The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-01

trap--two days more, but all 10 no pul
pose, as after developments proved ths
the men had met their death where b
lost their tracks.
1 He then struck out for Loon Greek
and was met by the party in search {
him, as has been already related.
! He had not benefited those unfortu
nate men in The least by this terribl
/ adventure, but had become convince,
in his own mind as to their fate !; tina
! they We're beyond human aid, and no
roaming through the mountains, suffer
ing from cold and hunger. But at wha
q fearful risk to himself considering al
the disadvantages under which he la
bored, bad he accomplished this. HI
had successfully run the Pauntlet, and i
is safe to say that during these three
weeks he endured more hardships, faced
more dangers and had more hair breadth
escapes; than falls TO the lot of more
than one man in thousand during a
whole lifetime.
About four months later Adams en-
ployed man by the name of Matt
Holmes to accompany and assist him
took pick, shovel and sup ilies along,
and went back to give his lost friends a
decent burial. Too much snow sill re-
NAMED on the ground 10 make it practi-
cable to go with horses, so this second
trip WAS made on foot; there being a
hard crust or the snow, the walking
was good, and very little danger was APP
pretended from snowsides.
Arriving at the canyon, and at the
spot where Adams had lost the trail of
his friends, they saw a large, freshly
made hole in the snow, dug by wild an
imals, evidently in search of food. In
this hole they found the partially eaten
remains of one of the lost men; which
they identified by the clothing as being
that of Wentworth. No signs of the
other man conld yet be seen. They
shoveled the hole full OF snow and
camped near by three days and nights,
searching for the body of Smith, as they
wanted to bury them both at the same
time. Frequently during these three
mig hts they had TO fire their pistols at
wild animals TO frighten them away
from the corpse. Not finding the sec
ond body, they ding from under The
snow and buried the one found, under
a large fir tree outside the swath of an
avalanche. After digging a second
grave by the side of the FIRST, they con-
GUIDED to prepare a more comfortable
place, which they did by dig
ying tunnel into large snow bank !;
ontting fl boughs inside on which to |
ay their blankets, and then binding
ire at the mouth Of the tunnel. Thus
Housed, they waited patiently and
watched for the melting SHOWS TO give
p the other dead.
The two men replenished their sup
lies with game, which was now ahund-
mt, and, after Watching ten dave, ere
awarded by seeing the broken end of
snowshoe appear above the snow, by
hich the other remains were located
nd found. They buried Smith beside
is comrade /; cut their names upon the
ig fir tree; planted the snowshoes at
lie head of the graves, and, their sad
ission accomplished, returned to Loon
reek.
Since the events narrated this Wild :
I'd lonely place has always been known ,
"Dead Mems Canyon"
Ten years later a prospector, hailing
ON Silver City, found the lonely !
ayes and brought away with him the .
ather straps from the snowshoes and
We them to Adams, y no is now one of 7
2 prosperous business men of that
wn. These mementoes of The mos :
rillipg adventure OF his life. he has G
refully kept, and they can now be r
IN in a valuable cahife, of minerals {
d keepsakrs collected by the owner. o,
The history of the Loon Creek placer ;e
mes can be briefly told Only very +,
v of the claims proved 10 he valuable, !,
d the camp, like many another one r
the mountains, was quickly deserted. q
r friend Adams, pinning his faith on 4,
D value of the claims and the ability Il,
the owners to pay him when spring =,
sned, sold the greater part of his n,
IDS on credit and. the mines falling .,
pan out, he returned to Boise City %
, nexsfall, Broke. "a
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