. Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west. ve it, presenting a very striking object to the view. (Population,250. Distance from Denver, 206 miles. Elevation, 5,879 feet.) This is the metropolis of southeastern Colo-rado, and the terminus of this branch of the Den-ver & Rio Grande Railroad. Trinidad is thetrade and money centre for an immense territory,including portions of northern Texas, southernColorado and northern New Mexico. In naturalresources, Trinidad is exceedingly ri
. Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west. ve it, presenting a very striking object to the view. (Population,250. Distance from Denver, 206 miles. Elevation, 5,879 feet.) This is the metropolis of southeastern Colo-rado, and the terminus of this branch of the Den-ver & Rio Grande Railroad. Trinidad is thetrade and money centre for an immense territory,including portions of northern Texas, southernColorado and northern New Mexico. In naturalresources, Trinidad is exceedingly rich, being thecentre of the largest coal belt in the world, and thesupply depot for most of the coke used in theGreat West. In addition to coal and coke in theimmediate vicinity, iron exists in unlimited quanti-ties. The supply of gypsum, granite, alum, fire-clay, silica, grit or grind-stone, limestone and the finest of building stone is absolutely inexhaustible,Trinidad, from the natural deposit alone, must of necessity become a 93 TRINIDAD. Commercial and Hanu- facturing City. Population, 8,000. Elevation, 5,994 feet. Distance from Denver, 210 TO THE GOLDEN HATE. 95 manufacturing centre of vast importance, and has already taken advancedsteps in this regard. A §200,000 rolling mill is now in operation. Themanufacture of cement, mineral paint, lime, and plaster of paris, are allimportant industries, while the production of building brick is very large inits proportions. Fire-brick and silica brick will soon be an additionalindustry. In and around Trinidad no less than three thousand laborers arenow employed, and this large and daily increasing number of men spendtheir money in Trinidad. The city has water-works, gas-works, electriclight, street cars, and other metropolitan improvements. The schools andchurches are very superior, while the business houses and residences are acredit to the city. Its elevation above the level of the sea insures a delight-ful climate, free
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