MINEBK00263

• County: San Miguel
• Document: Manager
• Suffix: A

Amoi~ the many things of interest seen during a recent visit to the mines is
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of Savage eau} Smuggler bssiaa, Sea }Siguel County, the ambulances at the Tomboy
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and Smuggler-Union mists are deserving of¢apecial mention, {'
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Tl,e trail from Telluride, or rather from Pandora to t}:e Sxaiggler Union ' '
dine is one of the most rugged, also picturtacPse, in the State. Under the best
cor-ditiona it is a hard clia5b for tin or beast, and the trnaaportation of burdana
doom the steep grades anal zig-zags of the trail is liketizise difficult. '~
T7:e minas of Smvar;e an3 Smuggler basins furnish regular es~loyment to ab-
out ni:se hundred men on an average. Accidents are with #hia ntuaber of employees,
sor..eorhat frequent and the removal of the injured to a lower altitude is alr.,oat
ffindatary. Rtsile this trail, as mountain trails go~~ is good, that is to say
broad, it fa not a vegan road; is steep; is used almost eatlrely by pmck-trains;
2nd is at all times rough, and filled with rocks from dragging lumber, etc., att.
fia~~erience has de~onatrated tht advisability of tranaporting in,jurad parties to a
}order altitude as soon as .passible. in the early mining days of this section men
+wewa..ww~~.i as ..e».. ~uva_ Tf 4Aa widsw+ •ra..a-l +tu ae ....-q rs..
rues plaeod en a horse and held on by sews of his cotnpanlons. If oP a more serious
nature many in~rav~aed methods ware used, viz., a stretcher carried by the com-
panions, a~tret~her on a hand-sled, ar ana end fastened to wheels sun} fully asxl
carefully manned.. The removal of an injured smn was thorafore ProuEht with great
expense to the rains operator, but what ie of still greater importanet, the addit-
tonal hardship and exposure to the injured party often provtc: too great, and the
reraaal ended diaaetrously.
l:rperience ib a great teacher, and it fa said"necessity is the another of
inntntion, Ur. Harry C. Nall of Telluride, vho has for tunny years acted as surgeon

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