Show PHOSPHATE LANDS OPEN nearly acres of phosphate lands in utah idaho and wyoming will be opened for leasing under rules and regulations approved by secretary payne of the united states department of the interior according to information received by ralph S kelley chief of the field division of the united states land office at salt lake the lands have been withdrawn for several years and were opened for commercial purposes by the enactment of the MID eral lands leasing law on february 25 the regulations approved by the secretary of the interior will open the phosphate lands to lease in areas not exceeding 2560 acres each and will add largely to the fertilizer supply of the united states applications for leases are to be filed with the salt lake land offices for transmission to the secretary of the interior printed copies of the rules and regulations governing leaa ing will be ava available flable as soon as printed the major part of the phosphate producing companies compan country lies in idaho several the rock near are now mining Is output in that state almost the entire return s shipped to the orient the from a cruise to the pacific coast use mineral as ballast and cheap freight rates are secured some of the companies 1108 for aup large contracts with japanese firms finishing finear to M ir the fertilizer according mont ley the potash producing land near lear 11 DID peller pelier was patented under the placer ing law |