| Show OREM TURNED DOWN PHOSPHATE THREE 4 YEARS AGO railroad magnate Coult hilt see money for a score scope of leauv i f THEIR ASSAYS RAN BAN HIGH over three years ago mr lorem of the orem route out of salt lake made an inies indea tl tt gatlon gation of the phosphate lands on brush creek which have recently reco been located by J 11 1 1 ratliff and associates and decided that it would be at ft least twenty deais befaro they k be made a paying ini in i vestment for that reason he refused to invest in them this was at the time that john glenn had acres of that land located the original assays essays made by them at that time have been lost loaf with the exception that the rock showed 49 per cent calcium phosphate which Is an extremely hagli per the other assays essays agreed very closely with the assays essays that tho ratliff syndicate aie uie having made at that time every effort was made by mr glenn to interest capital in the undertaking the moneyed men agreed that while the phosphate was worth millions it was worth many mill tons ions more and several years yeara to put it on a comm commercial ercla basis mr orem and mr glenn figuried that it if the same fi eight rate could be obtained that the idaho beds get to 1 the atlantic sea boa board rd and it if a railroad came into tile the bas ali ran and a spur was built to rhe flie beds that the rock would be worth per ton on the far car since then the price ot of phosphate has gone up and the rock would be worth more several hundred dollars were spent by them before the plan was abandoned at times the government lias has had men in here examining the beds and making as says nays there have been se vol voi al government assadi assays made all of which show the same high per cents one trouble if tile the rock Is ie the fact that it doles not tun mn even some tests higher than others it lloa on oil hard sandstone but the r rock ock above Is ft a loose chals 8 and nd hard to work |
