76 Phosphate Rocks of South Carolina, 
ble, to ONE MILLION. The following is an analysis 
made by one of the first chemists of the age, G. A. 
Liebig, Esq.: 
BALTIMORE, September 24, 1870. 
Result of analysis of a sample of South Carolina 
Phosphates, (averaged from one keg crude, which was 
found at my office,) marked ex “ Bailey,” for Messrs. 
Wm. M. Ellicott & Sons: 
Moisture determined at 100° C. : ; 6.225 
Phosphoric Acid, . ; ‘ 28.874 
which is equal to 63.034 ane Poepe se oF LIME. 
Rendered perfectly kiln dry it will contain of Cale. 
Bone PHOSPHATE OF LIME 67.219. 
(Signed) G. A. Liesice. 
In December, 1867, sixteen barrels of the rock 
were collected and shipped to Philadelphia by the 
writer for general distribution, and the first parcel 
of Superphosphates was manufactured by Messrs. 
Potts & Klett of that city. 
The first cargo, one hundred tons, was shipped, per 
schooner Renshaw, on the 14th April, 1868, to Bal- 
timore, Md., by John R. Dukes, Esq., the enterpris- 
ing President of the Wando Company of Charleston ; 
and who also manufactured the first Superphosphate 
from this rock in Charleston. The Charleston Mining 
and Manufacturing Company shipped to Philadelphia 
three hundred tons, per schooner Anna Barton, on 
the 18th, four days later. 
Phosphate lands in the neighborhood of Charles- 
ton, which before the discovery were held at two dol- 
