a message around BJ his dog's neck and rushed him out In BJ tho snow to die or reach Gardervllle. BJ The dog reached Gardncrvlllo Monday IBJ ind was noticed Wednesday, a weok IBJ sfter tho men wero lost. A rescue IBJ party started out and made its way IBJ to tho Winter's mine, arriving late IBJ Thursday evening. The two mon were IBJ In a fainting condition from hunger IBJ tnd cold. Jepperson was in better BJ condition than Reynolds and he re- BJ sovered when restoratives were gtvun U him. Reynolds was in tho dcop Bleep- that precedes death from freezing, IBJ snd It took all Thursday night to IBJ bring him to complete consciousness. H I He Is badly emaciated and frostbitten. BJ |