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In the middle distance, about three miles away, is the old 

 town of Colorado City, built in L859, during the first days of 

 the "Pike's Peak" excitement. Although brushing up and 



improving under the influence of the influx of summer 

 tourists, yet it is being overshadowed by more pretentions 

 rivals. The town of Colorado Springs lies about two miles 

 to the east, and Manitou, where the springs are, the same 

 distance west. For description of springs, see No. lot, 1S7<> 

 series. In the second view we have the intermediate portion 

 of the range, with Cameron's Cone as the prominent point. 

 In the middle distance are some of the upturned strata, 

 which form a portion of the Garden of the Cods. 

 No. 78. PlKE's Peak, as seen looking over the walls of the Garden of the 

 Cods, and distant, in an air line, about ten miles. Its eleva- 

 tion above the sea is 13,893 feet, and above Colorado City 

 7,869 feet. It is entirely detached from the main range, 

 lying some seventy-live miles to the east of it. With its 

 spurs, it forms the southeastern boundary of South Park. 

 About two miles beyond the garden, the Fountain qui 

 Bouille flows down through a narrow rugged canon, known 

 as 1,'te Pass, over which a road has been constructed into 

 South Park. 



The peak offers no great difficulties in the ascent, and 

 lately a good trail has been built to the summit, so that 

 saddle-animals may be used the entire distance. 



The Signal Service Bureau of the United States Army 

 have established a station upon the summit, and the observers 

 have taken up their residence there, isolating themselves 

 completely, for a long and dreary winter. 

 Nos. 79-84. A PAMO&AMA in six SECTIONS PROM THE SUMMIT OV MOUNT 

 Lincoln, situated upon the western extreme of South Park, 

 slightly detached from the main range or the " divide," which 

 here turns abruptly to the west, to Tennessee Pass, and its 

 junction with the Sawatch Range. Its elevation, by care- 

 fully computed measurements, is found to be 14,121 feet, 

 very much less than was supposed for a long time. It is the 

 highest point in that spur or continuation of the Park Range, 

 which extend as far south as Buffalo Peaks, running parallel 

 to the Sawatch Range on the other side of the Arkansas. 

 At its feet, extending eastward, is S( uth Park, comprising 

 some 2,500 square miles in extent, and bounded on the dis- 

 tant horizon by the lofty cone of Pike's Peak. The floor of 

 the park is composed of sedimentary rocks, which have been 

 lifted nearly to the very summit of Mount Lincoln. A section 

 through the mountain, as revealed upon its sides, shows, first, 

 at its base, mica schists, passing np into quart /.ites. Then 

 comes nearly a thousand feet of limestones, in the upper 

 portion of which occur the richest silver mines. A thin 

 layer of decomposed sandstone follows, capped by a dike of 

 porphyritic rock, forming the summit of the mountain. 



Looking to the south, in No. 79, we see Mount Bross, long 

 famous for its great wealth of silver-bearing rocks. The 

 small buildings near the summit on the left cover the Moose 

 mine, the richest on the mountain. Its whole face has been 

 plowed and furrowed over by the prospector, and is fairly 

 covered sometimes by those seeking new developments of 



