Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-06-08

organtud IN Amarillo, To develop potash I
fields In Texas. The operations VIII b. f
led by two well known Texans, Col .
VIII A. Miller. Ir, ot Amarillo. aud
DR.. Charles w. nahney 81 Houston
Col. Miller VIII have charge of finances I
ana the field work. white nr, pthnry
IL TO he at tho head of the analytical
und chemical end 81 the development
he having spent a numh,r ~ years iu
Germany IN connection with the potash .
works ~ that country.
This corporation II roun to enter With I
series ~ tests the MFihnd county
field. aud ALREADY It has Hccurcd control I
Of two hundred sections. un which /
nnn,c interesting finds have lvvn made !
Al this time representative at the ln |
tcrests II Ia the east buying spVlal ma
ehlnery for tho tests. fur the tests u
~ necessary ta use core drifts aud thcs,
are brlng secured nj this time.
The Midland country b. fortunate IN
having Interested Ia IT, miu,ral u
sources Col. Miller. for BE- as mvmhef
of tho firm uf VIII \. Miller \ Sons,
has been prominently Identified with
the drilling and tcst,ns ~ the state in
a very prominent way. Col Miller has
lust completed test II four thousand
feet near Amarillo. u viii D. tccallcd
that no together with his father ana
brother IN sinking a week To- the dcpth
81 seos feet On their ralo nuro ranch
IN 1919 made the initial discovery 81
potash. In this they interested m }
A. udsien, chief VI the T,Nas hupau ~
Econo,nlc Geology and Tevhnulogy. 10
co-u,sratiun with the United States
Geological SURVEY. ~. Iddvn cam, 7,
Amarillo and sccurlng samples q th'
cuttings rum the vii. handled them
through the chemical laboratories and
determined their content II was du
covered that the deposits al The raj.
nuro ranch wire ten thin and unwulk
able. While this is true, The NvrN
prosenco u the potash In ih' wei ueot
Amarillo awakened a deep Interest N
the possibilities % this field. and tn
research has hscn caui'd IN almus'
without intcrmission since tia, time.
n II learned that assurances have
heen given those concerned that ~
United States Gcclogical SurNsy wa
cooperate in every possible way IN ths
tests that are 20 eeEln In tho Midland
country within the next thirty 20 sixty
DAYS.
Col. Miller. n l. harmed. Is ea,hus
ias,ic concerning the possibilities -
the new ficld. These who know N,
rsai with which Col Miller and NJ,
nahney attack task. state that this
enterprise IN the hands Il men who vii
he ccn,en,cd with nothing short 70 the
A. ~fmfsN tNIf
the catloOk for the Midland territory Is
good.
The United States Gcoloelcal Survey
has last issued the fOlluwing s,Aicm' ~
from IN Washington Offices
'sampacx a salts r~ccn,ly sen' trow
Western Texas 60 the iaboratorieS q ih'
United States Ccoloxi,Ai sarvey. u
tarsmsnt " the interior NJ washing
ton. u. G., and q the TEXAS Bureau y
Econonsc Geology and Tcchnclcey ~
Austin, Texas contains rsrccntAgcs q
potash that sarges; a, has, ths rtch
ness q the potash depOsi,s q Assoc
and Germany. The Samples werc -
tained from two ecrsags about 80 nile
aratt. sunk hy Ctl COMPANIES IN N
Red Beds rVgica ~ Texas. where sal
nrss. red shales. gypsum. and o,h,'
materials are associated IN strata
nearly the xme geoloxie axe and So
.ral CHARACTER as the posash.t-afsnl
h-~is q Western Eurcpe. TIE ihicSnrs
81 the pc,Ash.tsaring e.>is In TEXAS 'ei
resented by these samples Is unknown
however. and thu questions tN"Ain
h Determined whether the depssii
thick enough % furnish potash In
xroa, amount and - as hieh gta,le a
tho<s IN EarOpe. 80 whether l. q
srisntlfsc interest only an1 uSlnN "
pnrtan, as showing that Intash'fH
salts were actually dsfoSlted IN "a
region ana tia, other bsrtnSs Ia are-'
xhsr~ similar h-sis e-lcgr NAY dlsc~ss
commercial deTssis>
For several wars the Cuitsd stat
Geolostcal Survey and the ieNts !.
rsaa q Eccnomic O~olsgy ard ~
noloxy. working IN cootsraiien. hA'
maintained In the leh an sxanlnsS
keen IN touch With eomraniss that a.
drilling for water o. al In the sr,.
.Rsa Re.ls" fegion q Wssiera TsAa
Easstsrn New Mexico. and VESTS
Okhhcsna. - Gar a. prsstRaeAe y
drlllng has besn fOllo~esi ~ thAs
operative representative, vho has u'a'
rough field tests ~ arll cuttings "a
trinss In a ssarch Cor cysieuss thst q
drin had struck bsds q salts r,eh
potash and has ssnt sauPles thai q
pears.s - deserve thorough chsuh
ANALYSIS 20 the chsmicd hhofaiQrss
the cooperating bureaus fhe pseh''
u recognizing the prcsence a N
I'D q potash salt. u detsrmining
thickncss and u khntifsins ~ PRIV
position In N. stratigraphic column
rather difficult howcvcr. ca Account
the adverse conditions u ohaerfaif
the methods % drilling. and someit
the indifference - the dElier. AM
the samples recently examined es y
chriStn.r. the present co-oltriiiite q
rssentativo at Amarillo was one h
the Bryant Well IN Midland gpan
Texas which. as shown hy a roash =
test. il very rich IN potash. suhr'gu
accurate discrimination In The Apo
tories ~ the State Unlyersiiy and oi
Geological Survey IN Washins
showed that this sample. which y
saved b. the driiier from cutunss AK
al depths between 1906 and -t-' z
contained about ? pr cent q r'iA
CNc.cooo Rettel