Ruins of Desert Cathay 235 - View to south-west from ridge above Ta-pen-ko, circ. 14,000 feet high, showing portion of the To-lai-shan. - which was the southern most of the three ridges in the Nan-shan. Stein's hired Chinese laborers refused to to far south into the To-lai-shan fearing to get to close to Tibetans.