Gilpin observer., 1913-12-11
FALL OF SIX FEET-pRiFTs ANY
DEPTH-No DAMAGE TO SPEAK
oF-PEoPLE AND CATTLE RES
cuED. !

Inc greatest SnOWIal Inat ever
visited Colorado since the white man
took possession of the country, be-
gan on Wednesday, December Sd, and
continued uninterruptedly for three
days. The snow throughout the state
will average from four to five feet
in depth. The storm in a sense,
would be called local, as it did not
extend beyond Brush, Colorado, on
the east, or Glenwood Springs on
the west. In the mining districts of
the mountains, it will greatly cur
tail the products OF the mines for
the rest of the winter. Many of
the large producing mines that were
closed during the storm will remain
closed for the balance of the winter,
while the agricultural lands of the
valley will be greatly benefited and
will be of immense value to the farm
er in furnishing water for next sea-
sons crops. 1t is estimated by Wea-
ther Forcaster Brandenburg, that
enough snow has fallen to produce
from 1-2 to inches of water. Al
though snow has fallen to a greater
depth than ever before in the mem
ory of the Oldest inhabitant, very
little suffering or fatality Is report
ed to man or beast. After it ceased
showing, 1t became clear and warm
and has SO continued up to the pres
ent writing. No wind or zero wealth
accompanied the storm and stock
that were buried in the snow were
dug out in good condition, and as far
as learned, no suffering for want of
food in any of the isolated camps.
The railroads and street car lines
were inconvenienced and will be the
most expensive to reopen. Many OF
the lines leading out of Denver had
their trains stalled for a short time.
In Denver, stalled and abandoned
street cars were to be seen in every
portion of the city. So far as learn
ed the telegraph and telephone lines
suffered little inconvenience as sat
isfactory telephone service was main
tanned through the state during the
entire storm period. Word from the
mining districts report very little
damage to mining buildings from the
weight of snow upon them and In
Denver, Englewood and other places.
only few of the older buildings col
lapsed on account of heavy snow.
Great storms like this furnish
many ludicrous incidents and show
the metal that the people of Colora-
do are cast from. both men and
women, and that they are always
found equal to the emergency. For
instance, two women among the gang
of men that were marooned at the
London mine at Twelve Mile in this
county had to be gotten out to Cen
tral City over ten to twelve miles
of soft snow. A set of skis was
made for each and the women ira
versed this distance on snow shoes,
as well as the men. In Denver. the
lady clerks In the department stores
had to spread blankets on the count
ers and repose in sweet dreams in
the arms CT Morpheus. All means of
obtaining milk in Denver were cut
off and milk vendors near the city
tramped through the snow with milk
enough t. supply hospitals and other
known sick people. Hundreds of Den.
yer busiress people were unable to
reach tn cir homes and had to seek
hotel accommodations until the snow
stopped falling. The Denver City
Tramway company has all the idle
men in Denver working to open their
own CO inty we were well provision-
ed for a blockade and suffered no in
convent snce from that source, but
were CIT off from communication