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ANNUAL REPORT, OF THE 



Off. Doc. 



Duriiiji ll)(i;i. I he production of all classes of pliosphalc amounted 

 to 1,477. (iOL loni; tons, wliicli is less than Hie previous year. The 

 following- statement shows the production and shipment in the 

 various fields: 



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Florida hard rock 



1-and pebble 



Peace river 



Total Florida 



Tennessee 



South Carolina 



Total United States, 



438,750 



28.5, l'S8 



49,985 



773,923 



422,889 

 280, 789 



1,477,601 



1,000 

 149,0:8 



4U,98r, 



199,993 



313.008 

 218,227 



731,228 



466,819 

 1.^3, 503 



620,382 



117,387 

 40,929 



778.698 



The centralization of control by jmrchase of some of the more im- 

 portant hard rock and land ^leblile mines in Florida has been the 

 most interesting feature of the year. 



The prices obtained in 1!)03 based on monthly averages will be 

 seen from tlie following table: 





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Floriila hard rock, 78 (S) 80 per cent.,* . 

 Florida land pebble, 68 @ 73 per cent.,* 

 Tennessee export rock, 78 @ 82 per cent.,t 

 Tennessee domestic rock, 78 per cent.,t .. 



Tennessee, 75 per cent.,t 



Tennessee, 73 (q> 74 per cent.,t 



Tennessee, 70 @ 7 2por cent. , f 



South Carolina land ro'ck,t 



South Carolina river rock,| 



6.95 

 3.49 

 3.93 

 3.62 

 3.30 

 2.85 

 2.61 

 3.25 

 2.88 



*f. o. b., Florida shipping points, 

 tf. o. b., Mt, Pleasant, Tenn. 

 if. o. b., Ashley River. 



Quotations for Januaiy and February of this year were for: 



Florida hard I'ock, 77-80 per cent., average |7 



Land ])(d)ble r;S-7:i iier cent., .|3 75 01} 4 



Tennessee 78 S2 per cent., 4 00 (fi)^ 4 



Tennessee, .. . . , 78 jier cent., 3 75 @ 4 



Tennessee 75 per cent., 3 25 (?/) 3 



Tennessee, 73-74 per cent., 2 05 fr?) 3 



Fouth Carolina hnid rock 3 25 



South Carolina river rock, 2 75 (a> 3 GO 



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