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Show Will Mine Potash For Farmer's Use COMPANY ORGANIZED TO BUILD PLANT ON UTAH LAKE AND GRIND SIXTY TONS PER DAY FOR FER-TILIZING FER-TILIZING PURPOSES. During tho past week a company was organized in Salt l.ako to grind up tho (Vdar-t rom potash deposits, south of Poli-ci'ii Poli-ci'ii Point, into a fertilizing material for use on tho farms of Utah nnd other states. Tin- company is capitalized for 1,000,-'W) 1,000,-'W) shares, ono half of which tire left in the treasury for development deve-lopment purposes. The oflicers of the company are L 0. Ilar-dv, Ilar-dv, president and treasurer t Cedarstrom, vice i)resident; T. II. Voting, secretary; who wiih Thor Cedarstrom and Alma Fjltl-ridire Fjltl-ridire constitute tho lmnnl of directors. Tho company owns six clnlms. loi it-cd it-cd between Moslda and Soldier's l'i-s. Tho ledge Is lying nlmost flat l'li very little overburden and is said 10 be from CO to 100 foot thick, anJ intends in-tends for n distance of about one mile north and south, adjoining the Kendall-Fox Porcclcan clay beds. It ! about ono and n hnlf mile from I'tali l.ako nntl could easily bo transported to the shore or tho lake by n gral'v tram way. Potash is used In tho manufacture of powder, but It Is much more extensively ex-tensively used na a fertilizing material" ma-terial" restoro old worn out soils. Horotororo Gcrmnny has supplied thrce-rourthfi of tho worlds product. Tho war has mndo this supply un-nvnllnblo un-nvnllnblo so thcro Is nn Instant do mand In America for tho product The deposit In tho lako hills, besides eon- tninlng potuah also contains lime nnd nitrate, two other elements beneficial benefi-cial in restoring soils. Long time e.-poilmcnts e.-poilmcnts hnvo been conducted recently re-cently conducted by Hr. Tnlmngo and tho results hnvo seemed to Justify tho formation of a company and tho erection or n mill. Tho ground material mater-ial ready ror uso Is said to 'have a value varying rrom $20 to ?IC0 per ton. A mill of GO tons dally capacity, located lo-cated on the shore or Utah Lako Is the Intention or tho comrnny, nnd ir present pres-ent plans mature, It will bo erected nt once. Transportation troubles will bo solved by tramming tho rock from the quarry to Utah Lako nnd then transporting tran-sporting It to Geneva on the I), fi It. G. In big riat bottom boats. H the plans nint uro It will moan nnother big Industry tributary to Lohl. |