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Show Potash Industry to Be Established on Dead Sea : n I ' - , - rVVf' xCT NJSv" x , ' x j $ - A Xx A Jl v x x. ""x V I View of the Dead sea in Palestine which is to be exploited lor the 100.000 tons of potash which can bo taken each year from its saltv waters. The Palestine government is now considering applications for the concession. con-cession. The Dead sea, which is 47 miles long and about 10 miles wide, lies 1.300 feet below the level of the Mediterranean Mediter-ranean and the water is of extraordinary density. |