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Identifier: shoshoneotherwes01robe (find matches)
Title: Shoshone, and other western wonders
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Roberts, Edwards
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Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the countrywest of Denver is called — is Idaho Springs, amountain-surrounded hamlet of inviting aspect,and famous for its healing waters and invigo-rating air. Its elevation is seven thousand fivehundred feet above sea-level, and the hot springscontain chemical constituents almost identicalwith those of the celebrated Carlsbad Springsof Germany. The waters range in temperaturefrom 85° to 120° Fahrenheit, and artificial heatis never required. Bath-houses have beenerected near the town, and the village is filledwith seekers after health. Perhaps the most interesting feature of thetown is the so-called hot cavern. This strangeformation extends far into the Santa Fe Moun-tain, and is filled with a vapory warmth gener-ated from the waters that ooze from the flintywalls of the gloomy recess. In the centre ofthe cavern is a large pool of heated water, inwhich one may enjoy a Turkish bath amid sur-roundings that, if not palatial, are at least strangeand phenomenal. Consumptives and those
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CLEAR CREEK AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. 61 whom rheumatism has afflicted flock to IdahoSprings by thousands. Many of the visitors,whose aihiients have disappeared in the place,are loath to leave its bracing air, and have builtthemselves picturesque little homes that do muchtoward making the town attractive. One note-worthy house is fashioned after a castle of theRhine. Towers of stone guard its corners, andthere are quaint gables and narrow windows. In the days of its early history, Idaho Springswas a famous mining centre. You can still seewhere the busy army of workers washed theearth for its golden treasures, and in the moun-tain sides are the tunnels that were bored whenthe excitement was at its height. Placer miningis no longer attempted to any extent; but shaftsare still sunk, and the yield of ore from minesnear the town is not inconsiderable. The county seat of Clear Creek County isGeorgetown, fifty miles west of Denver. In theneighborhood of this village, which rests in thevery lap o

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