Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09
(From .Jaturday's Daily.)


 heir natural size, his left ear dams2c,l oy the frost, and with only tho partial ise of his left hand, Alexander Rad. 'liffc, the we'll known miner, lies in Room 35, of tho Scopel Hotel, after Inc most trying experience of bis life m a binding snow storm on tho Has sayompa and Lynx Creek divides. op Inc night of December 3I.
 In describing his awful experiences MT. Radcliffe said, in part:
 CT have been through several bliz. znrds in Kansas but never before en- as fierce a storm as this. ] left here Monday afternoon, about 9 O clock, for the Switzer & Radcliffe l camp, near the head of Lynx Creek, driving a good team.
 "I arrived at Maxton about sun down, and the storm was still in pro. grcss. Finding it impossible to secure shelter for the horses at the station, ! drove in the direction of the camp on the road leading from the Senator to Walker. After leaving Maxton the storm grew 6erccr every moment, and when l reached the top of the Hassa- yampa and Lynx Creek divide the wind changed from n southcrly direction to the northeast, blowing n fierce gale, with heavy fall of snow which almost blinded me.
 "At a point on the road about 400 or 800 yards from our camp, one of the horses fell, and got tangled in the har- ness. got out of the buggy and soon realized, for the first time, my desperate prcdicament. When reached for the fallen animal with my right hand l found that it had frozen so stiff that all use of the fingers were gone, and l was taken with severe chill which stayed with me for the next two days and nights.
 "To add to the terror of the situa ton. the other horse got tangled with the ono already down, and also fell. In an effort to release the animals from their portions position, one of them kicked me down the hill several feet, bruising my right leg and hip.
 "Finding that l had partial usc of the left hand. reached for my pocket knife, and after opening it with my teeth, cut the harness and released the horses. Determined to start the horses moving before I made any attempt to reach camp, l kicked them several times, and after getting them moving, along the road, started for camp. "Thc storm was still raging. and it was impossible to see two feet ahead. l can recognize every tree and shrub in the locality in day time, but soon found that it was impossible to identify | any particular one in the blinding snow, which was then three feet deep.
 "I fell several times, but would not give up, and finally, after dragging my self on my hands and knees for over half the distance, reached an outhouse at our residence, where I expected to find my partner, R. F. Switzcr, but who was, unfortunately, absent, hay. ing left few days before for the Sundance mine.
 "Aftcr resting in the shelter of the shed for several minutes, ] started for the house, falling from exhaustion two or three times before I reached i.. made an effort to find the key, but failed. I then effected an entrance to tho building by placing my shoulders against n large window anl bursting it in. When l got on the inside, found some matches and tried to light a fire, still having partial use of tho left hand
 "I made several intellectual attempts to get the stove to draw. and then realized that Mr. Switzcr had placed a board on top of tho stove pipe before he leFt the place, this being a custom of ours when we moved to ,ihcr car,ps was sure that if l went outside tn, house that l would not have strength enough left to remove the board from the top of the stove pipe and would h all probability, perish.
 "I found my bed with all my blank cts, and after making several unsuc cessful attempts to remove my shoes and clothing, wrapped myself in tho