Show I Cripple Creek Children I L Plan to Build a School CRIPPLE CREEK Colo The famous mining camps of Cripple CrIpple- Creek and Victor need a new schooL The kids have decided they will build one When the towns had a of there were several schools Then the gold veins petered out and the population away Now there are 1200 people in th the two towns and the two remaining schools accommodate students i The Cripple Creek school was built in 1896 and the Victor school in 1898 As one townsman ex explained explained explained ex- ex Both are about to collapse collapse collapse col col- col- col lapse from sheer age and fatigue But the kids have come up with an idea since school district tax revenues barely cover the cost of operation and maintenance The The- pupils have mailed post postcards postcards cards offering to trade samples of gold ore for dollar bills I ISo So far more than has been sent in toward the goal of Requests for the gold samples I have come from every state Many are from other school children The Cripple Creek and Victor kids send I out the ore samples and a printed I sketch about the fabulous mining i camp to anyone who mails in a dollar The few miners still in the towns spend their spare time mining gold ore that is unprofitable for milling I IOther Other townspeople and the kids bust up the ore into small specimens specimens specimens mens and prepare the souvenirs for mailing |