The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-03-22
Fate Of the Isolated Men Will Not 5'
Known for Several pays-Twsnty-
Five Mines Damaged Probs.
bly, 100000.


sengers In mRrooned. dependent for
warmth OF n meager supply OF coal In
the engine tender. and for food on what
hardy mountainecrs eau bring them
with snowshoes.
Railroad traffic Is paralyEed and tele-
phone and Geographic communication
r. interrupted over at least half OF the
state.
The body OF Edward Kieickner. a
ranchman. aged % years. was found to-
day frozen stiff in the road within three
miles OF his home near Pagosa Springs.
Colo.
Ernest Barnes. aged 20. who left wala
den. Colo. on horseback In the blizzard
last Friday, has not been heard of
since and In believed To have perished.
Twelve Lose Their Lives.
Slyerton. Colo. March 20.-Twelvs
miners employed at the Shenandoah
mines were caught by IA great snow.
slide yesterday and swept TO their
deaths. Their bodies have not pet beer
recovered.
The dead ore:
JACOB THEBoLDT.
JESSE SHAW.
GUS HOSE.
PETER COLEBrRG.
BERT ALBERT.
EDWARD KIRK. formerly oi ppray
SLATE" BRASTON.
EMIL BOSS.
- GUSTANsOS.
- MARGELO.
- PICOLLO.
ONE UNKNOWN.
A man who escaped hurried on To
Howardsville. three miles down the
Eulch and telcphoned TO Silverton foI
help.
The Shenandoah mine II located on
the east slope OF King Solomon noun.
tain. In Cunningham gulch. nine mile,
north from Silverton. All telephone
wires To the section north OF Towards
Vile are out and communication with
the mine In impossible. The mine EN-.
ployS about seventy-nve men and 10
one OF the largest In the San Juan
country.
The great storm which began >
week ago here lifted. The thermometer
fell TO 20 degrees below zero. IL has
been a week since trains left here. anc
Il probably viii be several days bcforS
the Rio Grandc line can be opened tS
Durango.
The Gladstone and Northern has
large force clearing the line To Glad
stone.
Ouray. Colo. March 2l.-SlS hundred
miners employed In various minei
Duray have been cut or from all com
munication with the outside by snow
slides.
IL is feared M many as twenty min
srs lost their lives in the. slides. but the
exact number will not be known foi
days.
twenty-five mines are completely iso
lated. The damage may reach N.0oOOOO
Provision House Carried Down.
A. mine A annWaiinR Ina
night completely isolated nifty or mor'
miners employed there. and as the pro
vision house was carried away. IL 10
certain they ar6 - urgent need u
food.
In lmogenc basin snow Is from $50 e
400 feet deep. This Will prevent work
on reconstruction OF the tram"ay foI
several weeks.
Miners Deserving.
Telluride. Colo. March ia snow
slide which came down yesterday al
the Liberty He'll mine damaged the up
Ter terminal tTamway and consider
able trestie work. Many miners. re-
Numbering the terrible slide OF foui
years ago, left the mine today anC
came Ia Telluride. on account OF th'
severity ~ the storm, which stIll con.
tinues. no effort viii Ice made To recover
the body Of August HELENE. who was
killed satuTuaS ny sNu" hSN' bc"'
Greek.
The telephone line to Ophir station
IL cut Oft and the fate of the engine
and Flagler crew, hcmmed Ia by
slides near the Ophlr loop. IL not
known. Slides are coming down all
along the road Ia Red mountain and
tbs storm continues So that IL IN Inn
possible TO get through.
Clearing Weather.
Denver. Colo. March ls--FaiI
weather with rising Temperature today
followed "A severe snow storm which
has prevailed over Colorado for a week
with brief intsrmissions.
Last night was one OF the coolest al
.ne winter here, the temperature fall.
ing To- 3 degrees below zero. At Chey-
emo. wyo., II was L. degrees.
Losses from destruction OF mine
property In the vicinity OF Ouray may
amount To- 81 .OOO.0O and further dam.
age u threatened at Ouray. Telluride
Rico. Sllverton and other mining
camps Durango and other towns IN
the San Juan region In Southwestern.
Colorado have been cut OF from COM
munication by train for nearly week
but the management Of the Denver and
RIO Grandc railroad II making strcnu-
Gus efforts tn reopen It's branch line H.
that part OF the state. which In blocked
by heavy snow ON the Cumbres range
The main transcontinental lines have
been KEEP; open and through train
service has not been delayed much
during the storm.
The heavy snowfall In the mountains
insurcs an abundance OF water for irri
cation.
Many snowSlides have already oc-
CURED In the mountains. but up TO this
time there has been no heavy loss OF
life reported.