Show potash developments near plear 1 mar marysvale Marys vale mean B g thing I 1 k production Pro ducton for the first time in the united states st tea of commercial mineral pot polish ish lor fa which in the past amen ameri cans hav spent millions of t dollars abroad an annually bally was announced re te cent bently gerior by secretary ecret ary lane of the in tenor daa department ament A report had just reached th the department from a spec lal ial agent of f the geological survey telling how by a simple process pot ash had bee been produced from alunite found in a great vein in piute diute coun ty utah As alunite is known to exist in large quantities in utah colorado nevada california and arizona mr lane believes thet that the discovery as the country of an adequate supply of potash for agricultural pur loses oses and for use in the manufacture of explosives statistics show that imports of potassium salts from ger many amounted to 15 in 1913 the last year for which f agures are available the utah alunite experimented with aith is in a vein ten feet wide ide which has been traced for about 3 feet it its depth has not been ascertained reports show that more than 2000 tons of the mineral have been milled producing two tons of 99 per cent pure potash at the present time there are gallons of alunite contain ng arge amounts of potash salts in the course of evaporation the plant of the mineral products company near marysvale Marys vale is just starting to produce potash salts this deposit waa was discovered several years ago by A E custer a local assayer and chemist it was through hie his ef forts that the present company was organized thousands of dollars have been spent at marksville marysvale Marys vale ville this summer a tine fine wagon road has been put in a long tram installed a mill to handle tons of alunite a day m was as erected and the mine opened up so that more than this amount can be furnished definitely the first potash plant in the unit eu ed states started operations at marysvale Marys vale utah tuesday according to charles H macdowell of chicago vice president of the mineral prod nets corporation mr Mae macdowell dowell is also head bead of the armour fertilizer works relative to the starting up of the plant at marysvale Marys vale mr mac mae dowell eaid said the tramway was used for the first time tuesday which also will mark the open ng of the enterprise as a whole we are all ready for do ing business at marksville marysvale Marys vale ville now and the first carload will be shipped some time this week it is consigned to a firm in florida |