A MINE OF WEALTH [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—My notice has been drawn to a letter dealing with the Dead Sea Concession, headed " A Mine of Wealth," which appeared in the issue of the Spectator of September 29th. The letter states that with regard to the Major J. D. Henry and W. M. Edwards concession, no technical studies had been carried out prior to tendering for the concession.
As a matter of fact, this statement is quite erroneous. My firm was originally consulted by Messrs. Edwards and Henry early in 1925, and drew up a comprehensive scheme for the treatment of the waters, on the basis of extracting 50,000 tons Of potassium chloride per annum.
To these designs actual quotations were made, And when the proposals as a whole were submitted to the Foundation Company of London, there was practically no difference between the calculated cost and that company's estimate.
M.I.Chem.E., M.I.Mech.E.
Bridge House, 181 Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.4.
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