The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-19
TOUR OF 7Wo TFXAES.
SUMMARIZING ON oRArs PEAK,
A Trip from pallas 10 tho Rocky Moun.
tains Up steep Grade In Colo
rad0-GraEdoEr of tho Scenery
from Peaks OF Everlast-
ing Snow s.. q Ice

KELso CAniN, Gray's Peak, Colo
RADIO, Aug. Il [hiltor HERALD IL
take pleasure in @r;tipg you Il few
lines, which might be Of some interest
TO tho numerous rca ieIs OF The HER
AID. ] am citizen Of Dallas, and oi
course a reader Of THE HRRALD. Az
you vii seo by tho above, this is
written in tho very heart OF tho Rocky
Mountains, and | assure you the
DAILY HERALD is p welcome vititOT
here, which / receive regular ev cry
few days from my family IN Dallas
and on which | depend for al tho
news from houe geu9raly, Myself
and Mr.. 7 D. Yeardsu Ion Dallas On
the 18Th Of July. We arrived 90 Gl
Paao on tho 18Th, where WO met With
several of our old friends and former
Dallasites, and also representative
of THE HERALD, We lett on the next
day direct Tor Denver, Colorado, whore
we arrived on Inc uoruiA,t %, tha 18Th,
after n very long but ploasaut eide
through Nov Mexico and pert OF Colo
RADIO. Denver 10 beau ilul city, with
its magnificent public buildings ana
fine blocks of business buuses. The
residence portion Of THE city ~ Che
most beautiful that / over saw fha
streets and avenues are very vide and
perfectly c!o2I, lined on both aidos
with maple aud cottonwood he 0s,
making that part Of tno city very cool
and shady. 1t il also adorned by tho
most beautiful residences, D0Hvar
well deaeIyas Inc name Of the Queen
City OF the West.
We lett Denver the day Of August
for Graymont, tho termiuus of tho
Colorado Central rsiroGG, in the
mountains. Ihls rgilIOGO runs up
Clear Creek canyon, u dis.
lance of 40 niles, ana
the scenery along the routa is
grand. luis heavy upgrade all the
way TO the terminus, and the way Che
train wnirod us over nigh trostl0s and
bridges and around horse she's CurvoS
made our hair rise with sensation.
After u tide Of three hours tne train
pulled into Georgetown, a very pictur-
esque place, distance Of ~ miles from
Denver. AfCer leaving Georgetown
we passed over tho celebrated "loop"
which tho railroad makes IN order 20
reach an elevation OF 700 feet in the
next two miles. This is 4 mastor-
piece OF engineering skill and most
distance from Georgetown 60 SilVor
Plume, the next citation, by wagon
road or trail, is only two miles, OUt
the railroad has i've milaROf track laid
in order TO make this loop. IL takes
the train, consisting Of au engine, q
baggage car and two coaches, just one
hour 10 make this Eye miles, and No
arrive at Silver Plume AZ II o'clock
noon. GraymOng il reached 80 min
utes lator, where the train waits one
hour for diuuer ana returns TO DonV0r,
arriving az $3.50 p. N.
We then procured camp outfit and
began climbing up the trail which
leads ID the summit OF Gray's peak.
After having climbed about two miles,
we arrived at the Atlantic IL Pacific
tunnel, whore ne STAYED over night.
The Atlantic & Pacific tunnel WAS Il
scheme originated by "Brlck" POM
erOy, some years ago, who atterward
formed q stock company OF II, sold out
all Che shares aud lett. Know belongs
TO an Euglish company and Is q white
elephant on their hands. Tho tunnel
ls l,70J feet doUp on the east side and
on the west side 10 10 600 feet, making u
total Of $500 iCot. Scarcely any
ore or mineral has ever been taken
out. AT present IL ia worked
by seven or eight mon, who yet s. 90
per day, and they don't hurt them
selves very much by thowork thoy DO.
Well, the next day We shOuidGrsd
our traps, and after tramp VI two
hours NO reached the foot OF Gtray',
Peak, whore wa found deserted
cabin, which wO took possession OF
and whore wo are at present located.
We were sre0sed by asnoW storm ON
the following day, which kept tus in
doors for a short time, but q f1H days
after we made our ascent 10 the sum
nit OF the peak. After climbing a
mile and hElt over huge rocks and
through deep anoW we reached our
destination. The scenery which pre-
sents itself on reaching the top Is well
worth tho climb. Wo could plsinly
Bee North Park, Middle and South
Park, aud the Spanish Peaks, Pike
and Longs Peak, the Mount OF The
Holy Cross and the Three Butt0s, ovoI
N Montana, and other points OF in
terest too numerous to mention here
On our way down tho mountain VT
were again greeted by q foil OF the
beautiful but on coming down w
mado faster time than we did on on,
way up, 80 wo did not got the wor4
oft.
Inotice in tho local columns OF TIL
HERALD that II Is worry warm In Dal
las Just now. Wen, here hot stow
is comfortable az ali hours during tn
day. This is certainly the most dc
hghtful place In America to Npprd N
summer months, and notices. greA
-. many people who come ont here &
Ntand their summer vacation,
great many tourists pass this Csbl
every dAysQn their way to climb IN
tSa nigbt te spe I The sun riso Which /
3 most beautiful Birht. | will Cloa
my letter, hoping that twill be worth
If your nOsico. HENRY FBIoK.