Way Back!
Way Back!
The Riverside Slide left the snowshed on U.S. 550 almost buried 30 years ago. Snowplow driver Eddie Imel of Ouray was killed.
From the March 8, 1878 edition of the La Plata Miner: EXTRA. FATAL SNOWSLIDE. Four Miners Killed.
The inhabitants of this town were startled at an early hour this morning (Friday) by the appalling news that a snowslide had carried away the shaft house of the Ajax mine, on Sultan mountain, and buried the four men dwelling therein. The call was immediately responded to. A strong ...
