, 1863-11-01
FROM DENVER TO OOLORA-
Do CITY,


Tho Rocky Mountain Journal, puhltshod At
Denver. eircs tho following laterestlng ac-
count Of tho natural formations Ia tho land
Of gold:
: DescentIrg infe subordinate depression
fe+ d, wo cane T. = no.t stogalAe tact OF pot
rac4tton. Rchardsoo, tho eeaer Of tho
t1scr, wi b t,ue hcw conntry aptness Of NOM
tnclAtnro called "PrntJ Wsmau's Raach,"
To- compliment to ths charms Of the fair
nd .s st sqts atasd d
jasper and skato ~ ttey stood, beautifully
preac,vl. K every lie Of thclr woody hssuo
through tne lhfltsation OF etfcia from tho
earth in which. they wero r1oted- Not =
m,1o ftom thu house IL broad '.beach" or
terrace, where the stumpA Of : whole fara>t
sand hewitched into stone that might fur
ri-h all tho soxs Of men with handsome .tch
seal4. 6oma specimens Of atlicta, Ia ita va.t-
Gus phasest which aaT here, wclc uusur.
passed in color and 1ussrs By any thing have
f.uad hero ofoTo In tswei ahops Or cabinets.
Any ono who has seen tho Singular trick
which rain water and wlad hare played with
The banks Of the Upper Mississippi OK tho
Ye11owstone, viii eastiy credit tho bowitdor-
ing accuracy OF tho architectural intta.ans
thus described
ALANDscAra.
The 1ahors Of tho hunaa architect were
sf tho Rocky Mountains where hsvo tra1-
me- suddenly IL tho depths Of
t,acklese. Silent wilderness, have bean
absolutely .pP.lling. I have seemed 70 b.
the genh. ue.e, however. the likeness 10
conscious architecture wss everywhere gro
tetquo or beautiful. CEoxninK ! low b1tto
upe1 cur west rose splendid castellAted
Pile, which. with al my preparation for
nj
1easoSiug With myself to assure mo MAS not
| tho hAxdtwofk Of mau. Thtro stood Wind
sor Cattle, elaborated to the last detau of
tuftets, portals, deep cmhrasuted windows,
battlcmtnts aA9 bAs tonsI If I had not
sletchea It, might say to tha cngra!ez who
lined copy Of Windsor from any convenient
picture Of the facade" &aA he would hayo
ial resented that rock Tor the instant rocoE-
hition Of anT baekwoodsman's boy.
be Witnessed 1oWhere else On earth:
| ANATuRAL CEMETERY.
| l. few mIlea further on Nc struck I" Nonu-
| meHt" creek, where Fremont campod tor :
considerable time during Il think) flis second
expedition. Tho. name Instantly began eI-
plsihlng itself At every turn Of the Rad
III p; msS
the t1eea-all the outcropptng ridges OF yal-
o. & pglon 4to hayirE & been 1Ate.worked By
the wind into Egyptian vaalts,pJramId shafts,
obeli.k and moraments Of eTarT siza snd
awe. "A fayorfte Eform with Tho Wind.
sculptor Tas a Shallow nm ersctea m =
fnted column. this shaue being an1,araat,v
e1plai2ed On close Inspection b. the rre2ter
ttnaclty Of tbs surface Of the congtomerate
n, sftion. Tia nnrtion eia1dinc n,nre s,oW1, ,,
10 i at1ri,ion. ~ Thfla he more tstahie linz an3
ss.d n tha 1ovrr nn,tln~ cf +nn h1an1l rars au
ran,diY cnt I AVN ihto roundness W. w. fo,ni "H,
it as aifllcuit Il tifst s;rht to coneniYa 81
E,snr. ~ rho scnintar e III ssn,st..y -. ~,
~aha5 ~ .ctnow1sI~e "a 49, arrh;tant -! ~ H.
casiir 1 =" "e""'"t0oe0 1eA ~seu1'es' u INC
~1' n.anex nv ~,ru oora
i .-..., 1890 W '.A oous
AZ Te Whsrlsd doWn Tho splendid floor o'
tne sNiey uof, hKe a.! tne roads IN Colorado
itps fathef hoor t1an nl8hw We were close
!. TaAtd upon lhe E1Ght and lt1s b successive
taplels ol red md creamy rscl, 1hlr
stt4.s O. go1geously co'ored schist
WHICH the molten outourst @
the granite sierra had raised from thell
91iei9a! rlanes 70 an absolute peEpcndtenlar