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has an area of 8,000 square miles, quite level, and at an elevation of 7,000 feet. The only lake of any size in Colorado is in this park, is about 6 miles in length and is fed by nearly 20 streams. Colorado is the principal watershed in the Western States, many of the largest rivers having their origin here, among them the Platte, Colorado, San Miguel, Arkansas and Rio Grande del Norte. Nearly all these rivers wind their way through a canyons, varying from one to a feet in depth. “ Monument Park’? and the “ Garden of the Gods ” contain “ buttes,” rising above the meadow land, shaped like towers and pillars, caused by erosion. Colorado has about 15,000 square miles of fertile arable land, and about 70,000 square miles of grazing land. Most of the land will produce abundant crops under irrigation, which is now being carried on extensively, one irrigating canal having a length of 54 miles. The mountains are well covered with pine, spruce, and fir forests. The climate is very healthful and mild, and people suffering from pulmonary and asthmatic troubles find, 4 much relief here. There are various mineral springs, which are valuable for medicinal purposes. The hot sul- "Saad springs in Middle Park and agon Wheel gap, and the hot iron, and soda springs in Manitou are popular resorts. Colorado is by far the first State in the Union in mineral wealth. In 1900 it ranked first in the production of gold, silver and lead, and _ beside being rich in copper, zinc and manganese, ranked eighth in iron and ninth in coal.