Show new potash bed found in south utah Is worlds best another resource of grand coun ty on one e which elves gives promise of 0 yielding good returns has recently been dis discovered in connection with alth the drilling ot of the crescent eagle wel five miles west ot at thompson in analyzing the bal ballings lints from the well it had been found that the crude salts contain unusual values in potash values which are said to be lie three times greater than those contained contain od in the crude alts salts obtain ed in germany and france and jar lar exceeding the values cf se e california and texas products A bed of saline formation nearly 1000 feet thick was cut by the drill in the crescent well this was thought by the drillers to be rock salt but geologists and engineers visiting the well suspected the existence of some other substance in the material balled out analysis were made showing an astonishing percentage of potash samples ranging all the way from 17 to 38 per cent potash parties who have investigated vesti gated the extent and richness of mot the crescent deposits point out that when it is considered that thel the crude salts mined in germany and alsace lorraine which supply the largest part ot of the potash trade in the united states average something less than 8 per cent in potash the eagle discovery has ammense 1 possibilities thurber interested 11 II IC thurber well known mining engineer of denver and grand junction has become interested in the crescent discovery and has made an investigation of tha potash situation of the cocu country with a view to the development of the grand county product As a result of these fn mr thurber Is convinced that the crescent district can ean supply most of this needs in n potash and that art industry trill will be developed in irl grand county which will rival in importance the oil industry irav getting under way mr thurber has interested california people in the crescent property and they have hate submitted a proposition to the crescent eagle oil company whereby they agree 16 drill two additional dit ional veils to provo prove the extent of the potash horizon they also agree to I 1 pay a liberal royalty to the owners of the ground the united states imports annually from germany prance IN ance and bel glum from to 0 0 0 worth of according to figures compiled by air thurber the price of potash he states is control controlled leil by bir american importers wire have acquired control of the german potash syndicate the foreign product sells on the eastern ee seaboard a board at t about 33 for of potash and 42 tor for sulphate of potash tho the total importations are between and loner long tons according ty tz mr thurber the principal obstacle in the way of domestic production pc or potash Is lathe the present freight rate of 15 per ton to the eastern seaboard IIma however he thinks that this could be lowered when a production Is assured it Is also believed that potash can be bo produced cheaply at crescent Crescen 4 due to the ai apparent parent Im mentse quantity and high values samples test high the samples taken from materials balled fron the crescent well ivell showed the following percentage potash 1755 23 00 2239 16 and 2372 per cent another gample ample taken from the bailer bailor and a submitted to a denver chemist t horo italy familiar with german potash showed approximately 38 per cent extensive experiments hare have been carried on in denver as to 0 o the feasibility of 0 producing commercial potash from tho the salts as procured from the well on an the ground gr round and it Is to said to bo practically proved that a successful operation can easily bo worked out 0 the log of iho the crescent well shows 9 18 feet of 0 flo formation con contain tain ing potash recently an effort was made to ball outtie open hole tole below the casing casl ner and lb it was found that thesalis the salts bai brad risen 1200 feet A sample of the material which had flowed into the veil well was and it was found to run 23 7 per cent potash copies of the analyses taken of cf the Crea crescent cent halll nes 3 recently submitted to the american trona trana corporation which carries on exten civo vivo gyrations operations at lake cal with an investment of about av A a result it Is keenly interested and ic 19 sending an engineer on oil to make an examination of the coada acne akiho crescent engle 1 well |