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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
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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s the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. The travelerlooks down upon four lines of road, terrace beyond terrace, the last so far be-low as to be quite indistinct to view. Wonder at the triumphs of engineer-ing skill is strangely mingled with the feelings of awe and admiration at thestupendous grandeur of the scene. TOLTEC GORGE. The approach to this great scenic wonder prepares the traveler for some-thing extraordinary and spectacular. A black speck in the distance againstthe precipitous surface of a frowning cliff is beheld long before Toltcc isreached, and is pointed out as the entrance to the tunnel, which is the gate-way to the Gorge. As the advance is made around mountain spurs and deepravines, glimpses are caught of profound depths and towering heights, theblack speck widens into a yawning portcullis, and then the train, making adetour of four miles around a side canon, plunges into the blackness of Toltcctunnel, which is remarkable in that it pierces the summit of the mountain
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Around the Circle. 39 instead of its base. Fifteen hundred feet of perpendicular descent wouldtake one to the bottom of the gorge, while the seared and wrinkled expanseof the opposite wall confronts us, lifting its massive bulwarks high above us, Fronting heavens splendor,Strong and full and clear. When the train emerges from the tunnel it is upon the brink of aprecipice. A solid bridge of trestle-work, set in the rock after the manner ofa balcony, supports the track, and from this coigne of vantage the travelerbeholds a most thrilling spectacle. The tremendous gorge, whose sides aresplintered rocks and monumental crags, and whose depths are tilled with thesnow-white waters of a foaming torrent, lies beneath him, the blue sky abovehim, and all around the majesty and mystery of the mountains. ANIMAS CANON. Animas Cafion is one of the wildest and most picturesque gorges in theRocky Mountains. Through it the Rio de las Animas Perdidas, or Riverof Lost Souls, finds its way to the valley b

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