The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-15

A WONDERFUL LAKE IN COLORADO "A
correspondent Of the Cincinnati Commercial,
writing from Georgetown, Colorado, describes
o wonderful lake in thatSftinity as follows
Imagine sheet of water three-quarters of
mile wide and nearly round, with a depth of
seventy feet, whose waters are as clear as
crystal, so that even at the greatest depths
the bottom is quite visible. The water, as 1.
said, is beautifully clear, but the bottom
of the lake has bright green color, aud
the waters mirror the tiuge, and seem
to be green = the soft, tender green
of early spring verdance. All around,
except few rocks on the side of the ascent,
the mountain tops rise for two thousand feet
rocky and grand, and for a thousand feet the
evergreens grow amid the great rocks of
granite, and brilliant flowers enliven the
sombre rocks. then above the timber line
rise the bald peaks, now brown and bare,
but soon to receive their pure mantle of
snow. The lake is 10000 feet above the sea
nearly two miles-(it sounds more to me
in miles, and the surrounding mountains
enclose the little basin, which has
neither tributary nor outlet and is fed by
their SHOWS. Some enterprising gentlemen
have built q dancing-hall, bath-house, and
dining-hall, at the lake, intending to make it
a summer resort, but none are completed.
There are four large skiffs on the lake, and
after resting on the rocky banks and drinking
in the whole beauty of the scene for time
we entered the boats to see the wonders of
the bottom of the lake. Looking into the
clear depths we saw great pine-trees, some
standing erect with spreading branches, far
beneath us, some with roots uppermost,
some thrown about and piled up like a
forest after mighty wind. Huge rocks of
twenty tons weight lay beneath, covered with
q soft green carpet, and beautiful stones of
many brilliant colors added to the wonder
and charms of the strange scene. Some
places the bottom of the lake was like a
yawning abyss, and great mountains of rocks
lowered up like the majestic banks above
us; then we would see the entrance of what
seemed a cavern, where our eyes failed to
pierce. At some points nearer shore we
saw delicate sea-moss clinging to the
rocks with long, soft arms, but nowhere did
we see living thing-a'l was calm and still,
and lovely above and below as we glided
slowly over the sunny surface of the lake,
seeing new beauties at every turn that filled
us with wonder and delight. In the after
noon light breeze sprang up, r1ppling the
CLASSY surface of the lake, and we entered
the boats again for another hours ride on
the green waters. How different everything
looked under the tremulous surface! 1t
was calm and clear before now all seemed
life and motion. The trees seemed to wave
their long arms to the music of the signing
pines above us; the moss quivered with
rhythmical delight, and the smaller stones
seemed indulging in mad gallop for joy,
while the great rocks stepped a minuet with
elephantine grace. We learned that there
was larger lake three-quarters of a mile
from this one-more lovely they say but
we were satisfied with this one, and skeptica
about anything more charming.