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Show iWEATHER Ml FINDS ilTERJl M1TI Such Salts Found Here, Ac cording to United States Geological Survey What may develop into an Important deposit of niter In tile vicinity of Mantl has teen discovered by J WL Anderson, the co operative observer of the weather bureau at Mantl. Mr Anderson has written writ-ten A. H. ThleBsen of the weather burean for Information as to where tie could have an analyses made of samples of the de posit. He has been referred to the United States bureau of softs by Mr Thiessen. Nitrate Baits occur In small beds near Parowan, In Iron county and ocour near Fillmore, In Millard county Relative to the deposits In Utah, the United States geological survey says that nitrate salts have been found in a white salt taken from rock ledges In Hobble creek. In the first canyon south of Provo canyon. There are also nitrate beds two and one-half miles above the Bob Boy mine In Wild cat canyon, about nine miles east of Beaver A pare potassium nitrate has also been found in Greenwich canyon In Piute county The salts are found In caves and in brecciated cUKs and ledges that border the Greenwich canyon valley five miles south and 79 degrees east of Harysvale peak, near the north boundary of Piute county The located claims are situated In the upper portion of the canyon, which Is a tributary to Otter creek Samples collected from these claims were analyzed by J 0 SfelrchUd in the laboratory of the geological survey and gave the fol lowfnV results SS 5S per cent nitrate 18 per cent sodium 18 IS per cent po tassluro and 48 04 per cent Insoluble. |