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(1889) [MARC] Author: Karl Baedeker
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of gabbro and serpentine rocks, which may be ascended from
Lille-Elvdal, and commands an extensive view (carriage-road nearly the
whole way to the top}. It appears in its full grandeur as we leave
it behind us. — 337 Kil. Auma (1600 ft.). Near this point are
large tracts of dead pine-trees, killed by the extreme cold of
winter. when the thermometer sometimes sinks 60° Fahr. below zero.
The scenery is very dreary.

347 Kil. (215 M.) Tønsæt (1620 ft.; Schulrud’s Hotel),
sitnated near the confluence of the Tenna and the Glommen,
principally on the right bank of the latter. A road with fast
stations leads hence viå Kvikne to Austbjerg[]>. 210). Farther on the
line traverses the extensive Godtlandsmyr. To theS.W.,on the right
side of the Tronfjeld, rise the summits of the Rondane (p. 213).

358 Kil. (222 M.) Telnces (1630 ft.). The train ascends more
rapidly. Pasturage now takes the place of tilled fields. 368 Kil.
Tolgen (1685 ft.), in an open situation. To the right rises the
Hummelfjeld (5150 ft.). The vegetation assumes a thoroughly
Alpine character.

385 Kil. (240 M.) Os (1975 ft.); the village lies on a slope
(Lid) on the opposite bank. Beyond Os the train crosses the
Xeren-Elv, traverses a wide moor, and reaches —

399 Kil. (247 M.) Røros or Rercuis (2060 ft. ; Larsen s Hotel;
*Rail. Restaurant), with 1700 inhab., situated on a dreary and
inclement plateau , where winter prevails for fully eight months in
the year. The town was founded in 1616 after the discovery of the
neighbouring copper-mines, to which alone it owes its existence.
It lies on the Hitter-Elv, and not far from the Glommen, which
describes a bend to the W. of the town. The old timber houses, with
roofs of turf, and the large church of 1780 give the town a quaint
and picturesque appearance. The wide expanses of turf are
bordered by extensive terraces of glacial detritus and sandhills,
which by dint of painstaking and ample manuring have been
converted into pastures. Corn does not ripen here, and cattle-breeding is
the only resource of the inhabitants, apart from the copper-mines
and the trade they support.

The annual yield of the mines is about 280 tons of pure copper, and
that of the two centuries since they were discovered is said to have been
worth 72 million kr. in all (4.000,0001.). Far and near, the woods which
formerly existed here have been cut down and used as fuel, but the
works are now carried on with the aid of coal brought by the railway.
The principal mines are Storvarts Grube, 2716 ft. above the sea-level,
9 Kil. to the X.E.. the ore of which yields 8 per cent of copper: near it,
Xy Solskins Gi’ube; to the X.XV. of the town. 14 Kil., Kongens Grube,
yielding 4 per cent of copper: Mug Grube, 22 Kil. distant. The
smelting-works are the Røros Hytte, the Dragaas Hylle at Aalen, and the
Lovisa Hylle at Lille-Elvdal.

From Rffros we may drive by skyds, viå (17 Kil. ) Jensvold and (IS Kil.)
Skotgaarden on Lake Aursund (both fast stations), to a settlement of
Nomadic Lapps, said to be the southernmost point to which they come (comp,
pp. 87, 96). This trip, however, involves considerable privations.

From Røros, which is a terminal station, the train returns on

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