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Show TGI Is Looking for More Potash for Moab Mi Rudy Higgins, Texasgulf's General Manager of the Cane Creek Operations, was the guest speaker when the Moab Chamber of Commerce held their weekly luncheon meeting last Tuesday. Higgins presented a quick overview of the development of Texasgulf and their potash operations in this area. The company started the first shaft in the Cane Creek location in lVbO. Ore was reached in 1965 and they went into production of a high grade ore. Because of poor mining conditions and dropping prices, the mine was not operating well for the first few years. In 1968 they began to look into solution mining and at that time solar evaporation was discussed. All research was carried out by local analytical chemists who worked in the Texasgulf lab here. In the mid-1970s the company made the decision to transform the operation to solar evaporation and immediately immedi-ately began to change the mines to accomodate the new system. Higgins said. "The mine has been a good operation all the way around. Regarding the life of the mine, we hope we will be here from now on." However, he continued contin-ued by saying. "If we limit ourselves to the old mine, it will be a very limited life. We are attempting to develop new wells in virgin country and increase production by spraying spray-ing and neptune blue dying in the settling ponds." He stressed that this area is one of the richest potash fields in the world. Dixie Barker reported that the Softball tournament hosted last weekend by the Chamber received 34 teams, made up of 560 participants who played in 67 games. The estimated n in-take was S2.015 with expenses running around SI. 900. |