Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-01

Colorado, or any thing like them, in
any other part of the world. So the
tourist rushes for Denver, and instead
of stopping there, rushes out again for
the mountains, which are ever in
sight of the city, coaxing him to
leave the marts of men and enter
their wonderful solitudes. From DEN
different spokes, each affording de-
lightful sightseeing trip, and each en-
tirely. different from any other one.
Then when the different spoKes are
traversed one may take the trip ''arOund
the CIRCLE" distance of 1000 miles,
embracing all the best Colorado seem
cry. This, the crowning trip. can be
made in four days, but it is better to
devote thirty to it, and even then all
the wonders will not have been fully
seen.
OF course the tourist will be uneasy
until he finds himself whirling up the
Silver Creek canyon, which is one of
the grandest of the Alpine tours of the
Union Pacific. There is a constant
rush up this canyon and back, and yet
the travelling public does not seem to be
satiated, and the numbers increase
rather than diminish. Everyone who
takes this wonderful ride wants to take
it again and have his friends go along.
For a short distance after leaving Den
yer there is little TO distinguish the train
load from any other along hum-drum
line, but as soon as the foothills are en-
tered, and strangers begin to chat a
little with each other, by the time
Golden is reached, and the weird Won
ders of the canyon fairly open, and the
whole train load become pretty well ac-
quainted. After passing over one Won
derful loop, the passengers get off the
train at Graymont as old friends. Col
orado courtesy gives the privilege to
each TO ask the other where he is from,
where he is going, and what he is look
ing for. But even this courtesy, pecul-
lar to Colorado, is enlarged and liberal
lied by a dizzy ride together through
this scenic canyOn.
1t is useless TO throw adjectives to-
gether. When you are through piling
up words, the great rocks are still above
them, ana you have to close all perora-
tions with the stale Understandable"
Clear Creek canyon does not seem
very appropriate title to one entering
it and noticing the murky, Missouri
river appearance of the stream which
pours over the rocks. 1t WAS clear
once, ana is yet il you follow it far
enough. The clearer it is the duller
is business. It's murkiness is due to the
mining up and down the canyon. The
more mining, the more murkiness, for
the washings are in this creek. AT
present there is a revival OF miniug in
terests. Placer mining is noticed this
year even below Golden where no such
sight has been presented for years.
New methods have been devised, by
which u larger per cent of the gold is
saved, and hence it pays to work now at
places abandoned long ago, when meth
DDS were more crude, and the per cent
of gold lost in washing was SO much
greater. the whole canyon is teemIng
this year with unusual activity. The
great mountains seemed pierced in
places which from the train seem mac
cessiDle to anything but mountain
goat. Many are so high that they look
like rat holes, and as you note the little
cabin near by, you wonder how in the
world it can be reached except by bal
loon.
The train reaches 'The Forks"
While another train is being made up
to run OFF to Black Hawk, there is a
rush for pie. An enterprising fellow
located here has made almost ma
tional reputation on apple pie. Every
well informed tourist is anxious TO taste
one of these pies, which are so highly
recommended by preceding travellers.
Forty cents is invested willingly in the
experiment, and in nine out OF ten cases