The Philipsburg mail., 1896-07-30
THE BOULDER DISTRICT.
Mining and Other Notes from The
Mail Correspondent.

Since the closing of the school at
Princeton, the trustees of this school
district, Messrs. Mcdonald Leveridge
and Bieber, have performed patriotic
duty in submitting to the qualified
voters thereof (the taxpayers in this
instance), at special election held for
that purpose, the question whether a
tax shall be levied upon the district to
provide funds wherewith to purchase
necessary school supplies and to aug
ment the inadequte revenue derived
from the state for teaching purposes.
The proposition as submitted was ap
proved by an overwhelming majority
of votes.
1t is lameutable, but nevertheless
true, that the country school districts
fare but poorly under the apportion
meut of school moneys from the state
funds owing to their scant and scat
tered population, and can in many
cases barely comply with the constitu-
tional requirements of three months
school, to eutitle them to draw even
the small sum Of money to which they
are entitled. Populous communities
on the other hand are literally pro-
vided with funds, at least for tuition
purposes, and can keep up a ten
months term of school aud furnish the
school room literally with modern ap-
pliances.
1t seems unjust that tie child living
in the country should be cenied facil-
tiles for education which his cotem-
poraries III the towns and cities can
| have. The time lost between the ages
of I and 16 is hardly ever made good
! in later years and the yOlng man or
/ woman raised IN the country enters
| life at a disadvantage Ill consequence.
The writer hereof sought for means to
remedy this defect in the law con-
suited with State superintendent Steere
and others upon the subject, but found
that the per capita apportionment can
not be changed without changing the
constitution OF the state. The only
remedy left to school districts is to
levy special school tax.
The foregoing train of thought was
induced by the premature closing of
our Princeton school after a term Of
title over three months. The children
under the care of Miss Nora Peters,
their teacher, were doing finely. Their
parents We're delighted with the prog
ress they were making and the pupils
loved their teacher and showed Il de-
sire to learn. when 10! after a few
weeks the last golden dollar had been
drawn out of the treasury and the
teacher was paid off to go seek other
employment She has the satisfaction,
however, Of taking with her the es-
TEEN and good wishes of the entire
community.
The Jim Purtle high grade silver
lode, being worked under Il lease by
Messrs. Leverldge, Koontz and Wyatt,
is producing right along.
Our youngest gold mill, the Hun
tington of Messrs. Rhoades, Meacham
and Brent, keeps up it's I" lick sign
that there is money in the undertak
ing.
The Bloomington group Of claims.
west of the Royal Gold, are being pre-
pared for active operations with Il view
to supply a tenstamp mill with gold
bearing quartz.
Messrs. G. M. Holtquist and Chas.
Olsen are prosecuting lucrative lease
under bond on the Silver Crest mine,
formerly known as the Thunderbolt
1t carries high grade copper-silver ore
with some S. gold per ton.
1t would be interesting to know the
output of the Royal Gold mine and
mill, which are in steady operation
employing between fifty and sixty
men, but the company 1t seems is be-
ing managed on the close corporation
plan: its stock is in comparatively
few hands and held in large blocks.
It will surprise many old-timers to
learn that gold nuggets are found in
Boulder gulch, but such is the case.
Messrs. Glen and haywood have a
couple of them in their possession, one
of some 81 and the other of the value
Of $S. 90 These intrepid and eXpor-
fenced placer miners made up their
minds some two years ago that there
was gold in this gulch and went to
work ON the theory that Princeton
creek ages ago had another channel
than the present. To reach this tun-
mel would have to be driven 400 or SOC
feet. They have now driven over 3OO
feet of it, found gold-dust and the
aforementioned nuggets i'll the gravel
100 to $50 feet below the surface. May
success reward their pluck and per-
severance. Roland.
A DJCu cTDIKE