The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-02-01
INTRODUCES A NEW LAW
Borah Introduces Bill to Open 100000
Acres to Entry Withdrawn
by Roosevelt.

Senator Bora of Idaho has introduced bill in the United
States senate which, passed. will open to settlement more
than 100000 land the surface which may entered
and used for agricultural purposes leaving the government
the title absolutely to underlying phosphate which may
be discovered later
The Borah amendment to the general land laws leaves for
further congressional consideration the laws to govern the
digging OF this phosphate providing that in the event of it's
later discovery under any land to which title may be acquired
for agricultural purposes that the government shall have the
phosphate but that the paene shall have such damages paid
him may be equitable in the premises attaching to the
moval of the phosphate.
It during the Roosevelt administration that these
many were withdrawn from settlement owing to their
value in phosphate In the running OF the lines OF survey
upon which the order predicaed vast in addition
to those which showed phosphate signs included which
has caused much avorabe comment by the residents OF the
areas nearby these phosphate beds.
It will be Of interest to know that Idaho is vitality inter
ested in this situation The southeastern portion of this state
contains of the most attractive phosphate beds in the
world
The San Francisco Chemical company is the name of
which has been operating in Bear Lake county for
many years. owning large phosphate claims They estimate
their mineral at twenty million tons their ground located
within four miles Of Montpelier.
single group Of claims owned by the Utah Fertilizer
and Chemical company located 20 miles to the south
Of this California claim Georgetown reliably es
nated to contain ninety million long tons IN single oe ~
per cent pure phosphate.
These two claims represent twice the total amount OF
known phosphate in the United States prior to these Idaho
discoveries.
The demand OF the people OF ldallO Is not OH! ol VIC ~
lease this surface land for entry by the agricuras ou
the reasonably early enactment Of federal legislation through
which Idaho citizens may work out OF Idaho land this great
fertilizing product which will add to Idaho one more great
industry remarkable value to the commercial development
Of the state.
Apropos to the matter of the scope of this industry 1t
release by the and the vast accmulatons N tins
Bear Lake country State Mine Inspector Robert N Bell ha
the following say the Deseret News OF Salt Lake City:
In view of the fact that the government has already
passed title to groups claims covering vast resources
of this valuable mineral the interest OF the industry ana h
community at large would be advanced every alternate sec
ton of this great withdrawal thrown open to entry under
the placer law or other simple statute for It's
as an encouragement to it's development and by the pres
en generation IF this great withdrawal remains intact OF
is offered as leases under exactng government RESTRICTION
against the privately owned land already acquired the gov
eminent will virtually be favoring monopoly as these pr
vaev owned resources of sufficient capacity to supply any
demand that likely to be created within the next o years
and in the interest of advancing the development and use OF
this important resource of mineral manure by free compet
ton its acquisition should be made attractive possible h
capital"