80 The Phosphates of America. 



used in washing hematite ores and pugging clay. To prevent the 

 clay from balling up in the revolving screens, it is thoroughly soft- 

 ened and disintegrated ; and when this has been done it will easily 

 wash out of the phosphate, the succeeding stages of the process 

 being the same as in handling dry rock. 



With the mere addition of a dredging apparatus, this method of 

 exploitation is equally applicable to the "pebble" and river-de- 

 posits, the process of drying, elevating and storing being quite as 

 economical and efficient as in the case of the hard rock. 



Our opening remarks on the speculative character of the 

 "boom" are justified by the following partial list of the mining 

 companies formed in Florida for various purposes within the past 

 two years : 



Name. Address. Capital. 



Arcadia Phosphate Co De Soto County ; office, Sa- 

 vannah, Ga 



Peace River Phosphate Co De Soto County, Arcadia, Fla. ; 



principal office, New York.. 300,000 



De Soto Phosphate Co Zolfo, De Soto County ; of- 

 fice, Atlanta, Ga 250,000 



South Florida Phosphate Co Liverpool, De Soto County. . 240,000 



Charlotte Harbor Phosphate Co . . Fort Ogden, De Soto County 



Boca Grande Phosphate Co De Soto County ; deposit 



worked on Caloosahachie 



River 250,000 



Lee County Phosphate Co Fort Myers, Lee County ; de- 

 posit on Caloosahachie Riv- 

 er 250,000 



Fort Meade Phosphate, Fertilizer, 

 Land and Improvement Co Fort Meade, Po k County 50,000 



Homeland Pebble Phosphate Co . . Homeland, Polk County 100,000 



Homeland Mining- and Land Co . . Homeland, Polk County 120,000 



Black River Phosphate Co Clay County 200,000 



Pharr Phosphate Co Bartow, Polk County 



Jackson and Peace River Phos- 

 phate Co Apopka, De Soto County 1,000,000 



Tampa Phosphate Co Tampa, Hillsboro County 25,000 



Prospect Phosphate Co. Dunnellon, Marion County 



E. C. Evans Mining 1 Co Dunnellon, Marion County. . , 



Glenn Alice Phosphate Co Bay Hill, Sumpter County 



Dunnellon Phosphate Co Dunnellon, Marion County. . . 1,250,000 



Sterling Phosphate Co Hernando County 3,000,000 



Withlacoochee River Phosphate 

 Co Panasofkee, Marion County... 400,000 



The Early Bird Phosphate Co Marion County 500,000 



The New York Phosphate Co Marion County 4,000,000 



