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Title: "Around the circle."
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Denver and Rio Grande railroad company. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (Chicago, Knight, Leonard & co., printers)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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in the Circle tour, is none theless interesting, as it possesses many novelties in the way of mountainscenery. Dolores Canon.— While this canon is not particularly deep, itsnatural beauties are manifold, and are sure to make a lasting impression onthe beholder. This canon is passed just before arriving at Rico. Rico.—An important mining town of some 2,000 inhabitants, beautifullysituated in the center of a huge amphitheater of high, snow-capped moun-tains. Lizard Head Pass.—A mountain pass similar to Marshall Pass,crossing the Uncompahgre Range at an elevation of 10,248 feet. The ser-pentine windings of the railroad up the mountain sides are full of interest. Lizard Head.—A peculiar rock formation at the summit of the passof the same name resembling the head of a mountain lizard. Trout Lake.—A beautiful little lake of clear, cold mountain water,filled with thousands of trout. Good accommodations for the sportsman arenear at hand, and a few days can be pleasantly spent here.
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Around the Circle. 53 The Optair L.oop.—The descent down the mountain side after leav-ing Trout Lake is called as above, and is one of the most daring and intricatepieces of railroad engineering that exists in the world. Telluride.—Telluride is located on a branch from the main line someten miles away. It is surrounded on all sides by high mountains whose facesare potted with innumerable mines, whose product is the chief source of rev-enue to the 2,500 inhabitants of this beautiful mountain town. San )>li^uel River.—Leaving Vance Junction, the line follows thecourse of the San Miguel River through the beautiful Shenandoah V.alley. The Dallas Divide.—This divide is over a spur of the UncompahgreRange on grades of three and tour per cent. Leaving the summit, goingeastward toward Ridgway and to the right of the train, is the main range ofthe Uncompahgre with its soft shaded sides towering into splintered pinnaclesabove. Ridgway.—The northern termmus of the Rio Grande Souther

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