Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-06-27 | Page 3 | Beds of Great Wealth in West

BEDS or GREAT WEALTH IN WEST INEST Government Discovers Phosphate Phosphate Phosphate phate of Idaho and Wyoming Is Immensely Valuable Washington June 20 A valuable national asset ns et Is described de In a n bulle bulletin bulletIn bulletin tin Issued by b the Ute department or of agri agriculture culture and prepared by Professor Prore or W WIL WIL WIL IL Waggaman Vanaman It Is a scientific re review review review view of ot the phosphate phate fields of or Idaho Utah and Wyoming which aro are de described described scribed a as one of ot the largest phosphate phate areas reas at present known In the world At present pre ent phosphate mined In the region 18 is sent ent to San Francisco for tor fertilizer fertiliser manufacture The consumption of or fertilizer in California Cali Call California fornia Is I Increasing steadily having grown from 1 tons tone to tons annually In four tour years Mra The marketable market markot marketable able product sells sons for tor about 17 a bin tn rho The region containing the Ute vast bed of or phosphate rock so 80 far as aa explored I comprises portions of or northeastern Utah southeastern ter Idaho and south southwestern southwestern western Wyoming In the opinion of Professor Wagga Waggaman man there Is little tittle prospect that western west western ern em phosphates ph will be extensively exton hely mined in the near future However through the tho growing de demand demand demand mand In the tho west for and the gradual depletion of ot the more accessible ace ble bie bl deposits the western watern fields un undoubtedly unI undoubtedly will come more moro and more I into prominence I