Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-03-20 | Page 2 | Miners Fleeing from the Hills

I MINERS FLEEING I FROM THE HILLS Forced In th O Seek PD of Sah Safety ty tyBy By Treacherous Snow Slides MANY ARE SWEPT TO DEATH Work orl ot or r of or Victims U II J Pros it Ii h r trent I J I Coin Colo March I 1 19 I Two hundred hun bun dred antI and fifty lifty miners and other oilier em em- of the Camp CanI mine mimic and mill came caine In from Mount Sneffels this evening on snow snowshoes snow hoe taking nearl nearly all day lay to make th the trip The of Saturday and Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day nl night ht so completely smashed up the company's property properly including the mill located two miles from the mine that a n prolonged shut down Is necessary nc-ces- nc sary r pending the rebuilding of the mill null tram hou house tramway building and other structures Nearly arl ever every mimic in Ouray count county is I-I cut oft off from supplies by reason ol of the deep snow The food supply I Is running short and fully 1000 men In Inthe Inthe inthe the hills will vili soon be face to face with starvation unless traffic paths and r roads allo are quickly reopened Swept S It to Sudden Death The report that twelve employ of the ShenandOAh mine on he the east enst slope of Solomon mountain In Cunningham Cunningham Cun Cnn gulch nine miles north of Silverton were swept to death b by a slide earl early this morning Is confirmed They Thc left leCt the mine to try to mal make e Silverton Silverton Sil- Sil verton for needed provisions and wore wol half halt way down the slope when caught A force of men Is now at work trying to recover the bodies bolies Two miners were caught at the Burro Bur Bur- ro creel creek bridge b by a slide at noon to today to- to clay day and the they too were swept to death The great storm stem which began m a week ago ngo lifted today and anti the work of f l' l reopening the thc In ln railway branches branche is well vell in plo progress