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Show - - - Phosphate Phosphate's Phosphates ' s Costs Reduced With Use of Modern Methods . , Productivity In Uw tl1e time phosphatemining phosphate phosphatemining . mining Phosph.a.telmining Industry IndlLStry hajf has Phosph.a.tel Phospha.tel Phosphatel Improvedd improved d irinc u-Ing u Ing iring - the last 50 years to the thepoint thepoint , point xhere 1.hMe 1hMe where ' . one workman W'OJ"k1na.n WOJk1na.n WOJk1nan wkrnan ' . 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V\ V \ ' Vly ly ta tapped ppt'd pptd ' . , . partly beca.use because . beca.useIIttlp becauselittip becamaelittle IIttlp littip fertilizer fertiitzer f rtUIzer , has - been bee-n bee n used onthe on onI onU1f onthe U1f the ' arric-altural arric altural agricultural i4 < rln - tural lands Ia.nds Iands . of the West . . I It I t Is 1 . , > expected I " xpec led that th.a tha . t Increased . . consumption oomumption of fertilizer fertllJ.zer fertllJzer . 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