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minerals.1* The principal springs are known as the Soda, Ute 
Iron, Ute Chief, Navajo, Geyser, Mansions, Soda-Iron, Twin Sho- 
shone, Minnehaha. Magnetic, and Magnesia. 
The second saat attractive natural feature of the region is the 
Garden of the Gods, which can easily be reached from Manitou or 
from the trolley line that connects Manitou and Colorado Springs. 
This interesting bit of wonderland is now a part of the Colorado 
Springs park system, to which it was transferred in 1909 by the 
heirs of the late Charles Elliott Perkins with the stipulation that 
it should be forever kept open and free to the world. 
There are two entrances to the Garden of the Gods, but the traveler 
should by all means approach it from the lower entrance, the one 
nearest Colorado Springs, for he will there get his first view of it 
through the celebrated “ Gateway,” which is in itself one of its most 
striking features. Plate XIX shows the great upstanding ledge of 
red sandstone in which the “Gateway” has been cut by a small 
stream. The view here shown is not that which the traveler will get 
from the main road but is one he could get by climbing and walking 
a little distance to the north before reaching the deep cut. The white 
rock in the foreground is a thick bed of gypsum, which contrasts 
strongly with the deep-red sandstone beyond. 
After passing through the “ Gateway” the traveler will find him- 
self in a wonderful array of tall spires of red and white sandstone 
and of many fantastic forms, which have been produced by the slow 
weathering of the massive rock. These features are shown in Plates 
XX and XXI. The rocks of the Garden of the Gods are of the same 
general character as the upturned red sandstones between Denver and 
Colorado Springs, but the forms are larger and more picturesque here 
than they are at any other place on the mountain front. These great 
natural monuments look as if they had been pushed up from below the 
surface by some giant force, but they are really mere remnants of 
great masses of red and mottled rock that were long ago tilted up 
. Parts per million. 
“An analysis of Manitou table wa- | Oxygen to form man- 
ter, made by the Bureau of Chemistry gano-manganic oxide 
of the Department of Agriculture, is (Mo) 5S 0.7 
as follows: Bicarbonate radicle 
Parts per million. (HCO,) 2, 664. 6 
Silica (SiO2) 47.2 | Sulphateradicle (SO,)_ 219.2 
Iron and aluminum Chlorine (Cl) _--____ 250. 0 
(Fe+Al) 1.8 | Bromine (Br)--__-___ Small! amount. 
Manganese (Mn)_____ 1.7 | Metaborate radicle 
Caktiw (06). 457.9 (BO,) Faint trace. 
Magnesium (Mg)-_____ 79.2 
Sodium (Na)__-___- 551.0 4,344. 83 
Potassium “(K)2 22: = %1.3 
Lithinun (85). 528 The water is supersaturated with 
.05 | carbon dioxide (CO,). 
Ammonium (NH,)_--_ 
