That is Leadville, a mile or so yonder to the north; and the children who have come down to the station have valuable specimens of ore in their little baskets, to sell to you for a trifle.

Off to the left hand, a little farther on, was a "placer mine," with water pouring out of a conduit, muddy and yellow with "washings." This emptied itself into the Arkansas River, which, from this point down to the foot of the mountains, was as if its bed had been stirred up with all its clay and other deposit.

Above this junction the waters of the river were clear and sparkling.

It is a picture of life, whose stream is pure and sweet until sin enters it and vitiates its current.

Miles beyond are snow sheds, and the famous Tennessee Pass, 10,440 feet above the sea level.