. Scenery of the Pacific railways, and Colorado . ular works— The Storm in the Rocky Moun-tains. They are the most pict-uresque sheets of water in Colorado,and are embosomed on the slopes ofMount Rosalie at a height of 11,995 feet above the level of the sea and 2,200 feet below the summitof the peak. Georgetown and Idaho Springs are equidistant from them, and, though the trail bywhich they are approached is rough, they are visited by many tourists during the summer months. Pikes Peak, from the Garden of the Gods, Colorado. THE PACIFIC RAILWAYS. Such Alpine lakes are a common feature of the Roc
. Scenery of the Pacific railways, and Colorado . ular works— The Storm in the Rocky Moun-tains. They are the most pict-uresque sheets of water in Colorado,and are embosomed on the slopes ofMount Rosalie at a height of 11,995 feet above the level of the sea and 2,200 feet below the summitof the peak. Georgetown and Idaho Springs are equidistant from them, and, though the trail bywhich they are approached is rough, they are visited by many tourists during the summer months. Pikes Peak, from the Garden of the Gods, Colorado. THE PACIFIC RAILWAYS. Such Alpine lakes are a common feature of the Rocky range. Ten or twelve thousand feet abovethe sea-level, three or four thousand feet above the highest foot-hills, the mountaineer unexpectedlyfinds them glittering in marshy basins, fed by a hundred streamlets of freshly-melted snows—at nightcrusted, even in midsummer, with a thin ice that yields as the day warms and admits the vision intotwelve or fifteen feet of dazzlingly pure, bluish water, with a bright-yellow bottom. The snow presses. Monument Park, Colorado. on the margin, and from this white and chilly bed a lovely variety of delicately-formed flowers spring,whose colors are only rivaled by the splendors of the speckled trout which shoot through the sapphiredepths. We will continue the journey by a newly-finished railway from Idaho Springs to Georgetown,an important mining settlement with a population of 3,500, situated on South Clear Creek, at analtitude of 8,412 feet—the highest town in the world—five thousand feet nearer the sky than theglacier-walled valley of the Chamounix—higher even than the famous hospice of St. Bernard. It isinclosed in a perfect amphitheatre of hills, and mountains, and cliffs, and is laid out with broad streets,and divided by the creek, which winds through it like a ribbon of burnished metal from the moun-tains silver veins. There are many romantic spots in the neighborhood, deep gorges and ravines intersecting the THE PACIFIC RAI
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