Show Phosphate Plant Expansion Seen D L Scotty King president of San Francisco Chemical Co in Vernal Tuesday disclosed that art an announcement will be made shortly which will materially af af- af feet the phosphate facility at Brush Creek Mr King had reo re- reported ported on an expansion plan for forthe forthe the local plant Friday at the State Capitol The report was made to Utah Water and Power Board MR KING said that feet acre of water a year would be bc needed for the proposed Ver nal nal expansion which in about ten years would produce two million tons of phosphate con con- concentrate a year Production In totaled tons but the plant was not producing for nine weeks due to the and Hatch Company strikes Officials es es- es estimated that production in 1965 would be tons Mr l King told the Board that trucks now concen concen- concentrate to Western Phosphate Company at Garfield soon will begin hauling it to a Union Poe Pac Railroad Co spur 1111 11 miles north of Heber beyond Keet- Keet Keetley ley and from there it will be shipped to custom fertilizer plants This loading facility will be built by July Mr King said MR KING predicted that an integrated fertilizer plant will be built near the present operation and then he said this would justify building a 13 million railroad spur from Craig Colo Cob to Vernal He forecast that this would materialize within five years He anticipated that gilsonite also would be using the new railroad section Turning phosphate rock into phosphate concentrate and then converting it into commercial fertilizer requires large amounts of water Mr King said lIe disclosed that his company presently is obtaining water waterfront front from an n artesian well and hopes to develop additional water to supply its needs HAVING important bearing on the possible construction of a fertilizer plant here is the ann ann- Monday by Stauffer Chemical Company one half owner of San Francisco Chemi- Chemi Chemical cal that it has substantially ex ex- ex expanded its already large reser reser- yes ves of phosphate rock to more than one billion tons This acquisition of phosphate rock deposits will provide op- op opportunities op for the establishment of new locations Stauffer officials have disclosed ed The Vernal deposit was rated the largest single deposit in the West Mrs Wallace LaVar Ander son physical education teacher slipped at the Ashley Valley Jr High School Tuesday and hurt hurther her ber back She was taken by am am- ambulance ance to a Salt Lake hospital that day for surgery |