Show potash ash bill moves ahead the house committee on mines and mining ordered a favorable report on the hudspeth bill authorizing thor izing an appropriation of 0 one mil DIU lion cullars to be expended by the geological survey in determining the location and extent ot of potash deposits in the united states an amendment was made to the bill providing that where the survey drills on privately owned lands and discloses the presence of potash the owner of the land shall re arse the government for the cost coat drill ling it no potash Is found the government stands the expense I 1 as it does with reference to drilling on pub lie lic lands this bill Is particularly ap to lands in the vicinity of cisco in grand county utah and to lands n P severe I other states A nother another amend amendment rient requite the survey upon completion of drilling lit in tiny any given lo io calaty to issue a report su snowing wing the extent of the deposits found and the cost of drilling |