Show I DEVELOPING UTAH'S AH'S POTASH FIELD Friday the state land board gave a lease on a 5 per cent royalty of I I 2480 tEO 0 acres in Grand county to a group of o California and eastern capitalists capitalist's and as a result it is ox- ox ex expected an expenditure ot or large sums of ot money will be made an- an anI annually annually an annually in exploring and developing I the extensive potash fields of ot east east- eastern ern era Utah When the Crescent Crescent well was being bored near Thompsons Thompson's samples of ot the material brought up between between th the tha foot 2000 level and the tho bottom ot or the well at- at at feet l were ero tested and proved to be potash The syndicate proposed to o open I IThE up this thia potash body and hopes to toI tobe tobe tobe I be able to produce enough carnal carnal- Site carnal lite HIo to supply the American mar mar- market mar mar-keL ket keL Germany has been shipping hun bun hundreds of ot thousands of ot tons of the fertilizer to America and the Ger- Ger GerHan Man Gep-Man Han potash fields have hae enrIched Germany by of millions lons or of dollars During the war Amer- Amer Amer America tea ica discovered how bow Important pot pot- potash potash ash was and the dropping out of th German product forced thIs country to resort to many substitutes and made attempts to pro pro- produce produce produce duce the tha chemical and fertilizer I 1 from the brines of ot Great Salt lake tho feldspar of Marysvale in utah Utah end and other sources sources- of ot supply Pot Pot- Potash Potash ash lumped to over a ton although when hen Imported the prIce was 32 32 It If Grand county's potash field Is to be beas as extensive a as the preliminary Investigations 1 m indicate leate that part of ot Utah will 1 be- be cocie be-cocie conic a scene of o great activity i With oil and potash Grand now ono one of the th smallest counties In population in iIO tho state will rap rap- I l Idly rap Jy Increase ase In population and ond doI do I much to stimulate Industry I I the stat state In J I i |