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Show QUEER FIND III EMERYCOUNT Alkali Forced to Snrface of Ground, Ruining Land Formerly Fertile. FORMS IN A THICK CRUST I P0N THE GROUND Strangest Condition Ever Found by an Expert U. 8. (ieo-loieal (ieo-loieal Survey. J A TftfT nf th T'nltod States geological geo-logical survey has Just finished some preliminary pre-liminary work In tho enstern part of the Ptate, from tho reservation line south through Carbon, Emery and Sevier counties coun-ties Investigating Utah's Resources. At the f'ullc-n hotel Thursday night Mr Taff stated that a number of geologists lonnected with the survev wero still In various parts of the State, one In the Sanpete country. working on iron prospects, another In Iron county In-ve-stlvatlng Iron and copper deposit while others are In the eastern part of Utah looking up the coal possibilities The party has been at work all summer, and will continue as long as the weather will pc-rmlt. Alkali Near Huntington. "Down around Huntington there exists the strangest alkali conditions I ever saw," sanl Mr Taff last evening "It has only appeared since they began Irrl-K'UlnK Irrl-K'UlnK In thnt section A sub-strata of blue clay below the surface seems Impervious Im-pervious to water, and it Is from this that the water forces the alkali to the surface, where It forms In a thick crust ruining land that was formerly fertile The Government has taken forty acros to experiment upon, with the view of arriving ar-riving at some solution of the trouble. In some f tbe sand rocks mav be found pure epsom saJts ' Complete Survey Next Year. Mr Taff stated that next year the survey sur-vey would probably send a' largo outfit to I'tah and go over the Stat thoroughly thorough-ly for the purpose of making a topographical topo-graphical map as to minerals and water I'tah Is behind other Weatern States In this regard, because the Government has not before been requested to perform this service |