Show WILL DEVELOP I POTASH DEPOSIT I SALT LAKE Jan An 16 16 An cx- cx ex expenditure of several hundred thou thou- thousand thousand thousand sand dollars annually In exploration ton tion and development of vast pot pot- potash potash potash ash deposits In eastern Utah by n a combination of California and east east- eastern eastern ern era capital was forecast when the state land board granted a n min min- minerai mm mineral eral tease lease to William Armstrong ot of Los Angeles granting himself and associates the right to extract min mm- mineral mineral eral salts from 2480 acres of state lands In Grand county for tor which the state will receive II a royalty of 5 per Jer cent Discovery of or the Grand count county potash fields was vas Incidental to the oil drilling operations carried on onby onby b by the Eagle Crescent-Eagle Oil company near Thompsons Utah These salts In varying strength were found at Intervals from the 2000 foot 2000 toot foot level to the foot foot level of this well |