Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-04


IN Alta today from which he permits
the News" to make the following ex-
tracts.
THE Frederick"
Alta. Utah. March :. 1899.
My Dear Friend.
Received your letter Of the nth Inst.
on the goth aud not until now has an
opportunity afforded itself to get an
answer back 10 you.
In the beginning. before attempting
to answer your letter let me give you
an idea " the condition ~ our country
hercabouts. As write these lines my
cabin Is completely covered up under a
----a Of hard packed snow. On the
b,u NJ February. between the hours ~
and o'clock In the evening was
surprised and aimos, terror stricken by
the sudden advent Of three tremendous
snow slidca, each following the other In
quick succession over the Calico noun
tain ana down onto my cabin below.
causing the timbcra therein to CULVER
and tremble. The slides were 90 euor-
nous In size that u took much
LONGER than usual Ia pass over the roof
You can imagine how my nights rest
AMI sleep were disturbed that night.
Ana next morning when I mnnaF-l Ia
get a rvcp at the outside world. whlch
l managed 10 d. hy "a supreme anutt
on my part and by passing the long
hhed lcaoifE t. tho mouth uf sht Ale
pheuN tunnel ana which Hn.d .hNi.
luckily FOR mo, had been deep under
snow long before. the slides occurred
what O. sight htn,id' ON reaching the
end of the shed | Hhoveled my way
through the front entrance to tho
edge of the dump. The canyoa be-
low seemed level full with snow aud
umbcrr and debris scattered In all H.
recuonn IN tie tail N the slides. In
front ~ the cabin door % huge pue
tr'e hat been cniried and Lodged aud
with which I hnd a great picnic be-
Tore accomplishing ~ removal ruI
" not lt"n for that shed leading
rom the tuniol mouth To- ihn
ydgr ~ the dump. shodii
freedom. ana might have uuffo,ated
have had n difficult time In gnlninF my
before help could have reached me-All
NJ the old land marks such ne trees
ana bouldora ON the hillside south uf
Frederick were swept before the
nNalunrhc-thc smoke.stnck ~ the en-
Elne house ne well ne all tho stove
pipes On the cabin and also the clothes
line ON which hung my winters wash.
were carried away AMI viii likely b.
found In the spring time In some irri-
flting ditch In the valley below. Tho
slides extended from Superior sulch
east nH FAR M and including IN How
land tunnel AMI the snow swept down
ana over tho entire u,rtanc. ~
the calico mountain. The slides
started above the Frederick and Crown
Prince mines and came over the per-
pcndiculnr elm behind tho cabin. After
! recovered rom the shock my greatest
difficulty was IN trying a. locate from
tho outside ~ the cabin tho places
here the stove pipes originally parsed
through the roof IN vain I tried 90 lo-
cate them until took u window frame
uut Of the bunk room. where "a part 81
snow tunnel ten feet high aud cut
some time previous e. -Io slide was
SIN open. I took rod " feet long aud
managed 10 got u through the SNOW
from the inside ~ the cabin. I then
went out and M onto tho mass on top
~ the cabin nnd after HhnyelinE down
for thrcr feet NJ "a point WHERE I
thnurht tho rod should come through,
found a. After that began surveying
IN" distance from the stove Inside the
house 90 the end ~ the rod aud by
digging down ~ feet found Il.
For three long days and nights I
cnmped IN that cold, house and bucked |
snow until ! was completely exhausted, |
ana all ~ that time lived On bread aud |
water straight until / finally got a |
stove pipe rlsEod up again and rpt |
ilrr started once more nuring tho /
month ~ February slides down SUPERB |
or oulch were ~ almost daily occur 1
onco only one slide "a tho town ~ |
Alta ~ Ear nnd that came down silver /
King gulch into OriErly rtilch. There |
are any number of slides between Alta 1
and WuHatoh. such u winter 49, this |
has been | never before experienced |
hero and ! have spent the last 20 ~ Thorn .
In this camp. Visitors H. curiosity by |
Wnyl rcnch my cabin now by descend
Ing a io-foog Incline shaft carved out
,f the SNOW. ana Ia which Hhaft thor.
" q nice stairway 0f SNOW rteuH. Al
tho bottom 81 this i1-flot Incline tho
visitor IL met by u firn which IL next
10 the hunk.rpom window and which
rondf, turn o. the west" on reaching
4 point IN front ~ whore tho kitchon
door ordinarily swings out the visitor
h met by another sign. which points
IN the right. and a foW foot from there |
lgnin two 90 three steps nre taken down
/ short incline nFiin aud the Visitor IA
brought 90 the hunk.ruom dn0r
There II great deal more could
oll you ~ my recent experience. but
NH not say more to-day. IL Keeps mo
iusy, 1 can toll YOU, 20 keen an tho
'undcrHnow working" from hlilng up
N me. as the SNOW u constantly aot-
ling
slth i,lnk regards to you ana yours.
viii close. Yours very sincerely,
FRITZ iltrTlCH.