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Show f MS J TO PRODUCE HEAVILY rjicts Salt Lake Will Be lading Fertilizer Cen-'ter Cen-'ter of America. - t upon the part of its pro- :' "v-:ness men, should become 'v' v SrtO!'t time the leading fcr-"f fcr-"f nlfj of America." said George president of tho Alumi- 'ly com Pis y of America, yester-' yester-' t-e Hotel Utah, before leaving: r-h, in Nebraska. Mr. Winkel-'r'recently Winkel-'r'recently purchased a home in 'y and, with his family, will muKc 'je.ice here. -. Y are immense deposits of potash .c-'-e" he said.. "To the north . V'S's a Ple:nilul suPP" of Phos- vch on'-v awaits development. . i--ch also enter into the com-fertiliser, com-fertiliser, can be shipped at tro'U Chile to this point to be - Vv:., tfe other ingredients neces-: neces-: ',cVa sh-erade product. Within a 'V i'i'ffproter interest -is taken in ' .-er I tcel confident that plans ' : "v er'ected which will insure the a 'arge fertilizer plant." '''"iv-kelroan has been interested in . ::r -;-acture of potash from the lake ! i 'l'n Nebraska. From recent in-.'tv in-.'tv ae'is ied to think thai the cost '--v-'idi"? potash from these deposits ' so hTgh as to render the industry ."-V section of the country unprorita-i unprorita-i "V-dcr the maximum pric proposed .-,restic potash for thcFirst two -i"urder the new licensing bill, which ' "j considered by the house ways " .?i2S committee, Mr. YVinkelmau '; tii at Nebraska operators will be jnake a proni, but at the price of unit, as proposed for the third "i;e proit will be "so small as to . -r operation undesirable. - -c Aluminum Potash Company of --,: owns a large deposit of alunite "uarvsvale, Piute county. This rock '.e hard, and, when polished, makes : crr-imental stone of considerable 1 Twenty years ago this deposit . rcr-ied as a copper proposition, ac- to ilr. Winkeiman. Recently Mr. ' -izim and his associates have dis-- dis-- that the percentage of aluminum i i::ed in the deposit is far larger than 1 ,:rn thought and may justify a con-; con-; vjcii of effort on tUuminum produc- j'fj'Sa may in time overshadow the ..:':ctare of potash. This knowledge .o:vmced officials of the company .. in aluminum Utah 'has a mineral which inuet be reckoned among j;t important in' the intermountam .:. Moreover, the .company believes . sr.h the manufacture of aluminum ;::ish from the same ore competi-:':om competi-:':om foreign or domestic companies . : met without a loss. '-a deposit owned by the company is : .r. according to Mr. "Winkeiman; the al is not found in a vein or ledge. .4 ieen thrust in a great mass by -". force above the surface of the -:.:.jing country.- Practically no over-.:ri over-.:ri rests upon this deposit, which, '.m. compute, shows on the surface .v') tons. A face 1900 feet wide has been opened up, it is said, and -vosii extends 3000 feet north and '.and has an average height of o00 surface indications lead officials of l :oT.pany to believe that the deposit -.'.da at least 150 feet below the ground e company plans to mine the deposit 1 - fua.n shovels in the same manner L -r.t Utah Copper company does its ,'.r deposit at Bingham. An aerial ---iy will convey the alunite a dis-ot dis-ot one and three-quarters miles to Contract for the building" of MraniB-ay has already been let, and on the 350-ton capacity mill will '- wit.nn the near future, it is said, company leased the Florence mill February and March, and fifty I of the product, sulphate of potash. , ' sold to consumers at Rawlins, , Agriculturists report that the sul-ot sul-ot potash is far more satisfactory -; chloride of potash procured from :we deposits of Nebraska, --i.ig the first six months pt opera-. opera-. of the company's new null potash , ' -fs 1,16 main product. The alumina ( PM?d up for treatment until the , " -n y has come to a decision -in regard ; process of treatment will be the Provable manner of disposing of .;mina. At present, it is said that , -Muminum Company of America is or arranging for the purchase of c!ll'r.e alumina product of the mill Which metallic aluminum is made, '.yf.p t0 c:onnect the new town of .-man, which the company plans to uh the railroad, has been built. --?w end of lhe townsite the new v. f! built. The south end will be , ;J for residences and .business - ia planned. |