Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-11-29
SUDDEN SNOW STORM.
Brings Suffering to Jnprepared In
dians Out In Arizona.

Brings Suffering to unprepsred In.
dams Out In Arizona.
Returning travellers from the hot
weather sections OF Arizona. where
snow Is almost a curiosity. report re.
markable condition o. affairs In that
region. ]. 9. Noble. a mining man Of
this city. who returned last night from
Arizona. reports more than two feet
Of STOW at Williams, Arix., when he
left. and the storm was still raging.
Such n condition was never known be-
fore In that section.
Their cold weather. when they have
any rarely comes untii about Febru-
any. rarely comes until about Febru-
American house. "Thc result Ia that
everybody has been caught mapping.
The shiftless and improvident Indians
will suffer the most. They had not
prepared their winter shelter. and the
blizzard caught them absolutely with
out protection, except for their blan-
kets. At Williams we saw them wan
dering bewildered through the storm.
their squaws and pappooses lying
wrapped In blankets in the two-foot
snow banks. They had counted on
plenty O, time to get ready for bad
weather, and am afraiu much suffer
ing will result
THE storm will be Gods to the
settlers, however" continued Mr.. No
BILE. They had suffered terribly from
Arnunht nj hA nj Aas
ply that will result from the present
snow will mean a small fortune To all
OF them. II is peculiar that all over the
including Colorado. the
past few seasons OF drought seem to
have been broken within the prereut
month, and almost everywhere In the
mountains more snow has fallen al.
ready than during any one season In
late years"
Mr.. Noble, o. II. Liddell, of Denver,
and . party of easterners. twelve In
all. were daring enough to make the
descent into the Grand Canyon Of the
Colorado after the snow storm. Three
OF the party were women. The trip
from the top Of Angel Pass down TO
the bed of the Colorado river, a de-
scent Of 1900 feet, is sufficiently haz-
ardous In the best weather. II must
be made on mule-back, and only the
of the animals pre-.
vents both mule and rider from being
hurled hundreds of feet to the rocks
below.
We reached the canyon on Friday"
said Mr.. Noble. There was a foot of
snow on the ground. but all of us, In
the women, were not TO be dis
appointed In our desire to go down
into the canyon. and we went. A man
was sent aheau to shovel the snow In
the worst places. For a thousand feet
Of the way down the snow was heavy
and the footing doubly dangerous.
After that there was only a sprinkling
Of snow. and at the bottom OF the can
yon there was none at all, and Il was
warm and pleasant. II took us eight
hours to make the descent of 1900 feet.
II was great trip. and we would not
have missed IL, In spite of its hazards
The party was much interested in
the examination Of ancient irrigation
works which were found In the can
yon. and In the hunting prospects
which were offered In the country
ACROSS the river. which can be forded
At this point. Several parties were re-
ported to be hunting there and game
was said to be very plentiful. Mr.
Noble reports the opening Of extensive
copper and asbestos mines near Thu
point In the canyon. The copper work
|ngs are thousand feet below the
OF the canyon walls. and the
ore Is hauled up on mule back In bar
rels.-Denver Republicans.