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(For further information as to this see under "General Ob- 

 servations.") 



Owing to insufficient machinery this company has not 

 been able to place as much of their product on the market 

 as they expect to do before long. The ground rock has a 

 good reputation as a fertilizer. 



The North Carolina Phosphate Company at Raleigh uses 

 this rock also, obtaining it from Castle Hayne near Rocky 

 Point They have a very complete mill, with a Foster 

 crusher, and two Frisbee-Lucop grinders, and are doing an 

 increasing business, with a daily capacity of thirty tons. 



Besides these two companies there are none that use North 

 Carolina rock. 



NAVASSA GUANO CO., WILMINGTON, N. C ; 



works at Meares Bluff, Cape Fear river, five miles above Wil- 

 mington, established in 1 869, and do the largest business of any 

 company manufacturing in North Carolina. They use 1 1 ,000 

 tons of crude rock per annum, of which 5,000 tons is Navassa 

 and 6,000 tons South Carolina Rock. Their daily capacity is 



Ground Rock - - - 33 tons 

 Acid Phosphate - - - /o tons 

 Guano - - - - 75 tons 



Total 178 tons. 



Of their total production of 16,000 tons, they sell in North 

 Carolina 10,000 tons. They make their own acid from Sicily 

 Sulphur, and are well equipped and well situated. 



ACME MANUFACTURING CO., WILMINGTON, N. C. 



works at Cronly, on Carolina Central Railway, 17 miles from 

 Wilmington. The year ending December i, 1886, is really 

 their first year in the business, as they were experimenting 

 and getting ready. They use South Carolina rock, and have 

 a daily capacity of 



Ground Rock, - - 15 tons. 



Acid Phosphate - - 30 tons. 



Guano - - - 60 tons. 



Total 105 tons. 



They make their own acid from Sicily Sulpher, and are 

 well equipped, though not very well situated. They sell 

 nearly all their product in North Carolina. 



The Goldsboro Oil Co., the Enterprise Fertilizer Co., 



