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Identifier: aroundcircle00denv (find matches)
Title: "Around the circle."
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Denver and Rio Grande railroad company. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (Chicago, Knight, Leonard & co., printers)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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culiar and striking of theRockies, thrust their sharp and splintered peaks into the regions of eternalfrost. Elk Park is a quiet little nook in the midst of the range, with vistas ofmeadows and groves of pines, a spot which would furnish the artist many asubject for hiscanvass. At the end of Elk Park stands Garfield Peak, lifting its summit a mileabove the track. Beyond are marshaled the everlasting mountains, andthrough them for miles extends, in varying beauty and grandeur, the canonof the Animas, PVequent waterfalls glitter in the sunlight, leaping from cragto crag, only to lose themselves at last in the ontlowing river. Emergingfinally from this environment of crowding cliffs, the train sweeps into BakersPark and arrives at Silverton in the heart of the San Juan. Silverton is interesting, both from its picturesque position and from thefact that it is a mining town. The mountains by which it is surrounded onall sides are honeycombed with the shafts and tunnels of innumerable mines.
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Around the Circle. 27 Sultan Mountain, which overlooks the town, is a noble and impressive eleva-tion, and adds to the grandeur of the scene by its regal presence. From Silverton the journey Around the Circle is continued by takingthe Silverton Railway, a road constructed up the difficult grades of RedMountain, and doing an immense business in the handling of ores which aretaken from these rich deposits ; also employed in the transportation of pas-sengers. This wonderful road owes its construction to the genius, daring andwealth of one man, Mr. Otto Mears, who has for years been the pathfinderof the San Juan region, building toll roads and opening the gates of prosperityto the many mining towns of this mountainous country. He is the sole ownerof the road, and has conquered engineering difficulties of the most astound-ing character. The line does not as yet bridge the gap between Silvertonand Ouray, and from Ironton, its terminus, stages carry tourists over themountains to the latter p

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  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Denver_and_Rio_Grande_railroad_company___from_old_catalog_
  • bookpublisher:_Chicago__Knight__Leonard___co___printers_
  • bookcontributor:The_Library_of_Congress
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  • bookleafnumber:31
  • bookcollection:library_of_congress
  • bookcollection:americana
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