The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20
TALLAHASSEE PHOSPHATE
RICH ROCK IN UNLIMITED QUAN
z7TY FOR MARKET.
SOLID PHOSPHATE THIRTY-EIGHT FEET
THIcK-CERTIFIcATEs Oh. ANALYsIs-Ex-
PERTs MAKE FAVORABLE REPoRTs-A
RARE CHANCE FOB CAPITALISTS.

Tallahassee Is now ready and in good
shape to put upon the market. The pits
are finished and photographs have been
taken of them. Certificates of analyses
have been made by well known chemists,
showing an average OF 70 per cent. bone
phosphate of lime.
Analyses have also been made of the
mari matrix which surrounds the rock,
showing an average of 81 per cent. of bone
phosphate of lime.
The pits are 60 feet in depth, 38} feet
being composed of phosphate rock. The
first strata is reached at depth Of " feet
from the surface. The remaining waste
matter of IA feet is composed of clay and
white sand, which is taken out below the
first strata of rock, after which the entire
remainder from depth of 38a feet from
the surface to the bottom, go feet, is COM
posed entirely of phosphate.
Another good feature is the entire alb
sence of water in any of the pits dug, al
though there is an abundance of water
close by that can be easily utilized for
washing, etc.
Experts who have examined the land
say it can be mined without trouble, and
that the cost of mining will not be as ex-
pensive as in the beds of rivers.
The beds are close to the Florida Gen.
trail and Peninsular railway, being only q
short mile away, with almost level grade
the entire distance. The cost of building a
spur would be comparatively small.
Maj. Caldwell of the Baldwin Fertilizer
company, who recently made an examina-
ton of the lands, gave as his opinion, 90
far as he could judge without making
chemical tests of the rock itself, that the
| find was a most valuable one.
Other expert Is have examined thej lands
and express great surprise at the amount
of ROCK taken from the pits.
One of the features of the first strata Of
rock is that it is identically the same as
the Charleston river rock, only of much
higher grade. 1t is of blue black color
and to look at seems gcomposed of much
sand, yet it only contains about per cent
of sandy matter and less than half of 1
per cent of iron and alumina.
The fine graduated fossil bone comes up
perfectly clean of dirt or sand land needs
no washing. There is great quantity of
this and it will cost less to mine and put
into marketable shape than any other
known phosphate in the state, being also
the only find Of the kind yet reported.
Nothing definite as to the final DISPOSE,
ton of the lands has been decided upon.
AT present the find is entirely free from
all options except that originally taken by
Davids s. Seabury, who found and devei.
oped the beds.
Capitalists who contemplate coming
here to inspect these beds will find thai
this picture is neither overdrawn nor highly
colored.
The lands are open for inspection, and
all who wish TO examine them with view
TO purchasing, can do 80 without any mon
etary consideration asked in advance, q,
the promoters have every confidence in Il
as valuable phosphate property, and arr
not ashamed to show it as SUCH
Tallahassee phosphate is reality-and
it will aid materially in the industrial de-
velopment of Leon county.