, 1863-11-02
FROM DENVER TO CO14ORA.
DO CITY,
wonderful Natural Formations.

The Rocky Mountain Journal, published at
Denver, gi7es the following interesting ac-
count of the natural formations In ths-1and
Of gold:
Descending into subordinate depression
Of the 6iEide TO give our horses their roon
fet d, ue csme - most singular tract OF pet
r,fcatlon. Richardson, tie owner ot the
placs, (uf b ttue new country aptness CT nom.
.nclatnre called "Pretty Wo@aa's Raach,'
1snche1es. } showed us whole trunks Of pine
and cottonwood which bad been turned ioto
jasper and aEate as tley stood, beautifully
prsse,vh 6 syery li1e Of their woody tissue
through tne ind1Iation OF sflicla from the
earth in Ehtcb.. they were rooted. Not q
terrace, where the stumps OF 3 whole forest
stand hewitched into stone that might fur
II all It e Sons Of men with handsome watch
stals. some specimens Of sillcla, In Its vasf-
ouB planes, which ] saw here, were unsur-
passed IN soier and iase p ANYTHING have
Any one who has seen the singular trick
which rain water and wind have pfaye3 With
the banks Of the Upper Mississippi or the
Yellowstone, will easily credit the bewilder-'
iDg accuracy Of the architectural lEitat,ons
thus described.
r.. i AxANpscArE.
Tie labcrs Of tie human architect were
simulated everywhere. In some portions
eled, such 1esemblances, i looming upon
Tackles. TIA ' Silent wiiderness,p have bsea
absolutely appalling. have seemed to be
standing alone In the tremendous palaces Of
conscious architecture was every xhere gro-
te.que or beautiful. Crownlng ! low b1tte
upon our west rose splendid cast4llated
pile, which. With al my preparation for
Strange freaks OF nature, / required some
reasoning with myself to assure me Was not
sor Castle, elaborated to the last detail of
turrets, portals, deep embrasured windows.
battlements and bas!ionsi If I had not
sketehed 1t. Il might Say to the engraYer who
Illustrates my travels, Make me a rough
lined copy Of Windsor from any coayenleat
represented that rock tor the instant resoE-
nition Of any backwoodsman's boy.
Sucha picture as the following can probably
| be Witnessed nowhere else on earth:
, NATURAL CEMETERY.
l. few miles further on we struck It uMonl-
ment F" creek, where Fremont campcd tor o
considerable time during z think) his sccond
rlsiniug itself At every turn of the road
come new suprlso broke upon Us: Here
Greenwood or Laurel ALL cleaned through
the t1ees-a1l the outcropping ridges OF 5el:
! o. pgiou ate hsVirg been late.Wprked By
the wind into Egyptian vaults, pyra MD shafts,
obelitk and Monuments Of every Size and
s'y1e. 4 favorite form with the Wind
sculptor was = shallow urn erscted on a
fluted column. this shape being apparently
explained On close inspection by the groater
tenacity Of the surface Of the copgtonerste
pesitior, tbis portion yielding more slowly
10 attr.tion, willie the mo1e teiable lime and
sand In the lower portion Of the block were
rapidly cut AWAY into rouDdness. We found
it as Difficult st first sight to conceive oi
Nature as the sculptor Of this cemetery as
castle. ...-
As ne whitfield down the splendid floor Of
The valley {for, like all the roads In Colorado
it's rather loor than hlghway} We were close,
II walled upon the right and left BY successive
tablets Of red ,.ad.; and creamy sy rock, ,,l4 thiq
stits heh E he s0geStas Sgetsn e0S6sS o1sSurst se
the granite sierra had raised from theil
o,Igioal p1ahes to IN absolute perpendicular
We bare ROLLING like theEe In tho East
Metaphor aloIe describes them. They art
not sandstone. They are strange porcelain
from tic pottery Of the gnomes-a compos
the white q paste Of git mixed with calca
reous powder fine as gypsom dust, and In
deed iuDning into beautiful gyp.om, beds
close by; the red stil further complicated b.
mixtures Of oxides and smoothly ground
aluminium. Fancy rock .trsto, thus composed
raising abruptly tom tha 1lat 600 feet, pre-
cir ite Us on beth 1h:lr broadsides, and nc
thicker in proportion to their altitude thar
the plain tablets Of 3 graveyard; fancy thea
etfil further polished BY the Wbirliug sand O
thts wjnd.awept territory, until their suffice.
shira " bite marble o. pure blood red jasper
aud II. IT edges weath. rsd into Eli manner 0
cprtous pronles. here Stimulating griffin
here . GODDESS Of Liberty, here N eagle an
d dolphin supporting. shield afte
the old leIoic style, and everywhere SON
st1apge llkeneos which needs no vivid imagl
nation to decipher its meaning: fancy Two q
. the largest red tablets set vis-a-yls to make
} gateway whoge lintels tower four hundre
, feet against the aky, framing distant vie
: OF Pixies blue forehead between them, aud
I one Of these vast portal butments channt
out PAINFUL accesss hut e1p4ndiug to ha
one hutdred feet In nleDgth-ihen, If you ca
hare imagined It, you W1ll hare the best ide
! which can give you Of "The Garden Of th
}; &c d." For this is the bettt3ng name Of tt
valley Though which We pass ed down to Co
i Oh o City.