Rising prices for potash, an important fertilizer which boosts crop yields, has sparked a rush in the mining industry as big and small companies look for ways to cash in. BHP, the world's biggest ...
My column a couple weeks ago contained a reference to 2,980 pounds of potash being exported from Catskill in 1787 and almost 40 times that much pot and pearl ashes being exported 15 years later. My ...