. "Around the circle." . on this journey between Silverton and Ouray is of the great-est magnificence. This is especially true of that portion of the route trav-ersed by stage. The Silverton and Ouray toll road has long been noted for itsattractions in the way of scenery, the triangular mass of Mount Abrahamstowers to the left, while the road winds around the curves of the hills with thesinuosity of a mountain brook. The scene from the bridge over Bear Creekis one which once beheld can never be forgotten. Directly under the bridgeplunges a cataract to a depth of 253 feet, forming a most notewo
. "Around the circle." . on this journey between Silverton and Ouray is of the great-est magnificence. This is especially true of that portion of the route trav-ersed by stage. The Silverton and Ouray toll road has long been noted for itsattractions in the way of scenery, the triangular mass of Mount Abrahamstowers to the left, while the road winds around the curves of the hills with thesinuosity of a mountain brook. The scene from the bridge over Bear Creekis one which once beheld can never be forgotten. Directly under the bridgeplunges a cataract to a depth of 253 feet, forming a most noteworthy and im-pressive scene. The toll road passes through one of the greatest mining re-gions in the world, and the fame of Red Mountain is well deserved both fromthe number and richness of its mines. Before Ouray is reached, the roadpasses through Uncompahgre Canon. Here the roadbed has been blastedfrom the solid rock wall of the gorge, and a scene similar in nature and rivalingin grandeur that of Animas Canon is Around the Circle. 29 Ouray is one of the most beautifully situated towns to be found scenery is idyllic. The village is cradled in a lovely valley surrounded byrugged mountains. The situation of the town is thus vividly described byErnest Ingersoll in the Crest of the Continent : The valley in which thetown is built is at an elevation of about 7,500 feet above the sea, and is pear-shaped, its greatest width being not more than half a mile, while its length isabout twice that, down to the mouth of the caiion. Southward—that is, to-ward the heart of the main range—stand the two great peaks, Hardin andHayden. Between is the deep gorge down which the Uncompahgre finds itsway ; but this ls hidden from view by a ridge which walls in the town and cutsoff all farther view from it in that direction, save where the triangular top ofMount Abram peers over. Westward are grouped a series of broken ledges,surmounted by greater and more rugged heights. Down
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