, 1875-01-25

Correspondence n The paoenpnrt Cdsets.
SALT LANE, Utah, ian, l5.-A scrious acct
dent having happnnca in Que Of our mining
camps, and being of a kind tha: could novet
happen In your vicinity, / thought would giT&
you Bliort account Of 1t. In ono Of cur mining
camps known as Zig Cottonwood" tho noun,
tain peaks loom up to tho Aeight Of from 1l.o0(
to Izo00 feet, and. during tho wiator, tho snow
E,orms 1age irccssn.1y. Consequently tLa
ca1nl, ia subjected to tho must terrific SNOW.
slides.
Oac Of thoac storms was Of tho most fearful
character-rnt 1it;le fall Of 4noy Of or s
itlceH Urint; night. nut that htany feet, WITH
tho wind bowling, and d:iftlr. .le snow IN o1trv
direction. There are places up there who're tho
ayalanchcs tre caused by tho wind srecpns up
m one edp nf tho mountain. AMI forming 4
large d:itt j7ss over tho ridge OIL the opposite
siIe which sonn becomes TOO heavy. and. cetac.
lux Itself, plunges down tta mountain, increasing
in hi:a Until a nlusn; mass Of sn"w, covering
! acres. aud III to 49 fest thick, swespa with tht
rapil1:s Of lightning ttn"n into the canons.
| 1sirS everything before 1t. No soft snow, BIZ:
r,l2kcl and jaI,lfncd together 30 perfectly solid
that tue utunelt tla 1naas stops, heavily
! l!aiad ore-te4ina eau bo driven anywhere On top
| Ut il, the iiurScn' hh0cE only making an imnraa-
| ki0n 4 cfroH III fr4tnt Of ono uf thoHn slidos
can coillf11e1co his prayers n0uo too quick Had.
| lug in snow anywhere from hlb kneca to hi
neck. with il bi,ving 70 that he can't Hea foct
in ad:aLce Ut BIN, he doesn't hayo tho leas
chanco to csca: O. although ho knows ono IL
! coming by the terrible roar it makes which can
| ba heard at q Long distance.
Quo ct tucso HlileB awop. over 4 mino called
! the Anna, last Tuesday, killing four mon Ihs
niuo WIS voralS eix mon, on eight houra
shifts. which 1lecesHarifv Kept two men at worz
,ylo four uero other Shopping or resting, TlioIi
cabin or rathor board1ug-ho,l: immediately in
front of tho tinne they wcro running, was built
| very etronG. mud considered eafe from s!dea.
n II, H. Il.
E,d the two neil wl1oso duty cnme On lett LTo
| Of tho men in tho lluuao astcep, and tbo otlor
two sitting up at the tirc. One had commenced
writing letter, and tho other was HltsinG Oh
| Htn9l gWniiiug Ills pipe.
Tho two men tiad inst reached tlo face Tor
bach c1sl nf tho tunnel which was III Il distance
Of ts feet) and une lad raised the alcaEe to
sfriko tho drill When they hoard rho roar Of tho
hlule had rail over having it filled With about
frn: of euor, Witch they lad to dig through.
ad. on getting oit. found nothing In sight. ING
luate vas aSep. H~ay camu!cttlv. They raised
au alarm az possible. md. getting norti
,p to the mine c-ficl the = Prince Of NalcH,
wlicn was running about lou hands, they al1
turned OH and commenced digging for the
l2:E'tr. which wac not folnd rnl llta t!o no1t
nlGrsisng. It hal been carried down tho Inoun-
tan rboat 1000 feet with about 3o feet ot sno"
! Oh t3D OF it.
, -Four men inside wcro founi Just az tho other
tvo lad left them. Tho hnow hal bEokon
suddenly that they had not ulovcd. They we're
rot bruised IN a:ly way, but lad been suIocatea
1.as man B.t tjloru at tho tahl, in Tho act o
writing, tho iEkstand not oycn having tpEc:
t over, hut the 1nnu smDkinE lad probably heard
it cunning ono second before lie wan struck, q:
ia pips lLy 1etwecn hin feet. There thuy sat
> model in tho sto%. looking Is perfectly mi:
1 ural AZ il nlyc. Tho two men IN bod could 10
r oven i.ayo woke 'ii,-thoy lay III then ncls wisl
Q tue Blankets over thota aB stnpo.h!y rs if JUS
I laid on, The ,ncn who lo1no1 dig thenl oil:
0 nnj who brought tlo bodies INTO t.o city, talt
: tuat 1y tic lnoAs Of tho mea tLcy couldn't haE
: awakened at all.
1 Iho Slides Layo slartcd in early this year
There haye been seven men killed within tho lbs
: two wcehs. and Il number Of auin'a]s. but til
h camp for suow-alides is ~ Little' 'Cotouwood. :
> wlucA place. couplo ri winters ago. Ill avaia1ch
g camo down k!lliEy t!rteen n1cn and rone thirt
!, odA an,laala. A r,.nor III in circulation. tl'i
q evening. that another had happened ut tho san
Il place, Eill.nG Aix mtn. The Telegraph in donl
= at that place, no don't know whether thete
9 anything III it Or no..