The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-08-09
DoLOMtTE BED FOUND IN HER.
NANDO COUNTY

~e ~ citizens OF Brooksyille and
no county, including Mayor
Striuger and members OF
trims are investigating a min
aleh the drillers hereabouts
,lcouutered at various depths,
Hloh Is SO hard that it almost
Nef tie drill Hillard Bros, drill
hHa that n some instances the
hard that the drill will 90
9u a fraction of an inch per
Nayor Strnger has some spauls
obtained at a depth OF 10
acre he ledge was six feet
raaea d IS as white as marble,
lara as flint. and resists all ordi-
nat method, of reduction
laor Stringer took his samples to
ua hurerWick. the local minerolo-
$40 subjected them to tenn
frr8ture 81 1000 degrees, various acid
,esfs and hot and cold moisture
treatments bat the samples remained
utac absolutely. and showed no
ens whatever OF discoloration or
lute2ration Col. Stringer has sent
ais samples 10 State Geologist Rolf of
Gainesville for further tests and
classification
in fhe poinion of Hon. w. A. Full
tou 81 fh.s place the specimens sub
Untitled 3y Col Stringer are dolomite,
Which. authorities tell US. is a mineral
consisting OF the carbonate of lime
snl magnesia in varying proportions.
o. occurs In distinct crystals and in
extensive beds. as a compact lime
stone often crystalline, granular,
either white or colored, as Doc Liv-
nsston would say II includes much
of the common white marble, and is
also called bitter spar
Years ago when Mr. Fulton came
upon a ledge Of this rock he became
con, need that lime in paying quanti-
fles existed. and as he was in need of
"a quantity OF thta ingredient, he in
siltuted plans to manufacture it. With
several hundred tons of the white
rock ahich he loosened with dyna-
mite. ~ built kiln of alternate lay
ers 81 fat pine knots and dolomite,
walled 10 up with palmetto logs and
see fire 10 the pile. The rocks were
brought up 10 white heat probably
Hnu or 1900 degrees temperature,
aud a. hen the mass had cooled off Mr..
Fulton prepared 10 Stake it. But it
aas not 20 be so Instead Of lime, Mr..
Fulton had just what he started with
ss ar "a the mineral was concerned.
rbe heat had not changed it one iota,
aud moisture dripped from it like wa
ter on ducks back; no change in
either c0mpactness or color.
Tbls brings the local minerologists
up aeainst a puzzle Ii dolomite is
composed OF carbonate of lime and
maEnesia. and il carbonate of lime is
$50 and magnesia malleable and due
tfe abs ala not the intense heat it
was subjected 10 by Mr.. Fulton pro-
anre some change of form? Since
tbe authorities tell us that dolomite
mas occur In distinct crystals may it
noi hc that in some period of forma-
fau the elements have been subject
80 fn temperature which has al
ready separated the constituent parts
- dolomitc2
According TO a theory advanced by
Mayor Stfineer Florida was once a
art ~, Georgia. and is made up of a
.reaf Slab OF mountain which slid
a0au INTO what is known as the
eceso and these rock deposits are a
bare ot The solids which, since then,
H8fe resisted the tides and form the
SASH. 81 the peninsula.
Iis belief vill not deter the mayor
from prosecuting his investigations,
eteh dough favorable results may
mspre Georgia TO institute proceed
na. 3 repleWn Brooksville Cor. to
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