“A Quick Trip Through the Snow to Mineral King in 1880”
The following appeared in the Mineral King Chronicle in the Spring – Summer edition of 2000. Compiled by Joe Doctor. For you Mineral King buffs, here is the complete story of the famous rescue party that went to Mineral King after the big snow slide in April of 1880 which wiped out the Empire Mine bunkhouse, the tram leading from the mine to the mill at the foot of the mountains, and other structures as well as Tom Fowler’s fortune. My notes say the story was probably written by M.C. Butz and appeared in the Visalia Daily Times on April