Show atah can supply U S with potash washington oct 17 production for the tile first timo time in the tha united states of commercial in iveral ral potash I 1 for which in the past americans have spent millions of dollars abroad an dually was anDun announced ced tonight by secretary lane of the department part ment A report has just reached the deportment from a special agent of the geological survey cell 6 ing how by a simple process potash hid irid been produced from alunite found in a great vein in piute county utah As alunite is known t to 0 cast in large quantities in utah colorado ale nevah ill I 1 californi Califor nh i and arizona mr line believes that the discovery assures the country of un an adequate supply of potash for purposes and for us use in the manufacture of explosives statistics show that imports of potassium baits from germany amounted to in 1913 1013 the 1 ast year for which figures are avail available ible the tile utah alunite experimented with is in a vein ten feet wide which has been priced tr iced for about feet its depths has not been ascertained repot ts sho that more thin 2000 tons of the mancial have been milled producing two tons of 99 per cent pure pot ebli at the present timo time there ire gillono g allons of alunite con containing toning large amounts of potash silts in the course of eap evaporation oration the inferred iff erred to in the dispatch ii 0 th tint it of the illin mineral etal products comply of america located at which his been producing about ten days the armours of chicago aie interested in the comp compin pin inland and a contract has been en into by the armours for th the purchase of all of the potash h produced the deposits of alunite were discovered by howard F chappell who is the tile inventor of the secret process b by which the potash is obtained from the alunite oie the residue is known as and is filled with aluminum it is the intention of the tomp my to mill about tent tens of potash a day until the sauntry m is firmed up and then to increase inci inc ease tease up to tons a day if the company meets with success the plant will be enlarged about has been spent in opening the ore hociy body building the trama and electing the plant the tile aluni alunite e con contains ains about 23 per cent potash |