Show I I I Utah Fields Of Phosphate Equal W World orId Geologist Urges Assessment of Huge Deposits in in inState State Utah's phosphate fields are arc the equal of ot any in the United States according to the tho report of ProCessor Professor Professor Pro Pro- fessor Cessor William Peterson geologist of the state board of equalization who has surveyed the fields from Crom Morgan county to tho the Montana line Some of the phosphate claims In Rich county patented since 1909 have escaped taxation and just what back taxes may be assessed on these claims is being considered by the state board of ot equalization Report of Professor Peterson to the board shows that there are aro ninety feet Ceet in the phosphate horizon about sev seven n miles being a double showing or syncline In addition there arc are about five rive miles of crop line to the south The Tho syncline outcropping have been entered by mining claims to a great extent Of the ninety feet average showing about five and one half feet is sufficiently rich to be mined commercially at the present prices Ninety millions of tons of phosphates are in the tho five lve and one-half one strip according to Professor Professor Professor Pro Pro- fessor Petersons Peterson's report Beyond a n depth of feet there thero are aro j tons of such ores |