. 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. THE ROYAL GORGE. Valley, surrounded by a fine grazing and agricultural country. The viewis a grand one, lofty mountains bounding the entire circle of the mile from the station is Silver Cliff, which after the discovery of theRacine Boy mine, was the centre of a tremendous rush of miners, resultingin several other great discoveries, but the large mines were few in numberand the prospectors left for other fields. The good mine
. 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. THE ROYAL GORGE. Valley, surrounded by a fine grazing and agricultural country. The viewis a grand one, lofty mountains bounding the entire circle of the mile from the station is Silver Cliff, which after the discovery of theRacine Boy mine, was the centre of a tremendous rush of miners, resultingin several other great discoveries, but the large mines were few in numberand the prospectors left for other fields. The good mines are still produc-tive and add their quota to the prosperity of the valley. West Cliff is theshipping point for Silver Cliff and Rosita, being the railroad station. (Pop-ulation, 800. Distance from Denver, 194 miles. Elevation, 7,864 feet.) ROYAL GORGE. Distance from Denver, 163 miles. Greatest Height of Walls, 2 ,627 feet. Length, 7 miles. TO THE GOLDEN GATE. 39 ju&i beyond Canon City the railway enters the Grand Canon of theArkansas, the narrowest portion of which is known as the Royal arsi examined it seemed impossible that a railway co
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