The Coconino sun., 1901-06-08
A TOUGH EXPERIENCE.
An Arizona Miner Meets with an Usly Accident While Prospecting In
 Cila County.

lU IS upJ "i5 iS'o" "'e" an appearance like d Kansas City dressed beef who can stand the most. Charley Hill is an ordinary looking little clothes peg like Ourself, says the Globe Times, but he recently went through an experience that would have killed ninety y-nine cats with nine lives per cat.
 Up at the head of Rye about two weeks ago he was feeling of hanging ledge with bar. It was on one of his properties and long distance from any one else. Before he was thinking of danger down came several thousand pounds of rock and ore, and he found himself half buried in the wreck. with broken leg. This was about o'clock in the afternoon. After disengaging himself, with infinite pain and diff culty, he found that his leg was broken both above and below the knee, the bone protruding through the surface.
 His first move was to try to reach the creek, a half mile away, the trail to which was crooked. sidling and pre- ciptOus. As he dragged himself along on his back the heavy miners shoe on on the injured limb would roll and catch on the bushes, which lined the trail. Then it was murderous experi- ence to disengage it, straighten out the mangled leg and proceed. Several times he tainted away under the agony and loss of blood, but night was on and it was cold and the cold would first re- vive him and then remind hun that he must move or perish. There he was, almost dying of thirst, the blood issu- ing all the time, running down toward his body and escaping at his waist, he being all the time on his back, with his head down hill. It was ? o'clock in the morning when he reached the creek and then he realized that he did not want water. By this time he had come to level ground and could not drag him. self as he had done down hill; so after pulling along until he could proceed no further he managed to gather little dry material and start small fire and lay like one dead until the next mOrn- ing. The next day he endeavOred to drag himself to camp. which was up hill, and he soon found that it was a different task from that of the previous journey, the trail now leading up steep hill, and his leg being swollen and intiamed. He labOred until about } o'clock, which was on Wednesday afternoon, when he collapsed and ceased to struggle up the hill. All the time he felt that some one would come 10 his rescue. Sure enough, one of the boys came along that afternoon and found him..
 He had to be left there until 3 o'clock Friday morning, when his brother came in from Payson. A stretcher was imprOvised and he was taken to camp. There d spring wagon was procured and the journey to Globe was begun, Dr.. Maish deciding not to touch the case until he was brought in. He was brought into Globe at o'clock Mon- day morning, it being over six days since he received the terrible injury.
 It was thousand miracles that blOOd.pOisoning did not set in, as the torn surface was exposed at all times. Yet after the leg was properly set Mir. Hill began to recuperate wonderfully, and at the present writing is in as fa- vOrable condition as could be ex- pected of an ordinary case.