Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-09 | Page 12 | Potash in Nevada to be Developed

POTASH IN NEVADA TO BE DEVELOPED Potash fields capable of yielding a supply equal to the entire production ol the United .States at tho present timo will he immediately developed at Sulphur, iev., with San Francisco , established as a distributing point, according to l.lcorge E. Ford, president of the Utah Packing company, and vice president of the Merchants"' bank of Salt Lake, who is here In the interests of thj Alunile company of Nevada. . O110 million dollars will be spent in the development of these deposits of potash, stated Ford yesterday at the St. Francis hotel, and a large plant for refining tho raw material will be erected. Kleven veins of potash from four to fifteen foot in width have been uncovered, and the potash assays from 7 to 10. SO per cent of sulphuric acid, with but 1 per cent silicate, a retroactive. retroac-tive. San Francisco Chronicle.