. 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. g cliff is beheld long before Toltec isreached, and is pointed out as the entrance tothe tunnel which is the gateway to the the advance is made around mountain spursand deep ravines, glimpses are caught of pro-found depths and towering heights, the blackspeck widens into a yawning portcullis, and then the train, making a detourof four miles around a side canon, plunges into the blackness of Toltectunnel, which is remarkable i
. 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. g cliff is beheld long before Toltec isreached, and is pointed out as the entrance tothe tunnel which is the gateway to the the advance is made around mountain spursand deep ravines, glimpses are caught of pro-found depths and towering heights, the blackspeck widens into a yawning portcullis, and then the train, making a detourof four miles around a side canon, plunges into the blackness of Toltectunnel, which is remarkable in that it pierces the summit of the mountaininstead (if its base. Fifteen hundred feet of perpendicular descent wouldtake one to the bottom of the gorge, while the seared and wrinkled expanseof the opposite wall confronts us, lifting its massive bulwarks high above us. Fronting heavens splendor,Strong and full and clear. When the train emerges from the tunnel it is upon the brink of a preci-pice. A solid bridge of iron and masonry, set in the rock after the manner Toltec Gorge, A Scenic Wonder. Depth of Gorge, 1,500 feet. Distance from Denver,314 miles. f. - :- :! :
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