Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-09
11RICHMOND TRANSFER SECTION

$40 600 900 plant of thei Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company Near Pueblo are
excellent qlsarries Of limestone for
manufacturing and building purposes.
situated in the heart OF n magnificent
agricultural and horticultural region
and within close proximity TO the many
mineral districts of the State, Puebla
offers an inviting field for manufacture
inE and mercantile enterprises. For the
tourist and pleasure seeker Rye and
Eculah are attractive resorts.
Few places are more happily situat-
cd so far as natural scenery is con-
cerned than Canyon City. guarding the
mouth of the Grand Canyon of the Ar
kansas and hut six miles from the grim
ROYAL Gorge. y scenic highway reaches
the top of the gorge. from which a
most magnificent view OF the SanEre
de Cristo Range is obtained, as well
as the Arkansas River, half a mile be-
low. at the bottom of the canyon. The
skyline Drive is pcrchcd on the top Of
n high. rocky ridge 500 feet above the
: city. anordinE an extensive view OF
the surrounding country.
MASTERPIECES OF NATURE
Is ROYAL. GORGE +,
( National Park and the Big Trees OF
California, the ROYAL Gorge is one OF
natures masterpieces. and its grandeur
has been heralded to all parts of the
world \ short distance beyond the
peaceful town of Canyon City the train
enters the portals of the Grand Can
yon of the Arkansas, whose granite
walls narrow rapidly, until at the
Hanging Bridge they are only thirty
feet apart and rise to perpendicular
height of over half n mile. Words can
! aot depict the grandeur Of this gigan-
( sic chasm--the voice is hushed in con-
temptation of the mighty forces that
! create this enduring wonder OF the
| Western Hemisphere. Escaping from
the Royal Gorge. the narrow valley OF
b the Upper Arkansas is traversed, with
+ the striking serrated peaks of the San
.rc de Cristo close at hand until Salida
: reached From Salida the mair
( standard gauge line follows the Arkan'
sas River through beautiful Browns
! Canyon TO its source at the summit o!
the Continental Divide at Tennessee
! Pass. while the Marshall Pass line
/ branches off to the southwest and be
gins climbing that famous crossing o.
the Rockies.
! Lcadvine is one of the most interest
Ing cities in the world to the tourist
1t abounds In scenes OF novel and
characteristic nature. and present:
views OF life entirely foreign TO the
conventional. Mining methods here
are fully illustrated in every form
More than s35o,Ooo, 600 in precious min.
erals have been taken from the Lead
Vile district whose output is now
moro than s:5,Oo0,o year. Tn,
scenery around Leadvlle is magnii
cent 1t is walled in on all sides by
towering mountains whose summit:
are crowned with perpetual snow. MI
Massive, the highest peak in Colorado
(altitude, li.424 fect). lies just west o
the town.
Reaching an altitude of 1920 feet
IN. railroad darts into a tunnel half
mile long. the western end OF which
errs-c@s onto the Pacific slope.
MOUNT OF HOLY cross
VISIBLE FROM TRAl
---c-EA cas,ellsted canyons II
- wa.sked into Red Cliff, locate
- -eztwa,ers OF the Eagle River
==5 Chg the Mount OF the Hol
= most easily reached. TIL
.p formed by TWO travers
sg.-s 70: immense depth riven dow
49, zr-.sg nc summit OF the noun
= ..@sa canyons lies eterna
s-c~ T-e syrHbo, IL perfect in shap'
80 ra..e gazing with wonder an
80 ppm ms sign set in tn
s=rs-s ne adventurous Wayfarer a
81 :=a!.zes ina, ne mas reached tina
e.-at around whose summit splendi