, 1879-03-26
A Fresh Field In the Vicinity Of
Alamosa, Colorado.
Uncertainty Yet NJ 10 Whether tho Ores
Aro lslci, Enough 10 Fay for
Working.
The Route from Pueblo to the New
Camp.-Mountains and Mex
leans.
Funny Court-sceues In the Centennial
Statc---Tho San luis Valley.
sn.,;t, corrr,rnnf,ne4 Of The Trfhant.


m,,nlcattons publIshc,l III tsir t)tnycr papers,
announcing great discoveries aI very f'e'I car
Inmates In tt,[B Vicinity, and, being IN Pueblo
Yesterday, determined to come down nml dis.
coycr, II putsible how ,nuch trutn there might
he In tho stutefncnta.
T,s ride bcru over tho Denver t. Rio Graide |
1,nIlr,l II very pleasant ouc, al,l tho latter
,,art OF IT. very wili, and picturesque. FFnIn
Pueblo to Ctrllaras, nbout Ifty intlca, It passes
over the tlaIis lust fur enough fraEn the mount
ain ranges 10 soften t!lpJr aepcrtt:co and inaku
tIu Wow very beautiful; WHILE on slie other
g,dc, extends to the eastern hosizon tle lin-
broken, lllpislcss sen Of praric Bi1t at thu
l,t,io Mexican hamlet Ut Cuct'afas, the road
turns alruptly 10 the wcst, following tho Wild
.pys vi Cucharas Creek through the pretty
Toxins Of WulsenhurC and La Vcta,-Icavins
those famous landmarks,
TIE SPANISH PEARS,
to The left, Int close ut lant Il'cso peaks hFe
twin mountains, close toectlcs, ssatd!ne OUT
or tile plains Hike lofty scntinsls guarding t''c
approaches OF the lotttcf sanErc ue Ch1aslo
ral.gc. Qultu number ol s1'scF-oeas''5 Fe.ns
have BEEN found upon tlIclr steep s'ucs' "s'ch
ssaya bvcn worked With fair. but varying, sac-
cess for ycnrs. They ate notcd la,i'i1iarSs anu
tlough not It's high AZ Ptke's feak Or Mt. bla'lea'
6khtA bht ~ "~' $3.50 49,
can bs seen for long dIstanco from tae hoftn
Gust, a,.,l south. ....
l'asstuy tsieac, tho road soon enters Inc pas
sagc Of tl,e range winding arouns the iootot pcta
Mountain. and climbing Its steep ssacs by .
grade ot 2l5 feet to the MILD %1nuuls: ana
almost doubling ltaell o'es tAe 'aA''a' "u n,s
Shoe Curve" u marvel OF engineering Bkh'},
Until the train ytgI1tis almost over the spot 1t
left n few moments before, but tu0 feet above
II, n,a finally crossing tic range Mt tic ccle'
brated ycta Pass. This pass Is about 9,5oo feet
above tic sca, being
THE HIGHEST PASS
crossed by ruilroad In America, and soia to he
the aesoaa N "'gat !" ''s W. ~, ,'o ".s
only BY one IN Peru. 1t is l'ooo 'cct nsenes
,Np, thr pass ut Sherman where the unIon
r,I ras''u .'a .annoro,,,r, wns vcry maut,cyt
Inc ehat'Ee Nv ts'.pI" 49, ...,.s.'.s .5 -.
frum the warM aul pleasant atmosphere Ut LII
Vc.n; hcrc it Was 50 cold Us 70 o' thoroughly
e',.t's .,,,, ,,,+ ,no ro,a aoecro1s rv 1ont-
FROM tEls po'hs '''u 'os.u $500 =. 'o,
rrsit!o ot fourteen ml'es 10 ro's u"e'as"'' 'sN'
to Ibis point, somo TWENTY-FIVE miles iarthcf.
<,r.t,a snr uls yc;tcv. n. ,he ri,ht bank uf the
isf'tc sun Lu.s '""s3' ,,, :. .,, ,.s, .,,,,tn
Ko dFa'lua la'cf'~-"A'en - e'e'' .s.e W." -
considerable Etrentn+-i!Eiu sNtsaunueu on every
| 5lile BY yHow.cuycrcd mountains. Directly totlc
a,. .,.o. s,,,r,,t. ,nr nca,s III Nt. D,nnra.
eaa1 t,ses s"u.ps ..s s -. T,,es.,,n r,s,,
claimed 10 ee the '''s"eee ''' "o'u'"' '4e''.
nearly II, 600 feet, anil with tentral coue 30
| stpen ap<l uycctultQus that Irof. I1aylcn, with
Ida n,rtv ,vas mt nhla to reueh It's summit,
~, 49, H.. .,t,,,1o fr,,,, n ,o,vcr ,,,ann a,v tri
..a,,,.,t,n ;,
ahsu'o'o"' ,u...s ro.rw ou .,.uoe.
TUE TUE i1"" ot ',,,.,.. m"N" ,,so ,.;7o ,,,.,,
IN lively ''lt"a p'aee, "a''t' "tSe esaao ".ttt
Del Norte nnd thu San Junn country. Its bust"
| nrss-houscs arc extensive, and It's stores would
H. nrod,t !, n ,,uct ,orr,rr p,are, It IL located
~ eseu't ~ 'u :.'',,,,,,,'sa - r. s,,n,lrd
u C"ne1os Iout, IVn"sI" ,,"ns ~ +, "a ,,,I os
tahuhose}, nh.t .nu scst'ctS tl,, ~ W ti '4,.x i;
yct hre lafgey Metiea' .ouE H. wv n,,,,
almost eAsiassea5 ncIiii III .,,, nv ..x n,,ie.Ts
u ~ EonI's' VII Tr .I1 ~ ;rnnivr"tion ,rili
"sa Msx!sanS. e ta % ~ 'fat'on ti,,s eta," wa; -;
however, rooaply aoun ata 1o an ' ,dh"r1 ~
ailn'rs' iA9 Mexlnns ,, !,ost sr,,,rn s.at
tAe'r on f'aots u hsns s.t1 ~. s,4,r, MN
'hE III 'oat; rows o. "us .s'. wv -, 49, ' si@
Mil touching caeh 9lee' !a1''t III "'o s,ae se
u lung strert OF aza; % H. ~ t.," T., .na a..
cFooHca STICK l"r 1"i' iinu sh"a t",s ss
III the plctuscs o. biblical .,,', ss c.ss
anta nn,uer y. .rIGu ~, rai n',i ,n,E nu;, ri
., ,.a 40 iarro fnrle RI oats. nt,tnbrrnr ncr
,"ns hat1 -, i,mT'u} rallrnnti-trnn il TO tl.est
Wr'i,,s ~, ncro, .,ur r,.ntIcr !, nd delight HI