Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-11
MINES CLOSING
DOWN AT ASPEN.
Train Of Coal Forces It's Way to
leadville al Last.
ARMY OF SNOW sHovELERs.
sig mig slide. In the Canyon OF the
Grande- several Trains
Dug cat.

Denver. Feb. io.-Thc apparently In
tcrminablc snowatorr on the noun
tains In the vicinity OF Leadvillc re-
sumcd sway early today. after a brief
respite during the night However
the wind and cold had abated. and the
conditions were more favorable for the
work Of breaking down the snow bar
ficrs which have closed the railroads
aud cut many mountain towns on from
communication with the outside world.
The Lcadviic mine and smcltcr man
ayers made good their offcr OF thou
sand SNOW thovclcrs TO open the Dem
Yer a Rio orandcs railroad between
Lcadvillc and Malta. In order to get
coal into tho camp. one gang began
work at midnight and at : o'clock it
wan relieved by another. The Little
Johnny mine closed down for the day
and many others were operated by halt
tho usual force. Colonel George w.
Cook and other mine managers were
In charge OF the shovel and pick bril-
gadc. Much hard work was required
to remove the Ice from the rails, but
the track was finally cleared 30 that
II was possible 10 run into Lcadviiie
stalled at Malta.
ON tie Colorado Midland large
force OF men. working under the dircc-
ton OF Agent Sncvc, succeeded In
breaking the blockade Mt Snowden and
brought In thirty ears OF coal
The Midland people believe they viii
not need the assistance OF the snow
shoyclcrH at work ON the Rio 1rande.
but by tomorrow will have their road
entirely open. They started n train
from I.eadviile this afternoon. bound
for Denver. Their passenger train
which left Denver last Tuesday was
brought into Lcadviilc. and the road
IN now clear for coal cars. which viii
be brought In before passenger trains.
Present estimates are that the down.
town mines have coal enough TO last
fron three TO ave days. ana supply
will be- rushed 60 the Little Johnny ami
other outlying mines.
The situation at Aspen Il quite ns
desperate ~ at Lcndvliie. No trains
are ruI,iinF 10 the great silver camp
on the west OF the range. ana II u
reported tia, the mines there are clos
lax down fof want OF fuel. There
hnv" been Fomt nnowHlldca In the camp.
but no fatalities have resulted. no far
as known.
tied rp tightly. In the Canyon of the
Grand there have been six snowHlldeS.
one q them was 400 feet In length and
thiriy-nyc feet deep. In II are huge
b1uldcrs and trees. Superintendent
Sample and Assistant General Man
agcr schlpckr are on the ground, su-
porintending the work OF clearing the
H.o Grands track.
The snow fhoNclcra az shoshono
struck today for an inccaAc OF wages
from ,l..6 to s2.50 day.
The Mnrrhnll Pass II again closed.
but the rotary II bucking the drifts
there and ihv narrow gauge may soon
10 rcopencd. Down ON the cumbrea
Pass the rtorm has put an end 10 rail-
reading for several days, and there
are M many other troubles Of a mora
serious nhtuic that at present Cum
tres II given the go-by.
Como, breckenridge. kokomo and
all towns on the high line TO Lcadville
are completely isolated. No news was
received fran those places TO-DAY, hut
u IL known tina, ~ some OF them fuel
and provisions 49, becoming rcatce.
In tho Sorih ! ark there In about
three feet OF snow on the level. Travel
II impossible on account OF tho large
Tor week. and expects none for ten
days to come. II II doubtful II an,
froisht can reach that town for a
month.
\ snowatcrm with cold wind from
the north began here today. and should
another very cold wave follows. II will
undoubtedly have a. disastrous effect
on inr liNchtock upon the ranges.