Show WH W it develop phosphate lands ono one of jhb biggest anil and most sig Ilif lean an steps in tho history of tho tile unit h basin and ard lilt arst inkling given tho the public of or the entering into tile nisin n of a syndicate capable of developing to the fullest extent the tile resources of their particular industry was made this week when J 1 11 ratliff formerly traveling freight and passenger agent for the moffat toad but connected with an eastern s adl cate of mining men nien filed at tho the count recorders collico on oil acres of land on brush creek the names appearing on the filing are areas as follows win L jakcson veina B jameson frances E garrett carrett lulu lul X garrett henry B woodburg rj carrie woodbury Wood buo J 11 II ratliff and marj E ratliff Rt lifF the total filing was wa on chims alms acie of which is phito and comprises ono one of the largest beds of phosphate in thy thu r horld arld the bed itself is fourteen and one half feet in thickness and contains millions of tons of phosphate thea jhc thc have now no located all known phosphate beds within COO feet of the surface the th e remaining acres are asphaltum asp hallum claims and were billed on simply because they were in the immediate vicinity the tile asphaltum is a minor issue venal ex press |