Show potash from lemucl te rock on the of last month the national potash corporation of 0 salt lake city filed its articles of incorporation at carson city nevada with a capitalization of 10 oooo judging from the size of its capitalization one would be led to believe that the company had been formed for the carrying on of some enterprise of minor importance but the facts are that this preliminary financing is but the stepping stone towards the establishment of one of the largest industrial pursuits ever inaugurated in this western country and a glance at the personnel of those interested will at once convince the reader of the strength of the organization and the magnitude of proposed operations company already has big holdings preliminary to organization the promoters of the national potash corporation acquired large and extensive holdings included in the list being immense lime rock deposits near pocatello idaho and near huntington oregon comprising some acres also four sections section s of salt deposits left by the recession of old lake bonneville these holdings being located near salduro Sal duro tooele thoele county utah in addition application has been made to the government for a working lease on four sections of or lava rock land in sweetwater county wyoming where e millions upon millions of rock exists averaging from 10 to 12 per cent in potash salt content at the present time the wyoming deposits will constitute the companas comp anys chief source of material but in its other holdings it has a reserve supply that can be made available for manufacturing and commercial purposes at any time desired will utilize big plant rather than postpone active production until such a time as the company could build and equip a suitable camp of its own the management has obtained a lease on the extensive cement manufacturing plan of the portland cement company at devils slide utah which was constructed at a cost of something like a million and a half and which with some alterations and the addition of necessary new equipment can be easily and economically used in the manufacture of potash as the processes used in the production of cement and potash are similar simi lar to a certain extent the practice employed in the manufacture of potash embodying the edwards and spencer processes both of which patents have been purchased by the company the company expects to begin production in the near future employing but one kiln to begin with from which it is estimated from twenty five to thirty tons of potash salts will be turned out daily by january next among those interested aman moore one of the leading chemists in the country and who has been extensively ten fy engaged in the manufacture of cement for many years is the president and general manager for the company anion among 9 those interested with him in this promising enterprise being prominent business men of f salt lake ogden and idaho the salt baloe lake and ogden list including 0 C beebe charles E ri murphy J C weeter moroni heiner W J burton F P ic richmond and E W matson all of salt lake M G scoville sons company mrs patrick healy robert A moyes and john pin pingree gree all of ogden the idaho list includes R M davidson A J wiley herbert P lemp gus carlson C R shaw william T wallace F P C horn L C merrill J A tP ennell G clyde baldwin robert N bell guy flener E B sherman J G doerr C C fisher H G wells well L p mccalla carlos gossi cossi edward G heddin mckeen F morrow A combs allen alien B eaton donald whitehead guy L mcgee and robert van gilse all of boise edward H dewey and george H everett of nampa T C eggleston W R sebree and bog george W froman all of caldwell C B channell channel E J ostrander and charles H mull of twin twi 11 falls barry dibble of burley W M baugh of shoshone A V scott of 0 falls J IF F mckeefe D R pingree W P kasiska and P ic of pocatello P C platt of parma and F T or of baker oregon official roster following are the names and directors of the new company president and general manager aman moore first vice president C B channel second vice president charles E murphy third vice president R M davison treasurer 0 C beebe secretary E B sherman moroni heiner W F burton L C merrill C R shaw A J wiley herbert F lemp E J ostrander and J A vennell this enterprise is extensive in its scope and it is estimated that when it is manufacturing fac turing up to ultimate proposed capacity it will be able to supply a large proportion of the demand for potash in the united states |