Show IM IT I 1 a i i serl u ILI i ua S P mats U AMERICAN CONTINENT HAS BEEN SEARCHED FOR commercial quantities OF POTASH A DEPOSITS WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM SEASON TO SEE TUB THE commencement OF GREAT INDUSTRY WHICH WILL RELIEVE THE COUNTRY FROM FOREIGN MONOPOLY in rin an inte mci this alek ati ek win will A tar tan of the Iloie nce and milling co who his been acie filin philadelphia foi some week i in ili cun con etith his company a reaped ie leporter porter nias as fortunate foit enough to seckie le liable information foi a I 1 ansi and authentic bjoin of the immense alunite deposits 01 boned ned by b the florence compani in the Maib vale mining district and the relation laton re of this important min ing product tu to the development and pio spent of the united states mi ali fitzpatrick is one of the lead ing chemists of the counti y he hc is interacted in ili a gumbei of important tant mining propositions pio positions but says sas the alunite of the local list li it net ill eclipse din ann of his hib othle holdings from the standpoint of im pui poi tance and that them the enill be the means of the immediate development of the mar s ale mining district fe bev people perhaps pei hap know the details of the nation wide ide watch for has fill maib ben conducted b the national go eini Tient through the delai trient of agriculture not noi ot of the of the geological and the ju I 1 u able and orl p kifuri iford i i 1 b li the but HL eu I 1 11 i lw it ii n t jt 1 quest nor is it gendall gen nall known th ill it Congress has 3 edi eat antti 3 ini it opria ted ads cds of thou thousands binds ot of dollars in ill a boik aik oik ill tint it has until un uni t ailing the seal eat ch fol foi potash coi cound ei f d the continent and the result rc sult alth eie neatie atin e then nw f aund it e r N bet e neatly all of the lueky contain it some of them in ili laire laige ani dinou nth feldspar Felds pai is in the coveted material matei ial but it cannot be the thui found it in the deceit them the found it in kelp the giant sed ced of the pa cefic cost they found it in the basins and beds of ancient didd lakes heie the bored many majni hundreds hundred of te teet t down doan if to the siline saline beds and pumped thy the brints ann s to the but suitan fal at encil enoi enormous mow cost they found it thin C too loo but still it nna was that is it could not bu be pi d in quantity and at a 1 pi icy ice that NN would make it I 1 1 profitable pinh tahle coninis acial poti si biliti potash as ts a plant tid food is i feces gaii to tilt thi of the country tharl th r is forit font anil and ill carmels of the eastern E astern and south ein cin states particular I 1 lannot aai kaisu e their civite without Nit it hout it th horld bild is upon GLI mani mana lor for its suppell t and out oui to thu C anan orld monopoly amounts it about JO 00 annu annuals annuala all hiis ils ako ago it a is foibles that tilt supply might be suddenly cut oft off germany Irr many at wai ith a po powerful erful oi 01 if the united states should go tu to wai with an enemy powerful f n ugh to block ide ade our coastin the supply bould cease at once tit hi HA gibat search foi a soui c of Anier american iran potash TV u ebia wo wilson 0 of f thu the of in a public intern ie 1 copied at the time bv bi thu the and trade journal jo of tile the country announced that kelp kell alg w v tobe to w th of american AmeriL kotteh iott eh kelp ii a i flaat groi e in 51 M it to I 1 CO feet of satel A drug drawn by bv a steam launch is ig used to tf kejr ar the veed eed front from ita ocean bed ahn it floats to ill thu tuifao itis ills gatli katlien Kat lied eted arid and piled upon scows taki taken ii to land accie it is 13 cut epand lined dried by artificial heat anti and then burnad katai diat the p stash ts latched I a heil from the ahei a hei which aich bakits the potash up lit in solution and must then lie be abed boget the potash I 1 ah hg process I 1 tro is long ions tedious adrid ant and the ri small ahti vii bon the process is chea cheanea ned it il I 1 annot lie bo simplified kelp rna anar dinv dai supply auppl pl the neede of Calfo inia icib I 1 afar far from djin diang it now RI although though thue r 0 e plants lit in op operation elatIon kilp I 1 i not the auice of american potash ut asli mi ili wilsons Wil sons opinion to the con autran coltrain outran ou tran traiN boiar it alio ull be interest WK ing to tile the people keople ot of utah thit th it a possible louice of Ain encin in pota potash h and the most profitable one lies iles athin the borders of then state in ili the khat guat KH at all unite deposits at Mais dle lie aie many millions of tons of potash which according acco iding to the empei is of the sule and the engineers engine eis and expects of the flodene Flo ierne iene alining and milling Nill inlo company which owns ons tile the g icari part ol of the immense deposit cip posit can call be bi b an ail simple and cheap process alunite is found lit in num mann ot of the united states in ili small isolated deposits t but the deposit at alaris s ale al is in thatis that it oe occurs cu I 1 s in inin immense iene bodle bodies in ili title tine fi ns sure lins thit that to tit the geol geological logical sule pio babIN yo go to gi kibat eat depths rhe composition in tile the ifal mais 0 o lit lie 01 1 nite IN i is f fi 1 11 avs Ns m A ala 1 1 2 0 1 t 7 it 1 bi rutlt aai so 33 i 1 kt 11 ka 0 11 4 01 tl 01 C 13 0 0 As the potash defined aiom alu nite ili te is in the f boim oi ili of catassi uni sulphite the 11 1 I par cent of pt vII in the above aboe is equi equivalent alent to 19 4 pei cent of potassium sulphate ni which aich is tile the common fol boim in of potash used in tile the of if fertilize ib the following follow me it is taken from a I 1 bulletin issued ba b the geological sill luiei ea entitled alunite Al uniti unitt a benl discoli eil ed deposit iwai ill Mir utah VIII IT ot 01 munith Alti alunite nite has not until n li antly all blen ben b en idel i it in the united states and in hitherto hith eito no attempt has bezi be zi made to ba bae e III 01 lift it e this mancial bioni F lom the insults i suits of simple etli tile the maich vale nale alunite in the laboi atoru of the geological saive W T schaller aas made tilt the ab b iia ela eions alon labi abot N shoed that on oil igniting iR nitina th the powdered alunite 11 all of the toalei and ten ot of the acid are vola utilized on leaching the residue ith ahei atei the pota poll ciuni sulphate is di disi ched led leading the insoluble aluminum oxide behind the a ariage biage amount of potassium puta sulphate leicha from the ignited mineral codr ponder 1 ii 17 9 pi ati i ent cent of uie ma material usco az As the coat alunite was found to lontain 19 4 pet pel lt ant nt of potassium sulphate 92 pei lie clot cint ts obtained b simpli ignition and abse quint leaching leai hins it I 1 la orth nothing tut that ing tu to the laboi atoo eap ianell 32 7 lent of the ignite alunite comisi ta of available pota shurn sul which an ail IM be extracted tt by simple ahei atei leaching achinK lc ind and lafoia capou tion tile ieni aming 67 u 1 pur per cent ttA of nf neaily burp in w oida lide alicie appi dis to be io 10 doubt ill ili the mind of the authority just quoted that potash ean can be prod mt I 1 from froin aluni alunite tc and it is no hapl waid iut zu iuta a if afi sav M it etui 1 le P A aeed pro in ili quantity may not be tha ultimate of arno ic nan w fotaih iw taiti rat tilen then again it m mi q in any event ill thi florence compi tit Is IH wall atI ratified ati sned fied afeei wo ears cw of atud and exer that it not only hn has i alue right proc pro c s i and its it exle arts tho nods aary skill lint but ehst it olivi howrihan ail almoite inexhaustible supply of I 1 ia av kitei ia the neu e 1915 vill ill see nce at least the beginning ot of a gait indus industry at abaiy a e and till this countin counti vill bill no langei be at the meic deiy of a I 1 for ign igli konopl tor for so ital anital a necessity a potash there is another interesting tiling about alunite alu inte ind anil that is it is a aldabe alu abe able and efficient tit tell lit in its law state tile the potash lit in iani ia alunite is i not aadla available as plant too I 1 actually it is and its beneficial effect when appl led as ASA a aci lilii i is bt b iund ond a doubt ahe ignited III hi his s alinosi twite as much aai lable pota sli in it as I 1 is lit in the best of tile the hi hiiro ali fertilizers liers and it to is a 1 peul 11 fact that the potash in to istad rill unite applied ay as a fertilizer is more effective I 1 than the same ame amount of baum sulphate ud u d LS as a f we have ila t tins this un on no ILS it tut authority hority than the bureau ot of soils euils in ili wash ington ing ton tins this buteau busina nl it Is to to tc test st s biolsi ills and tei ti lueis abut about a N beai vai aso ago conducted londus ted a series of antuk ting using us in law and boasted lo asted ta sulphate sulpha tc kelp ind and potassium pota iuni chloi ide tach of tours built bling bip alii arat elv ot of all thue the the iotte boasted d aln nite vas nas the most and I lav 11 alunite the least but tile the fact v as be bc biond ond an question that lan alunite il q an fettie ef tive firt itier it vias albi alb b slin sli n that the pota lit in was avic that the lull sul phat tit ot wm merca fac lesson foi thy this may 1 lie I C tit in the fact that the poli wn slun sulphate 11 in alunite haj hai a highe ei of th in thecla ghigli man inan article ui 01 there inny inay bo a jno ano itil reason I 1 bt bailine lite there I 1 is an alii I 1 ciso i but that isano is jong lon |