58 GAZETTEER OF COLORADO. 
Atlas sheet. 
Difficult; creek in Pitkin County, a left-hand branch of Roar- 
ing Fork, tributary to (Irani 1 River Aspen. 
Dike; mountain in Huerfano County Huerfano Park 
Dillon; station in Summit County, on the Colorado and South- 
ern and the Denver and Rio Grande railroads; altitude, 
8,849 feet. 
Diorite; peak in Montezuma County La Plata. 
Dippold Basin; valley in < runnison County Anthracite. 
Disappointment; creek in Dolores County, a right-hand 
branch of West Fork Dolores River. 
Diston; station in Kiowa County on Missouri Pacific Railway; 
altitude, 4, 1 10 feet Lamar. 
Dives Basin; valley in San Juan County Silverton. 
Divide; creek in Larimer County, a right-hand branch of 
Thompson ( 'reek. 
Divide; creek in Mesa County, a left-hand branch of Grand 
River, heading in Smoke and West creeks. 
Divide; post village in Teller ( 'ount \\ on the Colorado .Midland 
and the Midland Terminal railways; altitude, 9,183 feet .. Pikes Peak. 
Divide; station in Chaffee County, on the Colorado Midland 
and the Denver and Rio Grande railroads. 
Dix; village in La Plata County on Denver and Rio Grande 
Railroad; altitude, 8,208 feet La Plata. 
Dixon; station in Weld County on Burlington and Missouri 
River Railroad; altitude, 4, 7i > .* > > feet. 
Dixons Mill; station in Boulder County on Burlington and 
Missouri River Railroad; altitude, 4,895 feet Niwot. 
Dodd; post village in Morgan County on Union Pacific Rail- 
road. 
Dodd Reservoir: artificial lake in Boulder County Niwot. 
Doe; creek in Mineral County, a left-hand branch of Rio 
Grande. 
Dolly Varden; mountain in Hinsdale County Silverton. 
Dolomite; town in El Paso County. 
Dolores; county in the southwestern part of the State, bounded 
on the north by San Miguel County, on the'east by Ouray 
and San Juan counties, on the south by Montezuma County, 
and on the west by Utah. The eastern part consists of 
high rugged mountains of the San Juan group, and the 
western part is an arid plateau. The area is 1,000 square 
miles, of which less than one-half of 1 per cent, or 942 acres, 
were under cultivation in 1900. The population in 1900 
was 1,134; and of Rico, the county seat, 811. In 1900 the 
average magnetic declination was 13° 30' east. The mean 
annual rainfall is about 23 inches, and the mean annual 
temperature 45° to 50°. 
Dolores; mountain in Dolores County; altitude, 13,502 feet. J 
(.Engineer Mour.t 
Dolores; plateau in western part of the State, through which 
Dolores River cuts a canyon. 
Dolores; post town in Montezuma County on Denver and Rio 
Grande Railroad; population in 1900, 108; altitude, 6,945 
feet. 
