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in Rice's Ravine southward into the
At the foot of the trestle-work, and
up both ravines to Colfax, its terminus,
of 113 feet to the mile, may be seen
r gauge railroad just opened to Grass
l Nevada City —the former 16.74 and
22 1-2 miles from Colfax.
ottom of the deep gorge around Cape
fukn Horn, and on the
\ mountain s i d e
across the stu same tii pendous chasm,
lace andklmay be seen the
stage road to
w Ee gon Iowa Hill, a
mining town
in" _ | s _across the river.
p H E | -The railroad
a sidE — here is an
tr E S ac hievement of
the oveaengineering
eis skill, genius and
sga daring on the
part of its bold
pass nge trprojectors, t r i -
unphiig o v e r
is j iesfrmnatural wonders
and obstacles of
which ever to be
proud. The
fore the raiview is magnifi "dube thcent. No one
poin or Cappassing can af Robber Ra n ford to miss it,
will be 5 or he will die
the left,eepoorer and worse
for the loss. Un less it be the
view at Giant's
Gap, there is no
railroad view to
surpass it. The
wonderfulchasm
Kis almost fright atap i tn a l ful to behold.
2,000 feeaThe houses and
thi _ ~~even fields in the
belo thesvalley beneath
are little things,
te ftand the but for the aun tresses to the
deep water-gate
are so enormous
About a mile and half below
there is a pretty view, where t
near the edge of the side hill,
ravine fall s r apidly away to t e
River.
A Chinese Idea of Poker.play poker? " remarked an almond
of Tucson, Nevada, the other da)
four klings and
a lace; Melican / --
man hold all _-.
same time four _ _
laces and a kling; - = _
whole week
washee gone Ad: - i=
likee wood- -
b i ne." Gi;:-:
Ctape -orn
Mills-is a side - P a
track, at which
the overland -
signlal, but the E
Virginia C i t y II
passenger train
will not stop. It
is 5.9 miles from 3 i
Gold Run, and
not far from m x'
Cape Horn. Be- s —
fore the train ~i
" doubles " t h e _
point or Cape, ~:'-
Robber's Ravinle_
will be seen on =
the left, deepen- i
ing into the great a
canlon of the
American River.
Caple Hforst.
-Around t h e i
Cape, the rail-:
road clings to the
precipitous bluff
at a point nearly
2,000 feet above A
the river and far I'
below the sulIii-l/ l l
mit, and where i l
the first foot-hold
for the daring,
workman on the
narr ow ledge
was gained by men who were let do
from the summit.
When the Cape is rounded, Rice
be on the left, and Colfax seen o
side. At the head of Rice's Ravin
crosses by trestle-work 113 feet hig]
long, on the summit of the divide b{
Ravine and Rice's Ravine —the
Long's going first northward to th
that large canons are as indistinct as the lines of
masonry, and as the defying mountains open
wild galleries back among the higher peaks, the
mountain sculpture grows grander and grander
until the rugged, but dimly outlined forms stretch
away in a vast sea of pine, peak and snow,
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rxx pacipic TOURIST.
SECRET TOWN, TRESTLE-WORK.