Show UTAH OIL AND POTASH prospecting HELPED BY NEW department RULING concurrent search for potash and oil on utah structures Is is m made ade possible by a new decision of the secretary of the interior which according to local oil and mining men makes a new industry immediately possible under federal mineral laws prospecting permits are granted for oil and gas t covering 2640 acres with the guarantee by the government of a lease in case oil is discovered prospecting permits for potash are granted with a guarantee of a lease as well as an all absolute patent to one quarter of the area numerous prospecting permits some held by capitalists c capable of develop developing ng the the land have been denied where the ground had been covered by oil prospecting ting the ahe permits most of these are near thompsons Thomp sons utah reason for denying the permits in the past was that ill i case of discovery the government could not grant title to a qua area ter of the land and fulfill obligations to lease the entire in case oil is discovered has been held UP P for this reason potash development that ati though geologists say and some test wells have proved the there is a wide deep belt of recoverable potash under tinder utah oil domes and em e forty three applicants for permits combined aloyed george D parkinson salt lake attorney to aeple the sent them in an appeal to the secretary of the interior inferno r esula is a new ruling that potash applicants may potash their rights to patent and concurrently prospect for p case with the guarantee of a lease for potash develop development me nt wl ill n vill re of discovery mr parkinson predicts that the ruling suit in the t sult suit in immediate activity applicants who joined in over ove reside in mail many y states and have permits covering acres |