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Show Merest in Potash Prospected Urea is Up, Says BLM rst is increasing in . a prospecting in Grand According to Area J; ;1J3r, Doug Wood, num-; num-; Prospecting applica- ; nave been filed with bureau of Land Mai. including approxi-1 approxi-1 ; ;y 60,ooo acres so far ' : year. 'j ; ,y stated that an ap-,Ei ap-,Ei applicatiorl is valid I .' two years. This gives f ; leas an opportunity to , exploration work, ' drilling test hol es to determine the quality of the ore and its depth below be-low the earth's surface. Before a prospecting permit per-mit is issued, a coordinated field inspection must be made of the area by BLM and USGS officials to assure as-sure that exploration work will be compatible with other oth-er uses of the land. Wood explained that the primary concern is keeping surface damage to a minimum, especially es-pecially in areas where watershed wa-tershed and recreation are important. ' . ,...- . - 1 CfKdri11 rig owned by Willard Pease of Grand Junc- l tWn he drilling on a potash lease. Because o j C y'ng at Sreat dePths in this area, regular Oil well 6 eiuipmcnt is used, |