The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-25
rrosn Wednee1ay's DAILY.
FROM BUTTE
AN Francisco and Return.

a.n Francisco and Return.
- the morning Of February 2lst Z
" .umber Of our citizens went south
ss.r IN. road, after being delayed
. .,.l days by the snow blockade.
... them were Messrs. J. A. Hyde
sn - Dellinger, the formerof whom
'.ed to Butte Tuesday night last.
-. ne,,mbulations of these gentlemen
~ ,ct fail to be Of interest giving 4
a. they do Of the GLORIOUS climate
'sc,lifornia" from Montana stand
p ".e Of the travellers gives the follow
-. account Of his journeyings hack
10 and forward on the ecast.
,..v;oy Ogden he went straight
.s.u,.r to the Golden Horn,
~here five days were pleasantly spent
.,onv old friends and new scenes.
r,.u.e bv steamer to Los Angeles the
lin was delightful, and 1t the latter city
~" found several Montanians, well
.rown in Butte, among whom were
VI Ice I.osenthal and his bride, nee
w;.s Hir.h Of San Francisco aud Dave
w,h,ryn Esq. Mr.. and Mrs. Rosen-
,h.l were spending their honeymoon in
Ios Angeles, and may soon be expected
in Butte.
After several days in the garden Of
the south the voyagers left for Riverside
~here we're found Mr.. Lee w. Foster
aid his family, Mr.. Albert Klein
..bmidt and family and Tom Carver
cell known former Montanian.
The rainy season which began to be
annoying ut this point stopped farther
nugress and the trip back to San Fran
r;,co was made without steppage. Five
d,vs more were devoted 10 the queen Of
the coast and the voyagers then turned
their faces homeward, leaving the Horn
ut Thursday, the 10th inst. at $3.50
\ N. The overland passenger train
rhich left 1t this time was the
o.e which was snow bound in
ne Sierras, reaching Colfax at the
loot Of the western slopes about
midnight Thursday. No further east
en- progress was made until Saturday
morning, the track being blocked ut
Il Blue Canyon, q point about twenty
i've miles to the east. Leaving C0lf:x
II five o'clock Saturday morning the
train reached Truckee in time for din
net. ren,aing there until five o'clock,
and reaching Ogden without further in
teraption ut half past six Sunday even
Ing. This train was . consolidation Of
Two trains, and contained thirteen pas
enger cars pulled by two engines and
pushed by one. Ahead Of it waa . snow
plow with three engines. At Truckee
the snow was found to be seven feet
deep, and was still falling, the railroad
employees being compelled to pack and
haul it away on fiat cars. It Is said
that 1t this TIME the snow was twenty
Eight feet deep on the summit Of the
Sienas. The railroad men say that this
il the worst storm they have ever ex-
perienced in the mountains since the
completion Of the road. GreaF damage
WIS done to the snow sheds and the
rad was constantly being blockaded by
slides.
After reaching Ogden the returning
tourists were compelled to lie over till
Monday night. On the north bound
train were Mr.. w. A. Chessman and
family, and Mrs. Cuthbert and chill
drvn, also Mr.. and Ms. VIM. Bailey,
Who got of at Dillon. Other passengers
a this train were Messrs. VIM. Jones,
II Deer Lodge Valley, Dave McCranor
and James Geary, Mr.. Joe. Fegty and
his mother, and Col. Wesley Brsinard,
mining and civil engineer, Of Evan