The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17
TIE GOLD-BEARING HILLS.
An INTERFERING PICTURE OF THE
GREAT ELDORADO.
A Cemetery Of Buried Hopes and Capital
Towns that sprung Up like Mushrooms-
Rich PIuins Tenantcd by Countless Grass
hoppers-A Town uf surprising Activity.

N tFutibFN VI Nup'N wv" t"P''''
Towns that sprung tp like Mushrooms
Rich Ylutns Teunutcd by Countless t.rass-
ba.pers-A Town ,f Surpri.ins Activity.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept S.-After
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have reached tho haven OF rest. ms - Tue H"fH
I broposed To myself when started out from
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fueolo on my tour Vi eNP'''" '"' ''
me gather up the substance OF all nave soon
aud ohsorvsd
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we rolled round one OF the groat curves lcluin-
Into Pueblo. rubbed my eyos. pulled out my
pockeA glass aud scanned this glorious monarch
ottne Roasv Mountain range. The Peak IL
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somewhat ohthse cohe' u'"seN "''''' W
within about milo Of It's top. The upper part
Ian sor, of cinnamon-colorel rock, which giows
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with rosy splondor In the nriEns suoli1n'' ~
SHOWS on tho Peak almost every lay OF the year.
p.,sAt, l.. .,,o ~ ,bo ,,,.t df.ayr,anSie pt,c.s
fueoio Is one Oh inc nus u''"-, y" ''S -,
on earth. The heat, untempered oy single
breeze found IusupportaDs. Tho water Is
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""'ii'i' ''"p
mikes one sick. stumbled, In \ curious man
ner upon crooked whlskey stil there but
phoIl not turn Government informer wanted
~ ,et ont ~ m, riaca aud the mtnes IA Iast IA
nsssible' canon CITY was suggested 10 me, as
pkar the San Juan and other silver mines; and
thifher went
The r.ilrold TO Canon CT Y runs for many miles
nlonS the banks OF the AikIusas river -one N
the swiftes' currents In the W rid, 1he scenery
(excapt tho bare. lcailoss maze nehls de.trnysd
Tt srssshoppsts) il fhs most i,tcres..pg t,at
can be Imagined. In FACE u l. u,fduuit o. con-
cuive any rock. forms uOre curiu,i-. more start
ling, than successive ayes Of wa,ninq aud de-
nadation h ,vo caused tnese omeent lime st1ae
bhiffs 10 asstme
Fr.t II all then there was A sea all over this
region. at the bottom ~ wnirh was deposited
tinrk str,t, of Gravel aud l.rys rounded pot.
bh,s ms WAS fnliowed i,v Inc deposi'inn uf
limestone Efit, to the depth VI ABOUT a Thousand
came A iin,e,t"ne rock Of tints VARYING ir.in
In yellow To- lieht brown. IN ~ cafnsAp'ii1I
OF upheayai; the waters disa peiIca, aud the
Suomefrsd rock brrnine DRY land
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uhhAr RIVE" niNih'
The Arkansas river then took ~ birth nmnnf
the springs OF the Rocky ,ipun AIMS. Al nr,t u
was apparently a suaain ~ BROADER tam y IS
now; hut by ana hy it grew IA Nl'une' Hntll "
bocim mile of more IA Wiltn' WIN cufent
fuliy as impe uous as ihe present one. Ihecon-
sequence was that tho spit iian'stone chns on
either side, were cut into the most t1niasuc
shares. ALI tns 9rotesdue nrNiye' 81 med'Svl 81
Notifications arc here le'tated-toWers. dph-
jons. curtains rAm?aTts, bls. ians, and 50 o. are
nulnicked with startling hldlitY. y German
assured me IN At une Of these strange piles ex-
actiy resembled an odd castle IN toe hlins.
Canon City Is nicely huut. though ~ contains
bnt one street, aud Is more than mile distant
fr,m the railroad depot. It, principal rfisOps
dctTc are the proximity OF the Grand { non OF
the Arkansas and a wagon tr4dc with the san
Juan mines which. TO my dismav. found were
two hundred niles distant. had projected a
pedestrian excursion thitner, but TO 90 that far
into country without ratirO ius did not seem
very pfOniising enterprise. 80 determined 10
walk up 10 the top " mountiin 1ni sec the
Ga my way thither was overtaken by a jollf
wvodmau, who Invited ne T. puut the bIe
pole which, with Tour wheels, formed his Vehi
Gle. | accepted the invitation. and carried the
Iemembrance thereof ~ my bones Tor several
DAYS afterwards. lie was a particularly Pie Ant
tsMoW, aug We nau gu,te ~ AZ ~ 't,"s 80
hay had ever mansgsd "a Sst t6rotgb The
saiIon AZ the bottom. lie said he never heard
Of its being done; and that worry Ie y ever ven.
tilrsd to descend to the bottom but the week
balore he brought ms wife IN the mountain
rith him and while he was loading his wood.
Ibe succeeded in descending to the rivcr, and
climbing back again in perieci safety.
WHAT can be siid for The .h0n! 1hore surely
cannot he any scene In the world not even Nj
MARA exceeded, more grand. more ragged iy
msjestic, than this. Huge mountainous cliGs,
rent and scanned by the storm OF axes, descend
a0D feet precipit1us aud horrible. H. "A narrow
stip OF valley. whore a Drisat. sparkling stream
bshbles cheerfuy ia ths sunlight. \ thous M
strange ecnoes Mss, AID nurmur, aud coupl IN
Through this prDaiglous Whispering gallery
Man feels az once how small, how great he T..
Mature here is sublime; hut these are But dumb
locks, and lie Is a liyius spirit
1 parted from my friend tina woodmen with
cordial Misunderstanding. In trying to make M
way back az IN, | lost myself, and came rOun
TO another part OF the can IN. There, Stumbling
over broken rocks and hu.e b1ulders, retracel
my steps, with serious misgiyings that should
have to camp out that nisht In tie mountain
However, / WIS presently picked up by some
very nice people and carried to their ranch, a
charming, DE .ceful spot, whore ! stayed thrse
nsys with great enjoyment aud .atsfIc ion.
The head OF the canon was about a quarter Of
annie from the r4nch, ana here he river ran IN
\ comp ratiVciy smooth enamel. They used
10 catch trout here, tut the enormous ia.
gasion OF grasshoppers had 50 glutted ths river
thlt the ilsn, having moro meat IN their larder,
than they could well dispose uf, were not no an
Inclined to exsrineOus temptations 81 hook
aud line and uazzing 1y were uselOs IS apparatus,
and had 10 be laid aside
corn ,nosprcr,.o
~ me- 04"'
One OF the sons OF the house, very agreeable
ma intelligent man. "ss fanatic VA god ur1s-
oecting lie had begun on the BANKS OF this
ierN river when he was boy OF seventeen, ,nd
vr ten yeHfs nad followed his Ildsn dream
Nlth more or less sdccsss ~ Califufnlh | Tan,
wyoming. Altoona aud rs native Coiurauu.
through MIN could unieGsttn the passion ~
he achemist. ne was no" pinf on a Elst 10
us mother; anu a brought with aim Ms pTei-
y; acconlpHsls1 EhElish "ie' VINO, however
cit vi AZ eas- IN tnesr Iyhe!t ihoGntilh Regions
q Nen she ul<",' P"oi s'ul. . .
One day he TOOK me- down with MIN to the
AVER oauK. Whete ne hdd beeh prospecting Tor
ONE time 10 now me Tue process OF gJid
Sdsnine. He'nau airennN aug Two trenches, ana
ound several coors Viiiid BITS 81 goidl, as
ne, ere caiied ana was ~ hopes N u oy get
ahx uo"h 70 psu loeA hs WpIld ma 'lls
2reclous metal Ia sHeh QUANTITIES. As would
nahe u l,rOu .'.is 20 oni!i siul'e, anu "h>h
.ne Mnpl7 Oh thht paI o. tns ,ih, ne way
NlIeht! wen pIdc.'sci IN az tne tscim'h
'oIts % tpe hlotess, neiH -"iu ns'ih- IN N'N-
,oHpe, ail c,n'lueIeu the eau q ne 70 10 TIC