The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-08
pHosPHarE LION.
4 yaIusble Bed Pound Three Niles
from Tallahassee

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TALLAHAssEE. Fla. Aprl The
/ NoExIxG NEWS reporter has Just retained
from Z personal examination # what IS
pcssibly one Of ths mOst extensive and rich
est bsds 81 phosphate N Florida Il Is half q
mile III width and two mills 10 length. Is
only about three mile from Tsllahsssse and
q bali nile ~ the nearest pint from tie
line q the Florida Central and Psuinsuizr
railway. Il E=s On lands owned ~ q. f.
Meginniss and &. ". SsZO8, and was dis
covered by IS. l. David. a practical
chemist, and 7 A Sssoury Z mining ex-
p,ert. who lave Tor the past tsJ months been
making explorations around Iallah sssse.
In TINS deposit TIE phosphate begins a. the
surface. where II is found IN the form Of
nOdUies, and this formation goes down from
= 70 : feet then comes stratum d soft
white phosphate rock several feel IN thick
ness TITS Is followed b. q wonderful
Stratum Of fossil bones. and then comes g de
post Of harder phosphate rock So far tie
prosuect0rs have failed 70 find any bottom
70 the deposit A wei recently bored down
seventy feet stopped in rock too hard 70
penetrate further. ana the different strata
from the surface down 10 this bed rock all
aDaiyzs rich in phosphate. And these same
tirs length of the deposit.
WHAT AZ ANALYSIS SHOWS
Nodulss taken from near the surface
show upon analysis 81. % per cent Of pbos-
pboric acid. indicating 1913 per cent Of
tricalcium phosphate. Specimens Of the
fossil bones show 4l54 Der cent OF
pbospboric acid, and the soft rock, OF
which there is an unlimited quantity, shows
40JG per cent. Of phosphoric acid, icdi-
eating 1854 per cent. Of tFicslc!um phos-
pnate. The prospsctors estimate that there
are over 100000 tons Of marketable
phosphate in this one deposit, and they
have found several Others not quite 50 ex-
tensive in the same immediate neighDJr-
hood.
This wonderful discovery has excited the
land owners round about. and Davids &
Seabury have signed contracts 70 examine
u, 900 acres Of lands owned by different
parties, but all in body aid close 70 the
Meginniss and Saxon find Their only
charge for examining the lands and bring
ing IN capital to develop the Hnds is a small
percentage Of the increase in value brought
about by discoveries made By them This
shows that they have 9nfideoce in the
value Of their finds, and here Is an ilDsrra-
ton Of how II Is pauulng GU: One month
ago Saxon Offered 70 s-l LIS lands ~ so
per acre; Saturday hs sas oF1arsi, and, act
ing under advice Of Davis & Sesbgry, Re-
fused 500 Der acre toz II
OTHKE yAlsrAgLE Trxzs
Ia exploring for rzzlsz6-zss 1tasr Talu-
abe finds have basz zzzzz Tzasz szc.ssde
as previously nosu.g-ss1 Il s-sazzl 70 tie
MORNING NEWS. Ez1A- E-Z-zz, FIRE
brick clay. 1zrUrz- csz2sE- ctr Among
recent dods II I've lzz-sazsz hss1E Z very
line slliezte q zl1u--zzz All s-az-1ll de-
posts q Sienna al lsszrE
Sus. IS ths ZCEsIEG EEEs Euza was
leaving ODs Of f5s rrospse19~s troagnt il
several Jumps q IS ia n-orn hs-nsfite q
any one nes1 WISH - Aook 81, aud rsDsrtsd
that be bad stT1ck gzIts : le1gs Il IL
". l. DAVIS len yesterday for New
ork 70 get northern capital interested and
70 make arrangements Tor having mining
operations 70 begin e. an early day he
viii stop IN Savannah fsw day and give
the fertilizer manufacturers there q chance
70 come in II they desire q.
Prospsctorz with picks. grubbing hoes
and a1gerE ara seen Ia every direction. and
the phosphate excitement grows greater
every day. Several Charleston, Chicago
and English capitalists are here and are
taking options on ell the lands they can
secure.
THE STREET RAILWAY.
A number Of hands are at work grading
for the street. railway, and President Ben
nett Gays he win push the work 70 rapid
completion.
An official Of the Florida Central and
PenInsular Railway informs the MORNING.
NEWS reporter that the directors are seri-
ously considering the building Of a northern
extension Of their road to take in Bruins
wick, and follow along the coast 70 Savan-
nah, there 70 connect with the South
Bound.