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<br />Page 24 <br /> <br />000919 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />PHOSPHATE <br /> <br />Thousands of square mUes of the Rangely area are wderlaid by" tht Phosphoria <br />formaticm of good cemmeroial grade, but most of it lies t90 deep .f0r recovery, <br />hOWever, this formatiollJl wtcrops for several miles along the sout~ slopes of <br />the Uinta mountains where milliolliS of tons of this valuable phosp:\1ate produoing <br />material could be surfaee (strip) mined. <br /> <br />The h1.gb grade portions of these Oll.tcropping$ are quite . deep m"tell'A reaching <br />more tha!l"!. twenty feet and the estllllated reooVerable reserves amo~ts to wo <br />billiOllll tow. This deposit als@ c:ol'!.tains recoverable amoUl1lts of ]U"ani_. <br />/ <br /> <br />At least two m" the major ohemi.cal companies of the United States have eaclll <br />secured several thousand acres of these O11tGrOppings and plans for their <br />development are underway. <br /> <br />Sine'll such necessary everyday items as fertllizerl detergent soap .and hundreds <br />!>f other products are made from this material there can be little doub!; that <br />this great reS011l'(Je will playa major role in the future econoll\1 of the area. <br /> <br />Power is one of the major requirements for the development of the$e and othe.t' <br />natural reS01l.l:'Cles of the distriot and while the local power companies are doing <br />=ch to provide this ml1cli1lllleeded power, the completion of the FlalDing Gorge <br />pr<oject would do lImch to help provide this power and speed up the develoJillllen"l; <br />w: the entire l\"egion. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />7/1./58 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />; < <br />