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~oy~ <br />i <br /> <br />°~ ~ The bail from Telluride, or rat7ier from Pandora to`tha Smuggler-Union <br />mine, is~oae~of the most rugge3;""elso`p~ctnresque, in`the State.' Under the'b" <br />est <br />.., y ~ .. <br />conditions it is" a hard ~c11tnD'~for maii'or beast,'and~ the'transportat'ion of burdens <br />down the steep grades xnd zig=zags of'the`tra1l is likewiae'diffioult.' ' <br />The mines of Savage and'SsmggIer basins furnish regular empl'oyment'to <br />about nine hundred men on an average:' Accidents are with th~BS nnmber`of employees <br />somewhat'frequent and the~reswval'of~tfie injured to a lower altitude is almost" <br />mandatary IYhile this trail, as mou3itainJtrails`go, is`good,"that is "td'say'broad, <br />it is not a icagon roadq~is steep, is used almost' entitely by'pack trains;`and~3a <br />:. ., <br />at all times rough, and'filled'ai$h rocks froffi dragging lumber, etc:`etc 'Lx=" <br />p ~~, advisability of~ttanapor+.ing injured parties to''a- <br />ex'~ence~ has demonstrated the <br />lower altitude as soon as possible. In the early mining days of this section men <br />~zere transported in mama ways. If the accident'wa3 trivial, the injured party <br />was placed on'a horas aad~held-on by some of his companions. If of amore serious <br />nature many improvised methods were used, viz:, a stretcher serried by the com-~' <br />panions, a stretcher on a hand sled, or one'end fastened to 6eheels and`fully'and <br />> ,: - <br />carefully rdanned. The removal of an `irjured' man was thereYore" fraught° with 'great' <br />expense to the seine operators but vrhat is of still greater importance', th'e add'it= <br />r. , <br />Tonal hardship and exposure of the injured party often proved too great, and the <br />,_ <br />.~ .. _: <br />removal snded .:e: , <br />disastrously. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~•~ ,:.; <br />