The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
AN ALABAMIAN MAKES A FIND Rich Guano Deposits Found in Mexico. ALEX SIMMONS IN CHARGE It Is Contained . in Six Big Caves. Deposit is Especially Rseh h Sitresen. 4. Metgomsry Analysis shows. Thought to Have commerei.I
 vaiue--re Be Developed.
 

Alex sessoms. . we'll known Alaba- milan. has come into the possession of . great natural Euano deposit at Peiayo. Mexico. which 1t is thought will have an important bearing on the fertilizer bus mess in the South.
 This deposit is contained in six caves at Pelayo. These six caves are sup posed to have been used by bats and birds from prehistoric times down to recent years. The deposit in the caves is similar to that found in islands on the western coast lof South America which gave the South it's first guano. and which has said to be the finest plant food and soil builder ever known in the South. None of this suano, as the older planters knew it. is to be procured now.
 This new deposit is reported to be almost inexhaustible, as its lies deep on the floor of six large caves. It is furthermore, said that this rich ferti- lixer can be shiped and sold in Aiabama as, low as s1b.eD a ton.
 Arr. Sessoms is well known In east Aiabama. Ee has been connected with lusta and his family still have an in- terest in that business. Mir. Sessom's father some time ago bought . large tract of Iand at peiayo. Mexico. Alex Sesscnis went out there some months ago to take charge of this land.
 The most notable characterlstic of this, tract was the presence of the six big caves. On exploring these caves Mir Sessoins found that they had been used perhaps for centuries by birds He was impressed with the possible value to agriculture of the immense deposits in the caves.
 He secured samples from each of the caves and sent them to his friend s. A. Solomon of Montgomery for analysis. Mir. Solomon has long been identified with the cotton seed and fertilizer in- dustry. He had an examination made of the deposits sent hitn from Mexico. These samples were contained in small boxes labeilea Cave No. r to Cave No. G."
 The samples were found to De ex- tremely rich ih nitrogen. They were any material ever put upon the conn merciaI market. Nitrogen Is the most valuable property any fertilizer could possess. fA $ the one thing that scien. tihc aErlcuitnrists are continually on the search for. Tn fact there is not enough of t in the worIa .sa tS ,rs So ro1na Sss reported upon the samples. is convinced that if the deposits are as large as Mir. Seasons thinks they are. an important contrfbutiof has been made to the fer- tilixer industry. He is impressed. too, by the statement that ton cf'the de- posit could be sold in Alabama for tis.so
 As matter of fact. Mfr. Solomon thinks that 800 pounds of the deposits mixed with lower grade to the ton would afford a fertilizer rich enough in nitrogen for all practical purposes. Such d combination he said would put a, splendid fertilizer on the market
 The deposit at Pelayo will be given A commercial develoment. h all prob ability a number of Aiabamians will with Mir. Sessoms become interseted in inc eatherinr and marketing in the south of this remarkable deposit in the six caves in Mexico.