GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 707 PLATE XXIV 
A. 
f Pikes 
& olorado Springs it seems to be 
ates in t the main pea uk 
PIKES PEAK AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PENEPLAIN 
The appearance of 
s | baer de ope snds largely upon the point of view and the 
V 
se ee Fro 
mass of mountains piled one peg another until it culmi- 
iste? pees the north, as in this picture s clearly a cache moun- 
ain (Rocky Mountain penser left by “the nent of the surround: 
ing rocks. The plain has an elevation of about 9,200 feet, and this peak rises nearly 
feet abies it. Pickeer aph by G. B. Richardson. 
This view is _ n from a point near the falls, looking south to Manitou, which may be seen in 
the distanc <a stiy the sons automobile road over which the traveler passes on his way to 
the surnmit ‘of | kes Pe “ak are beds of quartzite (hardened sandstone) oe — y on th 
granite tact is not due to a fault but to the fact that th 
on the granite surface which then formed the floor of the sea. 
Denver & Rio Grande ‘ estern Railroad. 
nd was deposi 
Vhetavenh farnichedl by the 
