Show POTASH SUPPLY FOUND IN TEXAS Fertilizer Material Dis Dis- Discovered Dis- Dis Discovered Discovered covered When Drillers Seeking Oil WASHINGTON Feb 26 26 America may be released from Its dependency upon Europe for Its annual potash supply If It the pot pot- potash I ash a fields located In Texas and New Mexico prove as valuable as I believe them to be The discovery of o the tho minerals was made by the geological survey working under the of the departments of Interior and corn com commerce com commerce merce Congress had recently ap- ap appropriated ap appropriated for tor these de- de de departments to carryon carry on potash ex- ex explorations ex explorations The existence of these be beds ls from to 1800 feet below the tho surface was discovered by drill drill- drillIng drillIng ing drilling of an oil prospecting company assisted by geological survey oW- oW officials cI daIs a Is The beds are thick enough for fora fora fora a mining average of about 5 per percent perCent percent cent strength The Tho average avera e run run- the run the mine materials at the Germany beds have havo a potash content of ot only 8 to 10 per pen percent percent cent Ten beds In all iLli have been found Th They y range between 11 Inches and five feet in thickness SOUGHT SiNCE IBIS It must not be Imagined that this Is simply a lucky strike made at random says roys Dr G R Mans Mans- Manofield Mansfield Mana field of the geological survey We fe have havo believed for years that If IC paying potash deposits were ever everto everto everto to be found In this country thy the most likely place to seek eek them be the Panhandle region of of New Mexico and we have bave no- no ac actually been hunting fOr tor them since 1 9 15 Of course we ve cannot tell froma from II a single core Cone drilling how exten exten- extensive sive sivo the tho new beds are but wo we do know definitely now that working quantities of rich potash minerals minerai exist at this place and our pre pre- pre previous Ious effort Indicates that potash deposits of o some somo sort exist In many places FIELDS WELL LOCATED The new nosy potash h field fleM Is well served by railroads Two lines run through It and three others have branches Into It at various points Galveston G-alveston Is the nearest salt water port Geological survey officials be- be behave be believe lieve have that for tor certain types ot of soiL soli the minerals as lIS they came from the tho shift would need only grind grind- grind In log Ing to make them satisfactory fer ter fertilizers More lore or less rock salt occurs In between the layers of potash min min- minerals minerals can easily be J picked out by the tho cheapest of labor or by machinery The rhe rhe potash Imports from Eu- Eu Europe Europe Eu Europe rope now v amount to about 17 11 17 annually IA A small amount Is produced at I Searles Lake In California the thc bed of a a dried up dried sea but this barely meets 10 per percent percent percent cent of the requirements 1 |