. Tourists' handbook descriptive of Colorado, New Mexico and Utah . nient terminal railroad facilities; an electric light system and a first-class system of waterworks. Every arrangement has been made forcomfortand City lies in the center of one of the richest mining sections of Colorado. Capital City, Roses Cabin, Cottonwood, Sherman, Burrows Park and Carson are all tributary mining camps, and all are rich in great and exhaustless ore bodies. The mountain sides are literally ribbed and seamed with veins of mineral. Hinsdale County is the home of the true fissure, with its ine
. Tourists' handbook descriptive of Colorado, New Mexico and Utah . nient terminal railroad facilities; an electric light system and a first-class system of waterworks. Every arrangement has been made forcomfortand City lies in the center of one of the richest mining sections of Colorado. Capital City, Roses Cabin, Cottonwood, Sherman, Burrows Park and Carson are all tributary mining camps, and all are rich in great and exhaustless ore bodies. The mountain sides are literally ribbed and seamed with veins of mineral. Hinsdale County is the home of the true fissure, with its inexhaustible wealth. The ores are principally galena and gray copper. For those in quest of health Lake City presents superior attractions. The summers are delightfully cool and pleasant, extremes of cold and oppressive heat are unknown. With its pure, bracing air and clear, cold water, it is unrivaled as a sanitarium for those who are ailing. There are a number of fine mineral springs in the immediate vicinity which have become famous for their curative CURECANTI NEEDLE. 50 UNCOMPAHGRE PEAK—LAKE SAN CHRISTOVAL—MONTROSE—DELTA. UNCOMPAHGRE PEAK. To the tourist, pleasure seeker and mountain climber, Lake City offers specialinducements. He can make a trip to Uncompahgre Peak, 14419 ^eet above sea-level, and enjoy one of the grandest sights miaginable. It is but eight miles fromtown and a good wagon road all the way to its base. The route is by HensenCreek Canon; great mountain ranges rise on each side of you, crags and peaksthat pierce the sky with their spires. In every canon you pass on the way arescenes of marvelous beauty. Standing on the summit of Uncompahgre whenthe air is clear and transparent the vista is grand beyond description; the worldis beneath you, mountain piled upon mountain, range upon range, lie at your the eastward are seen the plains of Colorado stretching awav in the distance,while to the westward the eye takes in the valleys of Utah,
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