In the San Juan Mining Region of Explanation HAT the sight-seeing public may reasonably and easily view the Rocky Mountain country in all its distinctive features, the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad has instituted what is known as the "Around the Circle" trip. This trip starts at Denver, traverses Colorado westward (crossing the Continental Divide of the Rockies), almost at the western line of the state turns southward toward New Mexico, at the New Mexican line turns east, and after skirting New Mexico and dipping into that state turns northward, for Denver again. Thus it is fitly styled "Around the Circle." The tour embraces a thousand miles of travel, and can comfortably be performed in four days" time. The service given by the Denver & Rio Grande is modern ; the meals are excellent, and open-top observation cars are employed during the summer months, when practi- cable. "Around the Circle" includes the Denver & Rio Grande"s most famous scenic features: Pikes Peak, Manitou and the Garden of the Gods, the Royal Gorge, the Grand Canon of the Arkansas, Marshall Pass, the Black Canon of the Gunnison; Ouray and the stage line and the Canon of the Rio de las Animas; Tellu- ride, Ophir Loop, Lizard Head Pass and the ClifT- Dwelling ruins of the Mesa Verde; the Cumbres Divide, Toltec Gorge, the San Luis Park, La Veta Pass, etc. It is a tour presenting Nature in a magnifi- cence well-nigh prodigal, displaying feats of engineer-