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and Grizzly Peak (14,020 feet) in the distance, with the great 

 lateral moraine of Twin Lakes in the foreground. 



On the east (right) the side of the valley for some distance is very 

 hummocky, and on first sight it seems to be a moraine, but closer 

 study shows that the glaciers which once came down the gulches on 



FiGUEB 24. — Mountain peaks of Sawatch Range at head of Lake Creek, as seen from mile- 

 post 265. Moraines of I^ake Creek in foreground. 



this side of the main valley did not extend to the area that is within 

 sight of the railroad, and the hummocks are therefore not the result 

 of the action of ice but of landslides and peculiarities of drainage. 

 At mile post 267 Mount Sheridan (13,700 feet) is the most conspicu- 

 ous feature of the Mosquito Eange, on the east (right) , but generally 

 the peaks of this range are not so rugged nor so high as those of the 

 Sawatch Eange, on the west. 



After passing milepost 268 the traveler may see on the east (right) , 

 by looking up the gulch past the white wooden schoolhouse, the first 

 indication of the presence of the great mining camp of Leadville — 

 the smoke of the smelters that may be seen over the top of the ter- 

 race or the tops of the smokestacks and some of the surface build- 



Mt. Sheridan 



Figure 25. — The Mosquito Range as seen from mileiKjst 269, at the mouth of Iowa Gulch. 



ings of the mines. No adequate idea, however, of the extent and 

 importance of Leadville can be obtained from the main line of the 

 railroad. 



At milepost 269 a good view can be obtained of the Mosquito Range, 

 known also as the Park Range, on the east. Tlie view from 

 this point is represented in the accompanying sketch (fig. 25), 



