. 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. ivalent, however, to a directprogress of a thousand feet, though it has taken a journey of fifteen thousand feetto accomplish it. At the summit of the range the railroad reaches an altitude feet, and the view is something to be remembered a life time. At one pointof the descent it has been necessary to construct a switch-back reversing the courseof the train, and yet continuing the descent. This switch-back is a novel applica
. 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. ivalent, however, to a directprogress of a thousand feet, though it has taken a journey of fifteen thousand feetto accomplish it. At the summit of the range the railroad reaches an altitude feet, and the view is something to be remembered a life time. At one pointof the descent it has been necessary to construct a switch-back reversing the courseof the train, and yet continuing the descent. This switch-back is a novel applica-tion of engineering science, and is an exceedingly interesting piece of railroadwork. The ascent and descent of Red Mountain by this wonderful railway, givethe tourist not only an opportunity to behold the grandest of mountain scenery,but also the privilege of witnessing on all sides the progress of mining shafts, shaft houses, tunnels, and prospect holes of mines in fact or infuturo, are to be seen on all sides. The mines of Red Mountain are numerous, andseveral of them rank among the richest in the world. At Ironton, a typical mining 134. BEAR CREEK FALLS. 136 OVER THE RANGE. town, the Silverton Railroad has its terminus, and here stages are taken for theeight miles ride to Ouray. A Romantic Stage Ride. The stage ride forms on<e of the mostattractive features of this most attractive journey. Lasting only three hours, pass-ing over the summits of ranges and through the depths of canons, the tourist willfind this a welcome variation to his method of travel, and a great relief and recrea-tion. The old fashioned stage, with all its romantic associations, is rapidly becom-ing a thing of the past. A year or two more and it will have disappeared entirelyfrom Colorado. Here, in the midst of some of the grandest scenery on the conti-nent, the blue sky above, and the fresh, pure exhilarating mountain air sending theblood bounding through ones veins, to clamber into a
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