. 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. eautiful canon has characteristics pe-culiarly its own. The railroad does not followthe bed of the stream, but clings to the cliffsmidway of their height, and a glance from thecar windows gives one the impression of a viewfrom a balloon. Below, a thousand feet, are thewaters of the river, in places white with foam, inquiet coves, green as oceans depths. Above,five hundred feet, climb the combing cliffs, to ANIHAS CANON. A Gem of Beaut
. 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. eautiful canon has characteristics pe-culiarly its own. The railroad does not followthe bed of the stream, but clings to the cliffsmidway of their height, and a glance from thecar windows gives one the impression of a viewfrom a balloon. Below, a thousand feet, are thewaters of the river, in places white with foam, inquiet coves, green as oceans depths. Above,five hundred feet, climb the combing cliffs, to ANIHAS CANON. A Gem of , 1,500 feet. Distance from Denver,470 miles. which cling pines and hemlocks. The canon here is a mere fissure in themountainsheart, so narrow that one can easily toss a stone across and sendit bounding down the side of the opposing rock-wall until it falls into thewaters of the river rushing through the abyss below. Emerging from thiswonderful chasm, the bed of the gorge rises until the roadway is but a fewfeet above the stream. The close, confining and towering walls of rock arereplaced by mountains of supreme height. The Needles, which are among. 124 OVER THE RANGE. the most peculiar and striking of the Rockies, thrust their sharp and splin-tered peaks into the regions of eternal frost. Elk Park is a quiet little nook in the midst of the range, with vistasof meadow and groves of pines, a spot which would furnish the artist manya subject for his canvas. At the end of Elk Park stands Garfield Peak,lifting its summit a mile above the track. Beyond are marshalled the ever-lasting mountains, and through them for miles extends, in varying beautyand grandeur, the Canon of the Animas. Frequent waterfalls glisten in thesunlight, leaping from crag to crag only to lose themselves at last in theonflowing river. Emerging finally from this environment of crowding cliffs,the train sweeps into Bakers Park and arrives at Silverton in the heart ofthe San Juan. This thriving and picture
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