The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-09-21

/ INV SA0 SSosA ga n VIZ oHSH
| that no engineer could have dared
; to suggest ten years ago. Scarcely
less daring has been the engineer
ing of the Denver and Rio Grande
! road over the Ls Vsts pass of the
Ssngre dc Christie range into the
/ valley Of the Rio Grande River.
. More wonderful than either ia its
conception and execution has
pepn The construction of the Ar.
, kspbss Valley RAILROAD troR thls
place through tbe Roysl George,
q canon sltnost as grand in it's
proportions and more inaccessible
than that of the Colorado. This
Royal George, through which the
Arkansas River outs its way to
.ae p'sips, 10 indeed seven days
wonder. The fantastic forms which
The red granite assumes, the over.
hanging crags, the almost per-
pendicular walls, the sudden turns
| in tho stream which shut ont the
distant view in oil directions apd
leave the traveller ln q great we'll
all these might be described,
| bat must be. seen TO be appre.
ciated.
On the road from Leadville We
pass the Twin Lakes, always a
| PppR!s! resort but now fast be-
coming q city OF suHRRef Ref feei'
dences. They are two pretty lit.
tie water bodies, and the place is
very inviting. This reminds me
Of one of the woaders of Colorado
ofwhich l have heard bot have
& not :sesp: It. Neq ege::zthe range
from: Twin Lakes and; is, If the
truth be told, p, ten.acre field
which is no moro nor less than
subterranesn lake covered With
| soil about eighteen inches deep.
On the soIl 10, OF RSa laat gpsr
they say, cultivated field Of corn,
which produced thirty or forty
| bushels to the acre. If any one
will take the trouble TO dig a hole
the depth Of q spade-handle he
will andl it 70 FIJI with water, and
by using y hook and line, Ash
four or Eve inches long can be
caught. These ,dsh have neither
scales nor eyes, and are perch-ike
jn shape. The ground is blacx
mari 10 its' petEfe, sad in Ell prob
ability vss at one time an open
body of water, on which was &C.
cumu!sted vegetable matter which
has been increased from time to
time 4ntil nev il has a crust su@-
cieutly strong and rleh to pro4ufs
fine corn, though it has to be eul'
tivsted by hand, as it is not strong
enough to bear the weight Of a
horse. While harvesting, ehs
6eld.hands catch great strings of
Ash by punching q hole through
the earth. A person rising his
heel sad coming down suddenly
esR see the growing corn shake
all around him. ANY one having
the strength to drive q rail
through this crust will 6nd on
releasing it that it will disappear
altogether. The whole section of
couptry surrounding this 6e!d
gives evidence Of msrshiness, end
the least rain produces &C 'sbun-
dance of mud. But the question
comes up: Has not this body an out
let2 Although brsckish, the water
| tastes as if fresh, and is evidently
not stsgpant. Yet these fish are
eyeless and scalsless-similsr to
those found in caves.
Canon City gained sudden i'm
portsnce three OF four years ago
ss 8 itting-ous point for Lead.
vile, but the advent of the rail-
| way took much of this trade away,
though it is still supply point
for Silver Cliff and some other
points 10 that direction. 1t is
| dis,inctiveIy Southern with Mexi-
can peculiarities. Many of its
bouses are of adobe, one story
high and altogether it is not .
very imposing or prepossessing
appearing plsce. But it has u
fne climate, and instead Of being
| surrounded by mines is 10 the
| tnidet Of the grazing or stock.
raising region. OF this Industry
| will give you Ao!nethiny in my
next letter. Spot.
The welfare Of each one is 80