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Show ' ' M IS POTASH AT N1PTON fll IS LATEST REPORT J Quite an excitement was created in H I Searchlight Wednesday afternoon 9 when Joha Howo, returning from a ill trip to Los Vegas, reported the find- r 'M 9 ing of potash in tho drv lake near )H to Nlpton, Ca.r says the Goldfleld Trl- ' 9L II hunt? mh 1 Inquiry brought out the informa- llls. tlon that the residents of Nipton had Kl gone cut Into the lake and located J' 12S0 acres about five miles from the &?? town How much there Is of the 'flln1 stuff and its valuo cannot bo learned. ' fms Samples have been sent to be tested 'fcf.-tJ but as yet returns have not been re- f, cuhed, , . iijjj The search for potash of late has ti been receiving considerable attention. , :"fi both from the government and from I ,fu individuals. Owing to tho stringency ':ttd placed upon tho importation from 'tfcn? Germany of potash it has been found , f ,;) necessary that an adequate supply '.; , Doi be found in the United States. Xr'-f"1?? The United States geological sur- ; Mtj vcy has instituted a search for tho t '"ft," mineral in Nevada, and the work of fiffi-c individuals has in several cases met j f 'jj? with more or less success. Only a 1 -, STJ couple of weckB ago it was reported ' 7 that a lake of the stuff had been ! v ?? found In another part of San Bernar- 1 ' 2.,? dinn county. Cal. q : TgW The finding of potash will open up ,i ?M an entirely new field to prospectors in this section, as there are many dry ( "! lakes in the desert countrv and most I SjHr of those havo been considered worth- ' JtH1 less. If the reports on tho tests now M tJ . "" being made of this newest find are 4 ilu encouraging the result will be of lit' jo, great good to the section. H Wu Potash deposits are located as '? 1 placer grounds. -, fyZ |