. Our country: West. now lying in two depressions nearly atthe summit of the mountain ; these depressions, or ravines,are so formed by nature that they cross each other at rightangles. They are very deep, and become filled with snow duringthe winter months. In the summer the snow melts fromaround the ravines, and leaves the great white cross distinctlyrevealed against the gray rocks. Under the light of a full moon, in which all the splendorsof the mountain are enhanced, the Holy Cross lies gleamingin its snowy purity, and awakens in the beholders heartthoughts of the sacred cross on Mount Calv
. Our country: West. now lying in two depressions nearly atthe summit of the mountain ; these depressions, or ravines,are so formed by nature that they cross each other at rightangles. They are very deep, and become filled with snow duringthe winter months. In the summer the snow melts fromaround the ravines, and leaves the great white cross distinctlyrevealed against the gray rocks. Under the light of a full moon, in which all the splendorsof the mountain are enhanced, the Holy Cross lies gleamingin its snowy purity, and awakens in the beholders heartthoughts of the sacred cross on Mount Calvary upon whichour Saviour died. Even the rough class of men found in thisnewly settled part of Colorado regard the Holy Cross with akind of awe. The cross is not visible in the winter, when the wholesummit of the mountain lies buried under many feet of is, indeed, a singular work of nature, and well worth thelong ride you must take to either of the points from whichthe finest views of the cross are to be The Mount ofThe Holy Cross. The most impressive view of the Cross is by night at the time of the fuil moon. THK HOLY CROSS AND TWIN LAKES. 119 With the present railroad facilities the journey from theMount of the Holy Cross to the Twin Lakes can be made ina day. You go through the picturesque little mining townof Red Cliff, over Tennessee Pass, and across TennesseePark to Leadville. The lakes are fifteen miles southwest of Leadville, and liein an elevation of over nine thousand feet above the sea-level. They cover an area of about four miles in length by oneand one-fourth miles in width, and are separated by only anarrow strip of land. They are surrounded on three sidesby lofty mountain heights that slope down to the very watersedge. On the other side is the wide valley of the Arkansas,beyond which rises another lofty range of mountain-peaks,clearly defined against the sky, although they are many milesdistant. On their summits the snow lies during all the brightsu
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