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Show DISCOVER POTASH NEAR GREEN RIVER W. H. Kelso an.I TI. C. Spencer of Grand Junetltm, who recently spent some time near Omen Fttvor prospecting, made a very valualte ffiai in tho disroverv of an extenslvfi deposit of potash, which they local (td in their scan, h for precious metn Is Ui thftt region, according; to t ho. Grand Junction News. They sent' a specimen speci-men to Pit isburtf, and It was pronounced vory hlhKi"Hle potash of considerable commercial value. It has hern known in Green River for sotnn lime that there is potash hevond tho Sun .Ha fuel reef, west of that city. One of the remnrknhlp (bines about the deposit, according to Mr. Kelso. Is Ita enonuouR extent. WUh an average width of three miles, it extends for a distance of twenty miles, and varies In depth from a few Inches at tlin odifo to slxteon foot or more rtnnr the neuter. The formation ainl lay of Iho nurround-I nurround-I pit land Indicate that this Immense bed was nt one time an Inland lake. It lies sixt'MMi miU-9 from n railroad, and. owlnfj to the fift that the !nter enlTip country Is quite level, the matter of transportation transporta-tion presents no difficulties. The vounff men who made the find arc somewhat retlo-nt as to nh'lnt; out its exact location, owln to the fact th;-.t the d"po."it in so extensive that they are im-nhln im-nhln to control the entire a ivn until they liiP'f soured more to nsslst In locations. It Is probable that a local companv- mnj-ho mnj-ho nfKn nlzci.i to finance a ml develop the proposition. |