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Show i 1LUN1TE OF UTAH iniUlCMTENTION deposit Near Mrysvale Said to Be Only Commercially Commer-cially Important Ones GERMAN SUPPLY STOPS Small Quantities of Spot Material Changing Hands ' at Sharp Premium W tv t tlx tact that nail q ant t Jrj yousti r hang ng hands at ' premtums, the n Ineml ul nlte k ks1M soure ft jwtash aalta la being tavwdsateil Bi considerable attent on h btoi dlreoU to tha depoalts at Hsrjs1 Wan. saW to be the onlj da josiu ot cotun urolal Uaportau a In t a tilt! States. Tha jwaalhle dlaconUnu uea of tha supply of y Me uaed In the ; aitiactton of gM fron low grade ores ' au all directed attention t alunl e he jotasS ot which Is used to man facture tjnuuda. putslde of Germany there no known waunerelal supply of potash aalta if tin German supplies are ut oft during Jt, Euroreao x ar the agrl u tural world Bust either go without Ttash salts after tlx aieager supply now o hand a ex ha list or bestir Itself to find another adequate source of supp Already -, laqulrUs regard ng pitash hae (eta addreaseJ to tha I nlted States nol-al surra) and the fertiliser journals report that small quantities of VcSt material are changing hands at sfarp premiums. The eltuat on la un ioubtedly more acute than It was a few rears ago. when national Interest was trsf awakened to the fact hat the touted states Is entirely dependent on Germany for this Important Class of fer ittlMr materials. FfTlde Use of Potash Salts t Potash "lta are emplo ed n man) In oiWes other than the fert lser Indus try A large amount la used n glass and and soap making and n he manufa ture ef a number of chemical p oducts. Thee kjctude potassium hydrate, or cauatl potash, and the carbonate and bica bo a of potash, used print pall) In glass ud soap making the potash alums raaklea. Including potassium c -snide potassium ferro-cyarJde. and potassium I fCTcyanlde various potash bleaching ckesncals. dye stuffs, explosives contain rcg potash nitrate, and a ong list of reaeral chemicals. Work of Geological Surrej The needs of the manufacturers and k the farmers of the country are well Kkrxrwn and keenl) appreciated b) the Ft-oJonca inner S n-e the que-1 on of a domestlo supply of potash salts has become of public Interest t e govern cert has endeavored to oca e deposits In this country and has fo wed up e try ww that seemed to promise results at Importance. The sunt s work has extended from New York to a ifonua sad from Michigan to Louisiana, and has -orered all branches of n est (ration ircere results might be expected ex dusve of the study of kelp I s in es i djldocs hare been caned o along "ereral Hnes (1 Deep d--il ng for sa ' nine resiaoes has been done at Fallon Hand, during the past ear n Columbus ' Elicar$h and- Black Rock desert Ne ada "asd wtn be continued n Bla k Rock des ert this year (S) Natura and aruncia Wnes and bitterns ha e been co leered tt all the salt making establ shments In the United States and a great man oth er localities and examined 3 Depos its of alnnlta and other ir neraU con tainicg pota-shrm. have been in estlgat . 1 hi Ltah and other sta es (4 Cer tain occurrences o IgneouB rock known to contain ons derable quantities of po fea salts have been exam ned Much crk has atso been done by private initiative along practicall a the lines mentioned above. Ti e bureau of soils of tfis department of agriculture has In Tesneated the ke ps Tne wc k Is not L It flnLbed and will be pushed w th n creased vlor prcfrided the necessar) ends are supplied. To an those iterested n the subie t the geological sur ey will be p eased to lend free of charge the availab e reports vhlch have been issued on potash sa ts leqafaies should be aftld essed to the Director C Geological Survev wash mston. D C Extent of Importations The Imports of potash sal s sted as ch in the reports of the bu eau of for esTi and domestic commerce inc ude the carbonate cyanide, chloride nitra e and valphate, caustic potash and other pot ash oo npounds. The mpo tation of the alwe salts In round numbers the last three years has a e aged 63o 00 -Kj pounds in quantltv ard Jll 000 000 In WL value. These ngures howeve repre t onl a part of the potash, salts en Peering tne tutted &tate as the do not Ef Include the mports of kaln e and ma fr anre salts which are used in fertilizers, r The quantity of this c ass of ma erials Imported or consunpt on n th Id ted S a es during the ast th e ca s has L arerag!d abou 7K 000 ons a ued at r annually Tl us s apparent that the annua importat ons of potash i salts exceed tlo 000 000 |