The Penn's Grove record., 1910-06-24
Colorado Letter
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.

AWE 0oA
Sixty miles from Denver we reached
Yankee Doodle lake, at an elevation OF
TO- 800 feet. Here We are surrounded by
perpetual snow. Climbing up the noun
tain this lake apparently becomes smaller
and smaller, and yet it is in sight for over
an hour. At Corona, 1860 feet above
sea level, we are on the backbone OF the
American continent. This is the highest
point reached by any standard gauge rail-
road. Here the waters run toward the
Pacific. We now gradually descend the
western slope of the Divide, reaching
Arrow and Middle Park, fertile with nat
ural grasses, growing in 1ower-pet soil.
The road then reaches Gore canyon,
which has a length of four miles. The
cliffs here reach up 1880 feet, at the foot
of which the river plays hide and seek.
Gore canyon must be seen not once or
twice but numbers OF times to be appre-
ciatea. 1t is undraped Natures Salome
dance.
Black Tail canyon, two and a half miles
long, is not as deep as Gore, but is as
rugged. In building the trail for the
power company on the opposite side of the
canyon, the workmen hung in their posi-
tions with ropes.
Egeria and Rock Creek canyon, seven
miles long, has twenty-three bridges and
seven tunnels 1.-TWO and one-third miles
long, in a distance of four miles, which
makes this the most expensive four miles
of track in the world, excepting a con-
tinuous tunnel. Here tunnel No. 81 is
one-third of a mile in length and makes
a complete 49," Two thousand feet up
ON the mountain opposite may be seen
the road which was used in getting ma
terial for the railroad over the range.
There is Sugar Loaf mountain fifty
miles away. 1t seemed as though it was
five. Mountain sheep almost as big as
deer were seen here. Then we come to
the Red Gorge Canyon Of the Grand, two
and one-half miles long. We are now in
the mineral country and many copper
prospect holes are exposed on the south
side of the canyon. In this vicinity
ranchers shoot deer from their door yards.
Yonder are the majestic Flat Tops where
Teddy Roosevelt searched for bear in
Burns hole, and, by the way, the tan
merry here in Arvada prepared all the pelts
for the ex-president when he wal here
two years ago.
The mountains in Grand county appear
barren, but if one gets on a saddle horse
and rides over the hills splendid grass
may be seen. In the valleys there are.
miles of native grass which is good for
hay. The Fraser and Grand rivers are
filed with trout and leaping graylipg.
Middle Park and Routt county beyond
furnish every variety of game. At Sui
phur Springs and Steamboat Springs n
may have hot medicinal baths, which
it is claimed are duplicates of all the
famous baths in Europe and America.
When David H. Moffatt completed his
railroad to Steamboat Springs he brought
civilization into a new world, offering it
her treasures. Routt county is large
enough and rich enough to glut the rest
OF the State with her products. When
one thinks of the undertaking, the obsta-
Giles which confronted the builder of this
road, the seeming impossible engineering
feats which were achieved in putting his
railroad up to the range and over it, W.
are led to believe that anything is pos
sible."
Perhaps l have already taken up enough
space for this article, so / will say good
bye to all my Penn's Grove friends and
hope the RECORD readers will find some
thing of interest in my letters.
CHAs. M. HILLMAN.