"Seeing Salt Lake City" being an illustrated description of a tour through Salt Lake City on the observation cars of the American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Company .. . ed the discoveryof the rich, carbonate ore at Leadville, andwhich caused the Cloud City to spring intoexistence within a few months. Colorado City, at which point the shopsof the Colorado Midland Railway are located,is also one of the famous points in the state.This little city was the first capitol city ofthe State of Colorado, and here the founda-tions of the great commonwealth of todaywere laid. Now Colorado City is one of

"Seeing Salt Lake City" being an illustrated description of a tour through Salt Lake City on the observation cars of the American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Company .. . ed the discoveryof the rich, carbonate ore at Leadville, andwhich caused the Cloud City to spring intoexistence within a few months. Colorado City, at which point the shopsof the Colorado Midland Railway are located,is also one of the famous points in the state.This little city was the first capitol city ofthe State of Colorado, and here the founda-tions of the great commonwealth of todaywere laid. Now Colorado City is one of Stock Photo
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"Seeing Salt Lake City" being an illustrated description of a tour through Salt Lake City on the observation cars of the American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Company .. . ed the discoveryof the rich, carbonate ore at Leadville, andwhich caused the Cloud City to spring intoexistence within a few months. Colorado City, at which point the shopsof the Colorado Midland Railway are located, is also one of the famous points in the state.This little city was the first capitol city ofthe State of Colorado, and here the founda-tions of the great commonwealth of todaywere laid. Now Colorado City is one of the •busiest centers of industry in the State. Inaddition to the great shops of the ColoradoMidland Railway there are located here sev-eral large reduction and chlorination workswhere thousands of tons of ore from theCripple Creek district are treated every year. Leaving Colorado City the Colorado Mid-land next touches Manitou, one of the mostfamous health resorts in the world. Fromhere the road plunges at once into the moun-tains, and finds its way up through Ute Pass.The ascent to Divide is nearly all the way ona four per cent, grade, or 211 feet to the mile..