. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . d in seaichof a more secure foothold for the nar-row track, and in many places thesteep, rocky face of the mountain hasbeen removed to afford passage for the A COLORADO CANON 357 train. In at least one place the moun-tain side threateningly overhangs thetrack, and everywhere it is so pre-cipitous that constant watchfulnessis necessary on the part of thetrack inspectors, to prevent accidentsthrough the fall of some of the boul-ders that strew the steep slopes insuch profusion with apparent inse-curity. As the mountai
. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . d in seaichof a more secure foothold for the nar-row track, and in many places thesteep, rocky face of the mountain hasbeen removed to afford passage for the A COLORADO CANON 357 train. In at least one place the moun-tain side threateningly overhangs thetrack, and everywhere it is so pre-cipitous that constant watchfulnessis necessary on the part of thetrack inspectors, to prevent accidentsthrough the fall of some of the boul-ders that strew the steep slopes insuch profusion with apparent inse-curity. As the mountains are bare offorests there is nothing to stay the above a pair of Rocky Mountain bluejays were hopping unconcerned. Just above Elk creek a man wasbusily washing sand taken from thebed of Clear creek, in search of golddust. Time was when this occupa-tion was profitable, but it is so nolonger. The worker probably earnedscarcely living wages. The woodenbasins and flumes, wherein placermining was formerly conducted onan extensive scale, are located in - ??- -•• f . ; a. -i-JWisKi Entrance to Diamond Tunnel Mine, Silver Plume, Colorado. course of a boulder that may bestarted downward. I believe thereis a law in Colorado prohibiting thepushing or throwing of a stone orrock down any mountain side, onaccount of the danger to is the vigilance of the railroadauthorities, however, that the firstaccident has still to be recorded. At Elk creek, our car stopped op-posite a rude hut hanging on therocky mountain wall above us. Be-side the door a cat was leisurelywashing its face, while over the rocks and beside the creek bed near Ros-coe. Here the entire creek was onceturned into artificial channels bygold seekers. Near this place the canon broadensfor a few miles, giving opportunityfor limited agricultural clematis trailed its featheryclusters over the rocks. At Forks creek, twenty-nine milesfrom Denver, and 6,SSo feet abovethe sea, connection is made with abran
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