The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-05-29
OF PHOSPHATE
ROCK IN FLORIDA IN 1918

Prof E. H. Sellards, the geologist,
furnishes the following statistics on
production of phosphate rock in Flor
ida during 1913, collected in co-opera-
ton with the United States geological
survey:
The production OF land pebble phos-
plate in Florida, which has steadily
increased during the past several
years, showed a further gain during
1913, the output having for the first
time exceeded two million tons. The
production of hard rock phosphate,
on the contrary, showed a slight de-
crease, having fallen slightly below
one-half million tons. However not
withstanding the decline in hard rcck
mining, the total production for the
state during 1913 was greater than
that for any preceding year, having
exceeded two and one-half million
tons, with a valuation in excess Of
nine and one-half million dollars.
The total shipments of phosphate
rock during 1913 as reported by the
producers was 2,545,276 long tons, Of
which 2,055,42 tons were lond pebble
including a small consignment of riv-
er pebble, and 4S9,794 tons were hard
rock phosphate, The river pebble in
cluded with these shipments repre-
sents rock on hand from previous
years, as no river pebble is being pro-
duced at present. The exports of
phosphate rock from Florida to for
eign countries during 1913 as shown
by returns from the various shipping
points amounted to 1,364,296 tons,
from which it appears that slightly
less than one-half of the phosphate
mined in Florida during 1913 was con-
signed for use within the United
States. The rock consigned for do
nestle use is almost wholly land peb-
BILE phosphate, practically all of the
hard rock being exported. The rec
ord of the export shipment is from
the American Fertilizer of January
"a, 1911.
Pebble phosphate from Florida sold
at the mines during 1913 at $2.75 to
81 per ton according to grade, while
the hard rock phosphate sold at 81 to
S. per ton. The actual value of the
phosphate shipped from Florida dur
ing 1913 approximates $9,563,0S4.
Thirty companies in all were en-
gagged in mining phosphate in Florida
during 1913. Of these sixteen COM
panies were mining pebble phosphate,
while fourteen were mining hard rock
phosphate. The accompanying list is
complete for all phosphate companies
that operated in Florida during 1913:
Amalgamated Phosphate Company,
20 South Calvert street, Baltimore,
Md, and Chicora, Fla.
Armour Fertilizer Works, Barlow,
Fla.
P. Bassett Successor % Central
Phosphate Company, Newberry, Fla.
Peter B. and Robert S. Bradley, go
State street, Boston, Mass, and Floral
City, Fla.
]. Buttgenbach & Company, Holder,
Fla.
Camp Phosphate Company, Ocala
and Dunnellon, Fla.
Charleston, ). e., Mining and Man
ufacturing Company, Charleston, S. c.,
ad Fort Meade, Fla.
Compagnie Generate des Phosphates
de la Flodia, Paris, France, and Penn
broke, Fla.
Coronet Phosphate Company, Lake
land, Fla, and SO John street, New
York.
GUNNER Lumber Company, Jack
sonville and Newberry, Fla.
The Dominion Phosphate Company,
Barlow, Fla.
The Dunnellon Phosphate Company,
Fla.
Dutton Phosphate Company, Gaines
vile, Fla.
Florida Mining Company, los Broad
way, New York, and Mulberry, Fla.
Florida Phosphate Mining Corpor-
alton, Norfolk, Va, and Barlow, Fla.
Franklin Phosphate Company, New
berry, Fla.
International Phosphate Company,
81 State street, Boston, Mass, and FIT.
Meade, Fla.
Interstate Chemical Corporation,
Charleston, S. c., and Bowling Green,
Fla.
Istachatta Phosphate Company, Is
tachatta, Fla.
Mutual Mining Company, Savannah,