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<br />". '--'--,,~~';-'-- <br /> <br />Highway crews work on the mudslide thai closed Colorado 133 and threatens to dam Muddy Creek. Progress has boon reported in banling the slide. <br /> <br />IIMITnl_.......l....U"'...l <br /> <br />Mudslide comes between miners, families <br /> <br />B)' DON KNOX <br />Rou1 Mounl.... _ "- Sur.... <br /> <br />RI-:IlSTONF; - Along the cred.hood road to tltl' Mid. <br />C.-onlillf'nt mines, I rommunity or trailrn and tt"nls sprouts <br />..mld~tagrovt'ofqllakifllta~p€'M <br />A~ m~ny u 6{l PaoniJHl'n>a miners h.wl' bef.n separated <br />'rom lllf'lr f.1milifoll for tlKo last % w~b bct-i1l1l1l! of . mile- <br />long mudlllidt' IhM lta5 cl<r.tM Color.do 133, <br />TlH"coalminenjokinglyrt'fertolhecampslt......Little <br />PllOnt..... buliti~not mucltol.joIte,theY5llY. <br />.., ju~1 gOllltisjob_ T don't wilnt InlOSf' it for missing I <br />daY'5work." Ilolnd Joe Orpi. 39,of Hottltkiss, explaining why <br />he', clm8ton 10 llve in I ttailer j~t 2 mil" trom ttKo mille <br />f'ntra,,". <br />Hotchkiss milll.'r Ro>lpb Paii:ooe. who Hvl'll in a Yl'llow-and- <br />"tnleI977trailf'fwithacolleague.fnloi,lmilarly <br />"You'vl' 1101 to fN-d Ihe f",mil)', don't you! If It" all <br />.umm.."tItcn 1"11 do tllis all'umlm'r," lie uid, <br />Tn forl'inii:lhe highwa)' cl""inli:,the.lide has m.1delltl' 40.. <br />mmule drive frnm HotI'ltklSll and Paoni. to RedslOll-E' _ <br />over McC1urePil'lS-all but Impossibte. <br />Th.. onl)' ntllf'r roull"llan-a '-w/t1'l'1 drive road thai isin <br />poor ,1nd. lIlml'hml1S. dangerous condition. or. 4-!lOur dflvt <br />by wily of Grind Junction and Gltnwood Springs. <br />The milll'rs ~rpn.t the only 0"" affe<'tro. Otht'l" workers <br />-mtII!lUytruckt"D-lIaveh>ldto:..llt'rtbeitll('hedull'llan.d <br />their 11~f'll. <br />The ,lidt" al-"O 11t1"l'31t".. lllf' l:COOOmie /traltb of communi- <br />tJft ~u<'b a.~ Rl."d<ltone. population 84, whlcb livl"ll and dies <br />withsummertournm. <br />"IfW('don'tm3kl'lloYlbiofi:in~umlll<'T."'l'Clln'I.'xpeclto <br />get tllrouglt....intpr:....idSlIttTyJobllSOll.n13n.1gl'rof u... <br />ne.htOt\(' Arl CHllff.. lIfn~1I gallery 31 lbp Wf'St l'nd of thil <br />plrturl'll'llJ('WWO_ <br />She adm'!$ to tlemg mOl'<' Iban ;1191 a little COtl<<'med, <br />InPa.onia.411mill'illa....ay.theouUookiJsimil.arlybll'.ak. <br />.'WE' ....t"n> wuntmg on touri$m to rtl>lke lip for lIOme of t~ <br />proolerm "p.vE' had in ~l mining..' Aid Notln3ln Sund.'t- <br />land. pr""fHlt of tbe Paooia Chamber of Commerce. The <br />drioe 6"..1'1 ftOm McClure into lbe ON:hard$ of Paonia', <br />N...-tIt ~'ork V.lfl'yargu<lbly iJorwof thl'moslW:l'nic in the <br />~Late. <br />"Rul UK-.lidl' ilIllOlnllllgaHlst all our lourism efforts:' <br />Sund...-larnlllOlid <br />ColoradolTijtbway OI>p;.rtmt'nl offiri.ols Yel<I"'rdIlY report_ <br />ed some progress in battling tllf' ,lidl'. But Colorado 133 still <br /> <br /> <br />o <br />c:;.> <br /><=> <br />" <br />~-- <br />N <br /> <br />DOUQ.1T.I.T~",...._y........,...._ <br />Hotchkiss miner Ralph pagone says a mudslide won't slop him Irom working. even jilt means living in 8 <br />trailer aparllrom his famity. "II it's all summer. then I'll do lhis..all summer." he said_ <br /> <br />cotlld be clOlll.'d 2 to II lllei"U. spok"man Drl Sornmtino <br />said, <br />"The area Ill(lvN IOm(' over Iill' w....keoo." he &aId, "but <br />110 grpatamollnt:' <br />Sl.-vf'1l bar);boes wnrk 24 hOll" a dll)' 10 pre~enl tlwo 5lide <br />from damming Muddy Cff'f'k. which fUll$ alongilidt' thfo <br />higltwil)',SolT<'ntmosald_ <br />For now. lbe mi"..... 'pend their ofl-boon playinll "lIn1.~. <br />,1('l'ptnillndf'njoyinjtthe"lim-l&-nOlH'nighthfpofCaroon- <br /> <br />dale. 18 milt"li away, On w('('kends, most drl"... ..wh......I-drive <br />vehil'lef;to Paoni.tollee lh...rfilmilies, <br />"My wlr..duesn't like l.his 100 murh. S!lt!"lbinkln/tiloout <br />moving 10 Carbondale whl'ntltt" kids are 0111 ofsehonl:'lli>id <br />miner Vid;tl LozallOof Paonia. <br />I.ikl' mosl othen, h'owcver, ~id.cnnll/1('nl official, <If<' <br />Lakiolla "ait-and-_aUilllde. Mid-Contineot is Il'tting IItt" <br />millt'~camponcomp;tnyprnp"rtybutl'andolilll"'f'lsetlll <br />lite r/);Jd ~ns, 'pM;l'Swoman Oiane Debney ~id_ <br />