Gold Crown Press

This classic industry textbook has been updated to cover the latest technological advances, such as mass spectrography and the Internet. Topics such as prospecting, contracting, exploration, the proper use of bits and shovels, grading the product, and how to bring potash to market are all covered in exacting and sometimes mind-deadening detail. Potash mining is much more than just buying a piece of land and a shovel and getting to work. You need to know what’s beneath the surface before you start digging. You need to know the right men to hire, and the right shovels to buy. Quickly moving through these basics, "The Fundamentals of Potash Mining" limns hard-to-grasp subjects like buying potash futures to insulate your mining operation from the ups and downs of the market.