Show DISCOVER RICH POTASH DEPOSIT albert curtis and joe kutcher of las vegas nevada on a recent tr trip ip to cain springs near the junction of nye lincoln 4 and dark clark counties nevada located an immensely valuable deposit of potash they were accompanied on the trip by M E fisher and joe wagner who are co owners in the claims the property was optioned option ed to F E garside of tonopah To for days at a consideration of mr garside it I 1 is said expects to dispose of the property to the eastman kodak people and has gone east for that purpose the discovery lies in nye county about eighty miles from las vegas and thirty four miles from indian springs the deposit varies in width from eight feet to feet and development has been carried forward to such an extent that the deposit is proven to be almost inexhaustible the deposit carries 7 per cent soluble potash which has a value under present prices of 2250 a ton it carries about the same percentage in alum which has almost an identical value while 10 per cent ot of aluminum is contained which brings the total value up close to per ton making allowance for a cut of 50 per cent which would not be reasonable the value would remain 50 but the owners say they could afford to cut a second time making tho t value 25 even at that low price the potash extracted would prove more valuable any gold mine considering the vastness or of the deposit the potash appears in an alunite foro and it is stated that feeders of ore vary varying 19 in width from two inches to twenty feet are leading into the main vein from various directions |