Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-05-26 | Page 9 | Saltpeter Found near Soldier, Idaho

oo- SALTPETER FOUND NEAR SOLDIER. IDAHO .Pocatello, Idaho. May 25. Word! comes from SolJler of a discovery of an extensive deposit of saltpeter along with an outcropping of phos phate of calcium within a few miles, in the mountains north of thai town The discovery was made h W. Light-foot Light-foot and John Finch. Sr.. both of Soldier, Sol-dier, in the w inter time but was 1m-possible 1m-possible on account of the deep snows, to ascertain the true nature of the deposit de-posit until this spring. The locators state that Salt Lake capitalists hae! been interested. Development work j Ib progressing rapidly, but the work is! hindered geratly by occasional rain, which at that high altitude at this I time of the year usually turns to J snow