Show COUNTRY NORTH OF ELY i Duck Creek District Is Getting Ready i I iI to Boom Provo March Creek Nev thirteen miles north of Ely is sharIng in the great prosperity that has struck Ely according to J F Brim who has come in after several months absence looking after the development of prop property property erty owned by him in the district McGill the postoffice where the malls mails for the district ate ae distributed bids fair to become a town of some Importance Building is now going on rapidly and would be more extensive but for the lack of material Lumber has advanced in price from 25 to 90 a thousand and is hard to get at that but this will be remedied with the advent of the West Western era ern Pacific which will be completed to within two miles of Mr Brims mines in June or July Mr Brim has held property in the dIstrict for years and has organized two companies composed mostly of Utah company which owns four claims practically all the thc stockholders being Provo people and the Lead Lad King an older company which owns fourteen claims Mr Brim has also other Interests in Duck Creek and with the natural rich richness ness of the country which has been ful fully fully ly demonstrated the building of smelters at Ely and the construction of the Western Vestern Pacific the prospects for a tan tangible tangible gible reward for Mr Brims faith in the district and his persistency are very flattering The claims In which he is interested are lead propositions and the theor or is high grade going from 5 to Sl per cent Shipments amounting to sev eral era thousand dollars have been made and made to pay in spite of the of a long wagon haul and when the railroad reaches the camp there is no question but that big money can be made In shipping If this Is necessary But It is believed all the lead will be needed in the popper copper smelters to be operated at Ely and also that reduction tion works will be erected for treating th low grade lead ore of which there Is unlimited quantities the dumps of Mr Brims properties carrying 3 iPA Y per cent lead The formation is the thc same as at Eureka Nev and the vein is from 25 to 50 feet wide and has been traced for fora a distance of sL six An e expert pert representing an Ohio corn com company puny pany has been examining some of the ground owned by Mr Ir Brim and a letter recEived by Mr Brim since his arrival In Provo from his son at Duck Creek states that the expert has made ar arrangements arrangements for water for mill purposes which leads Mr Brim to believe a sale will be made The country is an ideal of f water and timber and so heavily min mineralized mm that now that development work has been fully entered Into its perma permanence permanence nence as one of the great regions of the state Is assured |