Daily Republican., 1881-08-13
BOULDER, . CoLoKXDO.
The City Canon and Many Attract.
i've Points OF Interest.

BOULDER, COLORADO.
The City Canon and Many Attract
i've Points OF Interest.
Special Correspondence of the REeuBLIcAN
BOULDER, Col, Aug. 8-No portion
of Colorado presenting so many attract
ions OF unusual merit is less general,
known than that in the vicinity an'
Immediately west of Boulder. Within
ten miles east of the city are many of tn
rrettiest lakes, which are the fav1rlt'
retort of geese, ducks and brant, and ar
full of fish. A few hours drive owe
smooth roads will take the sportsman tt
any of these, and ifhe is anything ofal
expert, he can soon fill his pouch o
basket with his choice.
Among the mountains west OF th'
city deer, bear aud grouse abound
while up the streams mountain trou
are ever ready to ter pt the angler.
Boulder canoH W ,uld in any land b'
termed treasure atout whose entrance
and amid the Thousand striking scene'
many luxurious and pleasant resorts
would cluster, where the embelilsh
ments and conveniences OF art Woulc
quickly be added to a work so glorious
ly done by nature, while the waters o
the countless springs which in lano
less beautifully endowed, would be her
aided far and near as points providentl
ally designed for the healing Of n,.t'ons
| A grand feature Of Boulder, as a reSor;
| is that its attractions ara within easy
reach, an hours drive enabling one tC
see group OF objects sufficiently varied
to afford most pleasing contrasts. In.
termingled with the most striking and
impressive scenes of nature are many
exhibits of mans handiwork among
the gold and silver mlnes, which alone
are Of absorbing interest, and are worth
weeks of study.
Some of tn. richest mines in the
Rockies are found within an hours
drive of Boulder, and tourists can see
every process of the art, from the blast
ing of masses of gold and silver ores Fl ON
the embrace of granite walls to the tiLal
cutting into ingots OF the precious metal
| itself.
Boulder canon is of course the prime
attraction, not a local attraction either
for al Colorado points to it as having
the grandest carriage way in the
Rockies. 1t is gorge almost cavernons
at times, fifteen miles long and from
one thousand to four thousand feet
deep: strong with scenes grand and
magnificent. Boulder creek drops one
thousand feet in less than four mics,
and is a constant succession OF beautiful
rapids and falls, whose terrific IoIce is
best realized when standing aWe-in-
spired at the foot of cloud-pierCing
domes, our ears are filled with a mighty
mighty corridor. That it aboundS in
deep .duies against insurmountable
walls my be realized from the ia.
That it is spanned by forty Two bridges
in distance of twelve miles. Here
he stream is half.hidden from our
sight by u fringe Of rock, naples and
alders: here its spray is in our faces, and
its dashlug, green tinted waters hold
onr gaze WITH fascination which al
jarent lowering cliffs and shade wed
c~vcrnS caunOt rival.
Ten miles above the city IL chagm
oprus in the granite wall upon our
Ilpnl, anu hll'tltl ihiiliiG, Nh'''
stream comes dashing down to mingle
lis roaring flood with that beside las.
The low thunder of IA watcfta snow
heard, and n few rods mp the cam II, a
mlnatur, Niagara is pouring its Rainbow
touched water, in a rocky BASIN. Ii Is
exquisite with such II SC ne of the noun
tliu genius enchanted play before ihint
eyes; few tourist, care for the We miles
more of trowhing prtclpiceS and ever
varying green wrtathed C ills, even
though they do rise 10 twenty times the
h4iatth of the highest church steep!c,
and here at North Boulder FAILS, two
mil.s from the city, more of them
rest, lunch and fish, and then !eisureiy
take their way back to Boulder, but
this is only the beginning OF the truly
majestic part of Boulder Canon. Not
unlI Dome Rock rises up in our path,
three mites above the tallsiS the climax
reac' ed. just before reaching Dome
Rock a perpendicular mountain, tLree
Thousand feet high, is thrown across the
canon at right angles and there seems
10 be no possible outlet from it, But
souu Il break is seen to unfold itself to.
the canon walls instead of continuous
rock, are composed OF dissevereu noun
taius, GRO "ded against each other and
varying from a Thousand to four thouS-
and feet high. sometimes eXpo>lt e
large, cIaggy, naked rocks, and atothcr
times clothed with evergreens to their
submits. To the left i, what appears
as the hal OF Il large red granite noun
tain, vertically cleft from top to bot ON
whose prrlcndi 'ular walls Use fully
Two thousand feet high. This is Dome
Rock. & 30 language can do justice to
is awful, sublime and immense scen-
cry"
v thin few miles are other cauunS
which, al'h' ugh presenting greater at
traction, than many mere no eh places,
Il mention of their names Will Sllllcr.
Snuth Boulder Canon, eight miles south
west Of city, Gregory Canon, tx mics
same direction, Bear Canon and Left
Hand, four miles. The city OF Boulder
i. forty miles west OF u nvcT on the
Boulder Valley L. Il. and at tie base
of the mountains, or a ranGc oi tuot mis-
rheSe hills are considered
Ine highest in the United States or per-
!laps IN the world, being about six
thousand feet high. The town is we'll
md handsomely laid out, many heauti-
ful houses have been erected and add
to the appearance of Che
place.
Business of all kinds is carried on as
in eastern cities the chief dependence
is on the production OF mines, and bus