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  SOUTH 
  PAEK 
  DKAINAGE. 
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  its 
  soarces 
  immediately 
  below 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  Hamilton 
  Pass, 
  and 
  is 
  

   strengtliened 
  by 
  numerous 
  little 
  streams 
  coming 
  down 
  the 
  eastern 
  slopes 
  

   of 
  the 
  Silverheels 
  group, 
  and 
  also 
  from 
  that 
  one 
  l;^ing 
  opposite 
  the 
  

   southern 
  extension 
  from 
  Hamilton 
  Mountain. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  Silverheel 
  Mountain 
  Tarryall 
  Creek 
  is 
  considerably 
  

   broken 
  by 
  placer 
  and 
  hydraulic 
  mining, 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  creek-bed 
  is 
  for 
  

   long 
  stretches 
  completely 
  destroyed 
  and 
  its 
  water 
  turned 
  into 
  practical 
  

   use. 
  A 
  small 
  mining 
  village, 
  Hamilton, 
  lies 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  that 
  

   mountain 
  amphitheater, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Tarryall 
  originates, 
  and 
  through 
  

   which 
  the 
  road 
  winds, 
  going 
  over 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  Pass 
  into 
  the 
  Blue 
  

   Eiver 
  Valley. 
  

  

  Passing 
  the 
  latter 
  village, 
  it 
  flows 
  for 
  11 
  miles 
  in 
  what 
  constitutes 
  the 
  

   flattest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  South 
  Park. 
  The 
  creek 
  has 
  made 
  

   here 
  for 
  its 
  channel 
  a 
  furrow 
  of 
  25 
  feet 
  deep 
  in 
  the 
  gravelly 
  bottom 
  of 
  

   the 
  park. 
  Eleven 
  miles 
  below 
  Hamilton 
  it 
  receives 
  .Jefferson 
  Creek, 
  

   united 
  with 
  Michigan 
  Creek, 
  as 
  a 
  tributary, 
  with 
  an 
  amount 
  of 
  water 
  

   equal 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  Tarryall 
  Creek. 
  These 
  two 
  creeks 
  have 
  their 
  main 
  

   sources 
  near 
  Mount 
  Guyot, 
  and 
  east 
  among 
  the 
  slopes 
  and 
  spurs 
  on 
  the 
  

   main 
  range 
  facing 
  the 
  South 
  Park. 
  They 
  flow 
  for 
  18 
  miles, 
  partially 
  in 
  

   mountains 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  in 
  an 
  open 
  park 
  area, 
  before 
  they 
  

   unite 
  with 
  the 
  Tarryall 
  Creek 
  ; 
  and 
  we 
  may 
  add 
  that, 
  after 
  they 
  have 
  

   left 
  the. 
  mountainous 
  portion 
  of 
  country, 
  they 
  flow 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  8 
  to 
  9 
  

   miles 
  in 
  the 
  best 
  pastured 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  park, 
  crossing 
  the 
  main 
  Denver 
  

   and 
  Fair 
  Play 
  road 
  2 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  their 
  junction. 
  

  

  Where 
  Jefferson 
  Creek 
  enters 
  Tarryall 
  Creek 
  the 
  latter 
  has 
  just 
  passed 
  

   through 
  a 
  canon 
  several 
  miles 
  long, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  stream 
  

   breaking 
  through 
  a 
  broad 
  terrace 
  of 
  volcanic 
  overflows, 
  which 
  immedi- 
  

   ately, 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  a 
  mile 
  of 
  this 
  point, 
  rises 
  into 
  a 
  regular 
  cluster 
  of 
  

   hills 
  about 
  800 
  feet 
  above 
  Tarryall 
  Creek, 
  which 
  continue 
  as 
  a 
  low 
  

   ridge 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  southeast 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Park, 
  

  

  Only 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  below 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  Jefferson 
  Creek 
  with 
  the 
  Tar- 
  

   ryall, 
  Eock 
  Creek 
  joins, 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  mountains 
  to 
  the 
  northeast; 
  

   in 
  particular 
  where 
  Tarryall 
  aud 
  Kanosha 
  Ranges 
  are 
  connected 
  by 
  

   means 
  of 
  a 
  saddle. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  iiock 
  Creek 
  drain 
  the 
  

   most 
  northwestern 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Kanosha 
  Mountains. 
  The 
  whole 
  length 
  

   of 
  Rock 
  Creek 
  not 
  being 
  over 
  8 
  miles, 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  water 
  it 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  is 
  therefore 
  astonishing. 
  Other 
  valuable 
  attributes 
  consist 
  in 
  the 
  

   splendid 
  pasturage 
  along 
  its 
  margins 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  its 
  many 
  little 
  tribu- 
  

   taries. 
  

  

  The 
  subsequent 
  portion 
  of 
  Tarryall 
  Creek 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  an 
  open 
  val- 
  

   ley, 
  which 
  continues 
  for 
  about 
  7 
  miles, 
  when 
  it 
  enters 
  between 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Puma 
  Hills 
  and 
  the 
  Tarryall 
  Range 
  into 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   valley, 
  i^umerous 
  ranches 
  along 
  the 
  creek 
  give 
  evidence 
  of 
  its 
  good 
  

   farming 
  qualities, 
  sucli 
  as 
  we 
  jiossess, 
  at 
  least, 
  here 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  of 
  

   considerable 
  altitude. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  Tarryall 
  Creek, 
  while 
  in 
  this 
  open 
  valley, 
  the 
  cluster 
  of 
  

   volcanic 
  hills 
  referred 
  to 
  above 
  front 
  the 
  stream 
  with 
  abrupt, 
  steep 
  

   faces, 
  and 
  bear 
  here 
  somewhat 
  a 
  dignified 
  appearance, 
  while 
  their 
  west- 
  

   ern 
  slopes 
  show 
  a 
  very 
  gradual 
  descent 
  and 
  exhibit 
  hardly 
  any 
  expo- 
  

   sures. 
  To 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  this 
  open 
  v^alley 
  i)art 
  the 
  long-strerched, 
  timberless 
  

   slopes 
  of 
  flat 
  spurs 
  come 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  Tarryall 
  Range 
  and 
  border 
  the 
  

   stream 
  occasionally' 
  with 
  low 
  blufl's. 
  Ouly 
  little 
  water 
  comes 
  down 
  from 
  

   the 
  Tarryall 
  Mountains 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  The 
  streams 
  are 
  lost 
  in 
  gravel 
  

   and 
  sand 
  before 
  reaching 
  the 
  Tarryall 
  bottom, 
  while 
  from 
  the 
  trachyte 
  

   hills 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  there 
  is 
  hardly 
  any 
  additional 
  water 
  furnished 
  to 
  

   that 
  stream, 
  for, 
  except 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  running 
  streams, 
  the 
  molds 
  and 
  

  

  