Show EXTENSIVE development OF COAL AND PHOSPHATE LANDS INDICATED the future extensive development of a substantial coal mining industry in the public land areas of certain western states is forecast in statistics compiled by the federal bureau of M mines aneg which show that up to october 1 the buteau bureau had issued per permits friits for pros for coal on boveri ment lands 42 leases for commercial coal opera eions on oil these lands and 5 licenses for production of coal limited to personal use these authorizations are grouped by states as follows permits leases licenses licensee california 2 0 0 colorado 51 6 2 idaho 4 0 0 I 1 montana 36 2 1 nevada 14 0 0 new mexico 13 2 0 north dakota 4 5 0 oregon 19 0 0 south dakota 3 1 1 utah 27 15 0 washington 14 11 2 0 Wyon wyoming ling 76 9 1 the total minimum annual production of coal required ill in the issuance of these various authorizations is tons toils which is approximately equivalent to the total annual coal production of michigan and which approaches the yearly coal production of arkansas or texas the total investment to be expended on leases amounts to 2453 A total of acres of the public domain is covered by permits for coal prospecting for coal leases acres are covered and for coal licenses acres to october 1 four potash development leases had be been ell 6 granted covering b 7 1 1 acres 11 potash prospect permits involving b acres had been granted 1 I ranted one oil shale lease covering 6 1920 acres and 1 rock phosphate lease covering acres have been issued by the bureau of mines chich which has under thelah th elaw technical supervision of mineral development operations on leased public lands |