Bisbee daily review., 1906-01-14
E. |. SLOAN RELATES.
 OF MARROW ESCAPE
LIFE sAvEp- IN NEW MEXICO MOUNTAINS
 BY FOLLOWING SHEEP

E. NJ. Sloan. the well known pros pector, is in Fl Paso from New Mex ico. He tells the News of a hard and perilous experience he had in tue hills last week about twenty-five niles from HiIlsboro-
 He says his life was saved by mountain sheep whose tracks he fol lowed until he struck the trail
 Since leaving Fl Paso lass August Mir. Sloan has been engaged in pros peeting for gold in different districts in New Mexico. When he left on his last expedition to the hills. he states. that the weather was cold but pleas ant. and there was no indication Of storm. He had with him one MeNi- can. two pack mules and a camping outfit. This Mexican had told him of promising gold prospect that was located up a ravine quite distance from the beaten track. From samples | of the outcropping of the ledge there WAS every promise that the ledge was of a permanent character and run high in gold.
 MT. Sloan was anxious to locate it before others had preceded him, and before the weather had become too severe. So with the Mexican. as his guide he started out to find the vein. However. when they reached the loca- | ton where the Mexican said he Bad found the samples, the latter became | confused, and could not. as he had | previously said, take Sloan to the exact spot where the specimens, had | been obtained.
 They camped that night in a web
 sheltered canyon near a mountain | stream. At that time there was m snow to be seen except os distant lhills. The next morning, leaving The | Mexican to look after the outfit, MT Sloan started out on short tour oi inspection, intending to return to camp early in the afterEoon. About t10 o'clock that day while he was or This trip. it began to snow furiously land a strong wind blew up, It was Ia real blizzard, and the air was SC thick with falling snow and the skies became So dark and lowering tha Inc could scarcely see ten feet away
 The prospector completely lost hi:
 bearings, and soon found himsel
 wandering aimlessly about with nc objective point in view. How lont he continued his useless tramping b' does not know, nor how many milei ba had covered. but towards night th.
 snow ceased to fall and the sun cam out bright and clear. He then foUn(
 himself in a series of foothills iR al entirely unknown region, and had no the slightest idea where he was. Bu he took the sun for his compass anC tried to strike a well known trai
 fused by freighterS to different min ling camps. Soon night came on, bu he had the stars for his guide ano . continued his tramp. But with n : better success. as the night advances ! it became bitterly cold, and SlOal
 began to suffer intensely. He had nc suffered much during the day iron
 leither cold or hunger, as he had small snack with him, and the weath CT had not been severe. Toward
 morning it began to snow again. ant at last. completely exhausted, Sloal
 sank down in the deep snow. giVini up his efforts and thought that hi end had come.
 He says that he sank into an un lconscious state, and would have die, there. but was suddenly aroused b, something touching him.
 , Sloan by that time was cOmpietel covered with snow. He sprang to hi feet. The skies had cleared and a
 the stars cast their reflections on tn
 snow he could clearly see that it wa mountain sheep. The animal wa frightened at Sloan's unexpected al IDearance and started down the mOur