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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2009
Abyssinian Deposits.—During 1911 an Italian resident in Eritrea discovered a remarkable occurrence of potash salts in the Piano del Sale, near the provisional boundary between the Italian colony and Abyssinia. On account of its equivocal situation, development was somewhat handicapped during the early stages by Abyssinian hostility. Fortunately these preliminary difficulties were successfully overcome, and the deposit proved to be of great assistance to the Allied Powers during the war. The rate of production has gradually increased, and the estimated output for 1918 is stated to be equivalent to 50,000 tons of KCl.
page 340 note 1 For a map showing the relation of this area to the Red Sea and to the Rift Valley of East Africa, see G. Dainelli & O. Marinelli in Atlante d'Africa, by Ghisleri, A., 1909, p. 139, fig. 6. The information from which the geological sketch-map was complied was mainly obtained from this publication (see pls. xxxi, xxxii, and pp. 133–9).Google Scholar
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page 346 note 1 The ash or slaggy matter that remains when seaweed is burnt in a kiln for six or eight hours is called kelp; but in the United States the weed is kelp, and the product kelp-ash. The ash, as obtained on the west coast of Scotland, contains about 18 per cent of KCl and 13 per cent of K2SO4.
page 346 note 2 Since writing this paragraph I have been informed (April 24, 1919) by the Controller of Potash Production that most of the American kelp recovery plants have been shut down since the effective termination of the war. See also Journ. Soc. Chem. Ind. (June 15, 1919) for a recent statement of the potash position in the United States.
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