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mmerals.^* 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 most 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 



"An analysis of Manitou table wa- 

 ter, made by the Bureau of Chemistry 

 of the Department of Agriculture, is 



as follows: 



Parts per million. 



Silica (SiOj) 47.2 



Iron and aluminum 



(Fe-t-Al) 1.8 



Manganese (Mn) 1.7 



Calcium (Ca) 457.9 



Magnesium (Mg) 79.2 



Sodium (Na) 551.0 



Potassium (K) 71.3 



Lithium (Li) .23 



Ammonium (NH4) .05 



Parts per million. 

 Osj'gen to form man- 



gano-manganic oxide 



(MnsOi) 0.7 



Bicarbonate radicle 



(HCO3) 2,664.6 



Sulphate radicle ( SO4) _ 219. 2 



Chlorine (CI) 250.0 



Bromine (Br) Small amount. 



Metaborate radicle 



(BO3) Faint trace. 



4, 344. 88 



The water is supersaturated with 

 carbon dioxide (COj). 



