Suzanne Millier, age 13, of Glendale, Ariz., for her question:

WHO SAID "PIKE'S PEAK OR BUST"?

"Pike's Peak or Bust" was the slogan and vow for a large group of fortune seekers who rushed to the mining centers of the Rocky Mountains west of Denver from 1858 to 1875. Thousands of them were hoping to get rich by finding gold or silver in the hills.

About 100,000 adventurers had hurried to California in the gold rush of 1849. But gold in the Sierra Nevada proved difficult to mine, so many of the prospectors moved eastward. Central City and Leadville grew up almost overnight in Colorado.

Pikes Peak is probably the beat known of the Rocky Mountain peaks. The 14,110 foot mountain was named for Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike, an American general and explorer. In 1806, Pike discovered the mountain and climbed halfway up it.

Today the top of Pikes Peak can be reached by horseback or by a nine mile cog railway. A 30 mile automobile highway leads to the top from Colorado Springs.

The famous Pikes Peak Auto Race is held on the mountain each summer. And do you know what the drivers say as they head for the top? They say: "Pikes Peak or Bust."