New-York tribune., 1872-07-18

new being but Just opened, and is large and
comfortable Here hundreds can be accommodated and
here are the weekly hops. much patronzed in other
more noted resorts good band has been brought from
Boston, and outdoor concerts held, the music echo
ing through the mountains and sounding as one never
hears II In open country There places OF interest
for the tourist visit every day Of the month without
seeing n second time walk into tunnel that eA-
tends 900 into mountains be taken by ladies
without sohg their dresses Another day the great
for stamping the rock taken ont OF the mountains
may be visited and another can be spent IN tne aige
=" reduction works" of Prof. Hail. where the roasting
and other processes carried on that finally reduce
separation hundred beautiful cafons are TO DC seen
and the celebrated Idaho Springs are nut SIX nnes 1
distant, and their locality can be reacheu usny no VI
its healthy waters and bathe in It's warm Springs, q.
hGntHs ana dshing days drive takes the park
Camps supplied In the park iOr tose Who ue5nS, h
choose Al material for hunting and fishing can be 9D
tanned by purchase or hiring ana tn1Se @ pdndaEs wT
pale in comparison with this virgin hunting Inc
are Of II the very best It is but miles to James Peak
and leaving in the morning ana spending an nouI on i %
top one can return before night The entire route Is
surrounded by every beauty OF scenery peculiar 70 ose
regions The expense OF lyng mere Is no gesoea % % hn
at similar places In the older communities TnSse % VINO
are only seeking health and cannot afford hGh prices
get board from % $ 70 S & per h Visited This place Is
one of the most attractive in the mountains, ana had
Of the springs themselves attraet i mot9 CI
than any other place IN the IerrtoTy except
in the switzerland of America" widens out TO half
mile in breadth, and is nearly level The mountains on
fbeiT tons s9 and sides covered with green and timber in
tcrspersed with bare rocks and ragged erags Looming
above these aud 10 the southwest, are the SquaW,
Papoose and Chief the latter 11Oo feet high 1t Is as
%DePS 9s sSoa re 1s ye az
but usually every room rs engaged before ue season
opens The views around Idaho compare with those AT
Other points in the mountains 1t but II miles TO the
Chicago Lakes, surrounded by towering mountains,
covered by dense pine forest They are two IN
beautiful sheets Of clear sparkling water the larger
covering about two acres, ana the smaller h4 acre.
They unfathomable, ana abound IN hsn In @ Iaet,
there is good hshng IN the Xicimty Oh eVery pL'ee
follows: Carbonate Of soda $3.50; carbonate OF nme,
952; carbonate OF magnesa, ass: carbonate
SdphaIe Sd e9 Of masnea a 1s9 P saphate of @s M chO
ride of sodium, 41G; chloride OF calcium ana magneSia
temperature about 1902 Fahrenheit and the flow sur
cient 10 supply two large swimming baths each 80 by
every few hours The medicinal characteristics OF the
water stated as Alternative and slightly laxative Ihey
are said TO be extremely beneficial III cases OF rheuma
b s snrin in fine immediate vicinity but could pro-
cure no analysis of them. one of them Is so charged
with carbOnc acid gas that II is nearly as sparkling ana
eicrvescent as a soda fountain. splendid drive of 13
miles from Idaho MP Clear Creek over excellent road
and by numerous mills farm-houses and rugged scenery
takes US Georgetown the seat OF the greatest silver
mining OF the Territory. Here are good hotels good
roads, mills to visit, canons to explore tunnels
to enter. fish to catch, and a thousand things to
entertain the traveller for days or weeks
from GEORGETOWN &, that Grey dSaHs Peak
Inc summit the Snowy Range. SShtscers can leave
y,
on the peak and return before nightfall But would
advise every to stay night at Bakerve, at the
foot OF the mountain, - miles from Georgetown The
ascent to the be made on horseback before
SUNRISE aud 20 witness this at such an elevation amid
Imagination take its widest scope and picture the most
fantastic, sublime, inspiring scene imaginable, anu VIII
10 reach Colorado Springs, take the Denver and
Rio Gran1e Narrow Gauge Railroad at Denver; Inc
tween the headwaters Of the Platte and Arkansas ana
The distance to Colorado Springs from Denver is 7G
miles and fare s. 90 All along the route the mountains
are on the right To the east lying from 10 to 20 miles
Is plain but it is nowhere in sight until the springs are
reached Btween the railroads and the plains are spurs
OF the mountains, and valleys down Whlch run DeautI
streams II from this region that most OF tbs lumber
that is seen in Denver goHe Numerous r aI5 srH5
along the road The mountains assume every cOncciy-
"taDds a huge castle with towers and turrets ana a
beautiful lawn covered with trees in 'front.' nearer ap.
the main ridge. stationed sentinel OF an outpost
What you supposed 10 be turrcts aud towers were prob
AGO the softer portions of the rock being away,
leaving the harder portions rounded OF ana standing
out looking at distance round and like pillar or
any road 4 platform cal is provided for those who
more easily the beauties sreWed along the whole
mountains Tor the time after leaving Dsnver, and
give such roads other country can produce The
new town OF Colorado springs Is dfectI on the nhe o
the railroad and three miles from old Colorado CITY, aud
six miles from the springs AT the railroad town. as
well as at the springs Is large hotel supplied with ali
the modern cOnveniences. BO,h OF these hotels
the hotel at Central, ana nearly large as
that one. There is more 10 be seen in close
proximity To the springs than at any other point
railroad town can seen miles southwark
great Cheyenne Mountain, which do not hesilde 10
tain range. drive OF hall an hour takes one To the
mouth OF the canon on the west SIDE OF the mountain
No roads have been made up this canon as yet ana II
hae eSn also tne Yosemite Valley pronounce this as
surprising il in all that 10 make up beauty and
grandeur except to its extent AS yet II has been
piored but two miles, and has to be Travelled on FOOT
by thick growth Of large pine and silver spruce.
rapid stream comes down The canon making constant
succession OF waterfalls The canon is wider than that
OF Clear Creek but the mountains much higher No
grander sight can be imagined tah tnat you get on go
ing up the side OF the canon 500 feet anu looking down on
the top the tall forest below YOU and l5OO to 1000 feet
above the top of the mountain that looms above you
At certain points you Will catch glimpse Of the plains
look like the ocean in calm. At the time you will
see eagle going his nest in angle of the mountains
's M Wins win w1icb TO reach it, Two miles from
be foot Of the canon 1t is but 80 feet wide and here is
fall OF 100 feet on to the solid rock below Until week
before l there no one had explored the canon
further II supposed that it was impossible to 80
higher up, but one intrepid seeker for something new
the falls He found that the canon took abrupt turn
and that within 100 of the first fall was second
Ladies party managed with us to reach this third
fall and the well repaid them for their efforts.
doubt not but means Will De found TO go further up TINS
canon, and II is presumed that other, and perhaps
TO the OF the hotel towers up the snowcad sum-
nit OF Pixies Peak but IL miles distant and 1900
well up the mountain and then horses have TO be ridden
TO the timber line To reach the extreme top it
sary TO walk This has been frequently done by parties
of ladies and gentlemen, and those who have done so
never regret the fatigue necessary to accomplish the
object. To the west and north OF the hotel the
famous Gardens of the Gods" often described by
travellers, and which, If there nothing else to
this vicinity would alone pay the tourist tor the expense
OF the trip In close proximity to the Garden OF the
Gods" the opening into the mountains ia the Glen
Eyrie, in which is the Summer house Of Gen. Palmer,
probably the most romantic place for residence IN the
world Within seven miles Of the hotel commences the
Monument Enchanted Park, iii which hundreds Of
columns from 10 80 feet high, and from TO 20