Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-01-23
AMERICAN fLUOR SPAR CO.
Produced and Shipped Over Thirteen
Million Pounds During The
Year 1907.

pany, Nehtucky incorporation mas
produced and shipped to twenty-six
consumers during the seven months
of its business life l3, Al, 800 pounds
Of auor spar divided as follows.
Ground Fluor Spar LBS, 900 lbs.
Lump 2,61s, 900 "
Gravel 1854, 400 -
These shipments represent value
Of s43. 67s. - and required some
23j cars for its transportation. IL is
interesting also TO note the wide
area that huor spar covers as for in
stance this large tonnage was ship
ped Westward to Colorado, North to
the mountains Of British Columbia
East to the Atlantic coast and South
erly TO Alabama aud South Carolina.
The gradual growing use Of this
beautiful aud useful mineral is we'll
exempli6ed in the above statement
and it may be added that small ship
meuts we're made in addition to the
above to forty eight Of the smaller
ioundries scattered throughout the
country at large. The officials Of
this company being in somewhat
close touch with great number Of
consumers would respectfully suggest
to the miners of fuor spar in the
Kentucky a. we'll as in portions of
the Illinois district that greater care
should be taken IN preparing this
mineral for market The day Of
dirty, sihcious spar has passed, so
far as its sale to the consumer is con-
cerned. In fact such product is
not wanted any where and even
freight will not be paid on such
material by the plants to whom it is
consigned. The money value Of
a clean cut huor spar Is so much
greater that 1t seems suicidal for any
mining company 10 neglect proper
dressing and cleaning OF this product.
Fluor spar will always be one of
the safest investments that money
can be put into Time or exposure
does not in the least effect it, value.
During the present season We have
shipped an old dump of spar that
from all obtalnable records has been
exposed to wind and weather for
some forty. eight years and its make
up was a. strong a. the day 1t was
mined. While demand will vary
from time to time its very positive
sure money producing product as the
steel plants must use 1t and the en-
tire mining and smelling people are
doing so. Kentucky and Illinois
huor spar IL now being used in many
separating plants in Mexico, Colo
RADIO, British Columbia, Honduras,
Chilli and san Salvador.
The recent money scare is rapidly
passing and the reinstatement OF
suspended orders has to an extent
commenced. Naturally during this
period most of us had to exercise a
lot of patience and wait for remit
,ances, always hoping that the other
fellow would't 20 INTO bankruptcy
before his check could be cashed,
We desire to thank the many mining
companies of Kentucky and Illinois
with whom we had dealings for ex-
ercising that rare virtue. We expect
it was tough at times to hold in, but
all the waiting days were over SO FAR
as this company was concerned on
the fourth day of January, all known
claims being paid that day.
We hope to put more dollars into
the Kentucky district the coming
season as well as III the Illinois see
ton, but it will be for good, clean
fuor spar, We do not want a prod
net composed of a good deal of sand,
whole lot of red clay or loan and a
sprlnkling of huor spar, IN other
words no unwashed Kentucky gravel
spar for rs, at least not any more,
not il we know it, We will buy at
a strong price first class huor spar OF
any class and pay currency on de-
livery if desired during the year 9OS.
AMERICAN FLOOR SPAR Co