Wellsboro Agitator, The (Newspaper) - August 6, 1919, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania State Library 32. AUGUST 0, 1910. WHOLE NO. A MOUNTAIN OF Most Wonderful Discovery in Potash Ever Made on American Continent Believed to Have Been Made on long Near The discovery of a mountain ol rock on Long Kun at the little town of about five miles from is to all ances an established s the Free The mountain several hundred feet northeast of Davis is a mass of Pocono sand stone and this stone seems filled with nitrate or salt Colonel Henry C. State and one ol the leading geologists of this country nas spent two ou the which is owned by James S. M. Jonu T. VanDusen and C. W. and he is enthusiastic over the wonderful mise which this hill gives to America as a source of potash lor American For three davs Colonel Demming has been going over the property a force of men taking samples of the rock from the foot ot the hill to the crest of the mountain opposite the Gurnee coal where the rock has been uncovered blasts of dynamite it has shown up and floury with the potash makes farms advance in fertility as if Dy Colonel Demming tbe mineral at his laboratory on June 14 and again on July 26. The first sample showed potash aud last sample showed the presence of chemically pure potash to the ex- tent of While these are from selected the richness of the rock as far as has been revealed by increases rather than de- creases as the surface is Analysis of a sample of the rock was made by the chemist at Alfred who found the piece he tested contained 3U.6 per The German potash mines which supply the world are from rock ing from 12% to 10% From all that has been learned about the Long Run rock it will yield a higher percentage than the German In places the potash lies between lav ers of the rock and here it can be scraped off with a This is practically the pure ash of But in part of the formation thus far the potash seems to saturate the rock it- giving it almost a limestone Colonel who served in the civil war directly under General Ulysses S. Grant and also with eral George A. though well past is a spry vidual when it comes to going a mining and he has been all over the Hill and ar- rived at the following that there is a mass of rock in that hill 5fOOO feet 6.000 feet long and 400 feet high which from face or samples taken in a of the indicates that hill is loaded with the mass proposition of of can not be orei stated until a ton or two of the rock could be ground and the ash but the who is a hard-headed geologist and one who has put in his long and busy life ing over mines and is guine this discovery is of importance to this in one of the greatest mineral dis- of many Colonel Demming is only just back from Colorado and next week he goes down into Mexico nearly a thousand miles from the border to inspect a mine for American and Mexican cap- The owners of Hill are fortunate indeed to have secured so able a geologist to go over their property and had the Colonel not been deeply interested in this re- markable so unusual and unexpected as it it is doubtful if his presence could have been But he came and has given proposition a thorough tion and with the of a few more specimens he will be able to make a formal The theory of Colonel Demming re- garding the deposit that the re- gion in which the Pocono rock which embraces quite an area in Tioga and Potter was at one time a lake and that the ing of plant and life and the rise and e of the WRITS of the lake deposited the p-i that in the fullness of time became the potash which permeates k as found It affords ful suggestions for this potash for if tbe rock runs true In richness into the heart of the mountain and thus supports Che suggested Colonel it would mean fame and for- tune for Tioga that would be world-wide and would according to a prediction made bv the Colonel double Tioga population in the fifteen The presence of the mineral been known bv Mr McCullough for many years but did he become interested in tbp ter and associating with him 1 T. VanDuson and C. W of and his son they purchased land nnd other land under lease and now nre the Initial stops towards enterprise on a basis Tho only potash in vanla heretofore bis found In with a Of about seven per nnd the so scarce not amount to The macs of rook in Hill is by to produce or per cent which make It the potash find of nil for the owns hill several n for thp enterprise It wil he known as the TVe president of thp Is T Simon and the North Announcement of the discovery was mado by Colonel Henry C state geologist for many it will create a sensation in financial and mining circles equal to that the Cripple Creek or Klondike for potash is vastly more important to America that It is the one mineral absolutely to agriculture and the mineral America lacked until the The was not announced until after experts in and had made tain that it existed in commercial lound almost solid mountains of It means that America is at last free irom having to depend upon the w ot the German government to whether this country shall have potash in sufficient quantities to de- fully its agricultural During the war the supply was en- tirely cut off. with tho result that American agriculture suffered ly and land has become In peace times German production of potash is controlled by the German government by permitting only a tain amount to be taken from the ground each Although ica spent more than a year in the German market prior to the the limited production made it impossible to get the quantities necessary to full development of Immediately following ment of the discovery in Tioga land values jumped to many times what the land could have been bought for a few weeks One w ho had begged a real estate agent to sell his place for two weeks Friday refused to sell for It is expected that a rush of fortune hunters into the district will begin at and that a new Klondike will spring First intimation that the tains contained the precious mineral was several weeks when John T. VanDusen picked up a ing He sent it to Colonel with the request that he ex- amine it and see if it contained Colonel tion showed that the rock contained and he recommended that an This was soon arranged and the report came back that it contained 3 per A visit to the mountains bv Colonel Demming followed shortly and he and Van Dusen dug into the mountainside with picks to determine the quantities of A short distance from the surface rocks an- 10 per They dug further and found many rocks that contained 20 per cent. Still it analyzed 40 per the highest being 44.8 per cent. Specimens were also sent to ious colleges tor them the New York State School of at Alfred Cornell University and a college in with favorable reports from Col. Demming was if the mineral had been found in cial he in cial but in colossal careful search was made of the deposits of the Col. ming the rocks are with potash and which is also a most valuable mineral in Heretofore we have nitre from The tain 1s composed of rock known as the Pocono No. and the No. lv ing un- A careful calculation been made of average per cent. of potash held in the mountain and the lowest result is Potash is now quoted at a Experts that the pure article can be extracted from these rocks on a large scale at a cost of less than ii a extraction of nitre from rocks is comparatively pulverisation of the rock to pass through a then tbe placing of the crushed material in and the application of hot I became efforts of various kinds to extract potash from other attempted in tion to continuing the hunt lor neu was carried to Alaska aud all American Efforts were made to produce it from Pacific At another time it was thought that enough might be extracted from sugar waste Irom distilleries was also Small quantities were finally ed from found in A few small deposits of the mineral were also found in but the qualities were not sufficient to warrant Aug. H. C. Demming still declines to make lic the names of the chemists who the Tioga potash on which he based his ment that the nnd was one of the largest in the In his an- Colonel Demming ed that and physical tests have been made by the New York State School of Alfred Cornell a consin college and the Demming in this It is not denied that the Pocono sands of Tioga and Potter counties contain but local geologists who are familiar with the district say that the value of the deposit de- pends upon the quantity of available salts that can be Colonel Demming bases his large claims upon his assertion that the strata of Pocono sandstone in the mountain at Davis station are im- with the salts to such an extent that chemical analysis shows as high as 44.8 per pure Samples of the rock show that it runs in and that when these lav ers are split apart deposits of salts in white crystals are These deposits are of varying some of them half an The crystals lie like butter between slices of They declare that the Pocono stone if taken from the hill in large quantities would show a considerably percentage of pure and that selected of the rock do not justify Colonel Demming in claiming that the whole mountain will run high in the valuable There may be of potash in the Tioga county but some state who are naturally deeply in- in the 0nd, declare that the commercial worth of the deposit must be formation of the country in the western part of Tioga county is entirely favorable for a potash declared a Philadelphia that doesn't mean there are millions of tons of potash lying up there waiting to be dug out of the ground and loaded into wouldn't advise anybody to get excited over the reported find of Colonel or invest money in potash mines at this stage of the It's too There may be a mountain of potash rock in Tioga and there may be a mountain that has some streaks of potash bearing but whether there is enough rock that runs high in free potash to make it worth while to get out os the tion that only a commercial plant will determine I geological formation is I There are large beds of rock salt to the north in New York and there are oil wells to the west in The was once the bed of a which was in past ages rent and folded by great 1 and earth In I any district where beds of salt are I found it is possible to discover some j In the potash in this form can only be located near a salt How much potash can be I faund is another j is only a practical tion by level-headed men that will de- I termine whether Tioga will j find wealth in potash or whether the is so scant that it will cost more to extract the salts than they ara A FAIR DEATH OF FRANK Look Out for These Are Being i The new automobile is in Head the digest of this in our last the tutor of July 30. Particular attention is called to these You must display a red light on jour car at all whether standing or in between one hour after sunset and one hour be- foru Tags must not be attached so can must be rigidly at- front and and the rear tag be over 15 inches above the ground at its lower You must have two one front and one No person or persons shall use or permit the use of plates issued under a registration on any motor vehicle other than those owned by such dealer and operated by such dealer or his or for any purpose other than demonstrating said vehicle to a prospective or or removing same from shipping point or place of delivery before or after Cut outs are en- gines must have mufflers in efficient working condition and in use on all roads in boroughs or ated Vehicles approaching road or street intersections from tbe right J have the right of lifi Do not pass any vehicle going in J same direction at any street or road curve or brow of a new now in the cense covering July 1, 1919, to July 1, 1920. provides that all dealers in secondhand motor vehicles must be licensed by the Commissioner of The fee is Dealers should write at once for a copy of this law and govern themselves WHAT A CLOUDBURST IS California July Mr. and Mrs Hugh Kerwin and of D. have been of Mr. and Mrs. E. A for i ess is being worked out for n til product in a at and other wild animals going to these mountains to HI k the pen ion that from the rocks Darwin Johnson on Hilltop July 22 in Water Up to His was on the hill in the woods on my lot back of the reservoir nearly a and while I was within two rods of the summit of the hill on the afternoon of July 22, all at once t heard a great which sounded like but I am satisfied it was the noise of the and the water became like a river all about me and soon the water came as high about me as the top of my I stood the land sloped wards the J was not standing in am depression or hollow in the stood still for about fifteen when I began to move in water still up to the top of my rubber While I admit I was much frightened and thought my time had I do know that what I have stated is Mr and Mrs. William Mr. and Mrs. E A. Mr. Mrs M E. Godreau and three Harmon and all at one time Wellsboro people ex- cept Mr. During the evening ice cream also dispatches the di for pn of llons of worth of so known for years to p One of wells is located roar West and another near in Delmar It is now believed that the deposits will be in Potter which is a miles distant from tbe pi 11 e of cine of the properties of the in this formation is tho deposits of i between r-s of k like butter be- tween pieces of bread Where 1 cen to if conditions the saltpeter been the rock en dissolved and wished but in places where ram not in the still No explanation thiis far been riven to account for the non of tbe between ro k lasers or nn or inches It is Dial deposits of Tolash in the of and Potter counties will be sufficient to Ibe entire world for The which is at is to and the the source t' e entire of potash is monopoly one nf t' e T-C r el v the -ir and n for allies T to find a which o enal le 1o their 1'iTi'l from run before the war In Tor's to discover rf and frr this appropriations lw treat Tor all Mr. and Mrs Charles Davis are the happy of a born July at their cor- ner of avenue and Harrison The boy is named Douclas i Wilkins Mrs Davis will be remembered bv her friends as es Mr and Mrs Hugh Kerwin and were entertained at tho home of Mr and Mrs Oscar well just before for Los Mrs was Miss Nellie In- Woodland Mr and Ferd Dunham and Keith of have to home after spending some with his Mr. and Dunham Mra and ert of nnd Willis nnd of spent tbe week-end with their Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Mattoon Mrs. Copp nnd Walton of were the Dunham of Yew Cattle and Miss Ion of were on bero Misses nnd Moore of Arnot The mines worked only four last with cars in the of orders is the A large number of men from here are working on the state T. M. Hurst to spend his vacation at his old home in A Warren was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Wetmore on Dr. D. T. Ditchburn spent day and Friday in L. D. of was a business visitor in Miss Minnie of Xew York spent last week visiting relatives James S. Hall returned from over- seas last Miss Vera Harzinski and Richard Luke were married The home of Mrs. Albert Sandstron was badly damaged by lightning on July 26. no one was home at the John sustained a stroke on while visiting his son at St. He is In a serious con- Mr. and August Miss Natalie and Charles motored to N. J on Monday to attend the of their Walter Church Aug. 8, Mrs. F. E. j er will entertain the members of the a lawn Should the be the social will lie postponed until the following The Bible School superintendent has invited Norman F- of to address the school Mr Johnson is a in the State Sabbath School There will be a meeting of the teachers and officers at the evening of this woek The financial sot retap asks that all contributors turn in en- as as Tbe 1 ulk of church expenses co on as Mr. will preach at the Marsh Creek i next afternoon at 2-.TO News of the Past Few Days from Tioga and Aug. Misses Hazel of are ing Miss Edith Mrs. Simeon Miller and Miss ian Miller are ot Mr. and Mrs. t rank Mrs. Joseph of Is a kuest of Mrs. T. A. Sergeant Fred of who received discharge irom the and returned from about a month the last week of his Miss Myrtle Misses Beatrice Gibson and Ruth of are visiting Miss Catherine nnd Miss Louise Miss E. S. of is the guest of Mrs. H. L. The jazz dance given in the Grange hall Friday night was attended a large and was a great success in every Many were present from Lawrenceville and other nearby of is a guest H. N. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and two of are spending two weeks at Bush Mrs. William Spencer and of N. arrived Saturday night to spend a month at Bush Harry Finesilver left Saturday for New where he will remain some He left his business in charge of Meyer who has recently been discharged from the A. and who returned home on Thursday Mrs. Abram of has been visiting friends in Tioga for two She returned on The funeral of Frank who died at his home here on July 23, was held at his late home on the afternoon Rev. C. W. Blount assisted by the Masonic Lodge of The interment was in He is survived by his and by three Mr. Valentine had for many years been engaged in in Tioga and its and he left behind him an enviable reputation for integrity and Miss Dorothy of and Edwin of are iting Mr. and Mrs. H. G. The Tioga W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Oscar Burtch on Aug. 13. Joseph P. Berry had business in mira last Lee of this son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde arrived home last after receiving his discharge from the Mr. and Mrs. Russell Camp are spending a two vacation in Philadelphia and Atlantic The mock trial given in the Grange hall last Wednesday evening for the benefit of the Re- construction Fund was well attended and netted a respectable The affair was managed by Rev. C. W. and Mrs. Otis Miller left for Syracuse after spending several weeks with Mrs. Harry Miller Robert of is visiting friends The eighth annual reunion of the Heck family was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heck last There fere 54 members of the family and friends in Mrs Frank Pagan and Mary of called on friends hero Saturday and Mrs. Maurice Becker and Marguerite Baldwin have returned from a two trip to Y. Miss Marian Loveless visited Mr. and F. W. Loveless in Elkland last R. J. Camp and C. A. Keeney have just returned from a two down Pine A YOUNG CATTLE Tioga County Boy Wins Honors in Cattle Judging of the winner ol the highest score at the ide Judging ion test participated in bv ten teams of five bovs each from ten counties at the State Col- leue Mr. Cummings won a total of 370 points out of a 400. having in placing the four rings ol cows sheep and hogs Tbe winner is 1T of age and is now a member of thf junior class of the Wellsboro High He is a son of Claude of a prosperous of Tioga This is not the first time that has won honors in stock He was a contestant at the Mansfield Fair in 1917 but gained nothing in that event but which later stood him in verv good Last summer the Holstein ers held a picnic which was featured bv a cow judgine contest for voting the prize donated bv the of the Holstein sociation to the person who took first honors in judging was a purebred Holstein bull This was won bv Following this he purchased a stein heifer and is one of the youngest breeders of purebred in the state Last September contestants en- tered the live stock contest at the Mansfield where tive prizes were offered This time Cummings was awarded second honors and received a purebred sheep donated by the Wool Association of Tioga county is justly proud of her young live stock judge who for the third time has demonstrated his ity in such an interesting svav Young Cummings is planning to take a course at State College upon completion of his school MUST KEEP LAWRENCEVILLE Delmar Won Ball fnl of mint Mrs i Mr nnd Mrs CD-I p 1i-> e T ith her Mrs P returned to their iri oo 1 Doris D of the i e end at her homp 2 The marriage of Miss Hazel daughter of Mr. and of K. D 1. and Carl Outman son of Mr. and Mrs William of First was solemnised at St. church on The was performed by Rpv Caruthers Tbe couple at tended bi bride's aunt i Mr nnd Mrs James of Cow i I The bride has been Instructor of tbe Mb trade of tbe public school in i the two eir prev ions to which time taucht several tern s in schools The Is back from Both bride croon most pie the t wishes of hosts of from I to the caused V the In thit se tion afternoon of 3is' j report It was even the newspapers reported i i Courier I Aug. 4 Tho Club took in at their ice social on the terian church lawn Friday Several people went to Wellsboro during the week to see the results of tho recent James Sr Thomas W. H. and Dr. Brown returned from a trip on Pine reek Lewis of spent last week with Mrs. Kate returning Saturday Mr. and Mrs Guiles and Mary are spending some timo in Philadelphia with Miss Sophie of New York is guest of Mr. and Mrs. W Raker Prof r Pitts and of N Y are spending several with his Rev. and Mrs. D L A ball samo between thn Delmar team and Lawrenceville boys was p. m. The score 1 to 1 in favor of Christian Church picnic was hell in Woodland Park After Captain Walter a talk some of his impressions and in Prance Kd talk Ml w ere there of Hie as a pleasant and attended picnic at meets for at tbe of Mrs ter on avenue .in to preach b on nert 10 at ft m if at two irf 1 He talen tbp f 'til -i f ero his nnd reports from the he woe Herald Garage Proprietors Must Keep ords of Cars Stored or Left for Garages throughout Pennsylvania have had attention called by letter to the provisions of the act approved by Governor Sproul June 30, requiring that records must be kept all cars stored or left for repairs in garage in the The provisions of this act are now in A special form has been pre- pared by the State Highway and this must be used by the garage Records must be kept in ink or indelible pencil and shall be open to inspection of police or other authorities for one vear from A stiff fine is provided for ure to maintain the Police authorities declare that the keeping of records will do much to end the stealing of The sheet contains spaces wherein a complete description of the car is make of manufacturer's make of en- number of and other The sheet has been prepared so that it will be of great assistance to garage men in keeping on their own Highway Commissioner Sadler in his letter to garage owners and ators sets worth the entire section covering record keeping It is tion S of House 395 as the proprietor of lic garage and motor vehicle repair shop shall cause a record to be kept after the manner to be prescribed by the State Highway Commissioner of the names of any and all persons owning or having charpe of any tor vehicle left for or purpose at anv such public garage or motor vehicle repair together with the name of state of and the registration ber of such motor Such record shall be kept in ible pencil and shall be open to the inspection of police officers or other proper Such records shall be retained and be available for a period of one year after but not thereafter He shall also not if v the local police State Highway Com- missioner of anv such motor vehicle whereon the manufacturer's number or mark has bejen obliterated or removed With the Department receiving complete information con- stolen records of cars received or it will be possible to locate stolen automobiles if they re- in Severe Hail One of tbe bail storms ever known in Potter hit I ort laM afternoon And it lasted but w minutes t' e in nnd about Coudersport nrt and Sweden the and things 1be windows broken in and windows with a western were So larire were tbe Kill that it re- quired four of them to a half pound some of the larger ones measured two inches in While farm on the Sweden the farm nf was bit fie hardest Mr has a field of or acres of all fineh and tin's entire crop was in Bedroom Coinc to incr Rev. pastor of the M i 1 c top of hie fie ami n to Mr at tbe tin p but hn the to nt a on tbp When It found to five in DEATH OF ALFRED Birthday of the from 1. 1 of Tower in St. Joseph's hospital in alter a two illness oi aged He is survived six Emerson Newman two Mrs. Wright Mrs. all of and The funeral will be held at the Jobs Corners Rev. Barrett burial at Creek I O 0 F. of which eased was a will have charge of thu committal service Miss Bessie of is some time at the ho ue of her Mrs C. L. Miss Savilla ot called on friends here Thursday Mr. and Mrs Deforest of Painted are the parents of a liorn July 29 Mrs. Seely was Miss Ollie sev of this place The Corners Grange will hold their annual picnic Aug. 12 P. H will the cipal The annual reunion of the survivors of the N. Y will be held in Maccabees hall at 11' W. H. of this is and L. F. of and Misses Beulah and Lavina of visited several days last week at the home of Mrs. Edna Mr. and Mrs. of visited Sunday at the home of their Mrs. Robert A relatives of Carlos Dickinson gathered at his home Thursday to celebrate his 25th There were present beside the family his Mrs. S. J. Miss Ruth Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Dickinson and and Mr and Mrs. Ralph Dickinson and of H. G. Hudson and of port were Sunday callers at W. H. Middlebury Center Mrs. Fred Emmick and two of visited friends in town last Mrs Hugh Newton has returned from a visit in New York Mrs. Bailey and three of spent a lew days last week with her Mrs. Merle in this News reached here last Thursday of the death of Edward of N. Y. Mr. Brown lived most of his life in this Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gee and of Little spent Sunday with their Mr. and Mrs. F. H. The Middlebury team mond at Hammond last 9 to 10, in favor of pur Mr. and Mrs. H. and -son and Mr. and Mrs. Hurt Potter ed to A F of visited his Rev. Mr. is in holding meetings Mr. and Mrs. Frank Of were callers in town Master Hugh Davis spent last week with his Mrs. F. L F. W Starkey and C H. Bower a few davs last week in the Black Forest picking huckleberries A number from here attended tbe funeral of James at Niles ley Ned Hymes has returned from the hospital and is visiting hie Mrs. F. H. Mrs O West and three children visited her Mrs. John ona day last week I Mr. and Mrs. A. R Carpenter and daughters of were visiting relatives in this placa j last j Mrs Padgett of I visited her Mrs. F. H last j I Mr and Mrs. Davis of I were callers in this place 1 last Walter of Corning was in town Mrs S M. Carpenter of Hills 1 was calling on in town Loren Carpenter returned from mira He went to and crot his who was in the at that her as far ns Elmira Wo are dfo know she is i Little Marsh Ira wife two of visited his er last Mr and K at Carpenter's last week Mr and T. H re and Stella Mr and Mrs Ferris Mrs Coster Mitchell and Mrs and four children attended the of the of the late W O at the home of Otis W in Rutland Pr. L L of will hold the Hh sore in thp M K church at 2 o'clock T Ferris nnd wife ir Wellsboro and Mrs Herman and of Mrs C. r Roberts the first from 11. ind is bis Mr and Mrs T P on a will lev tbe hospital for further on ift 7To 1 Mrs M Fuller to Mrs Nellie Trinity Alan will 1 follow in Trinity Antrim on 1A- prater 1 n n pra er 7 p Mr Wilson bn to nni rne ot church affiliation aim for service he be cap- i able of
