12 BULLETIN 18, U. S. DEPAE1MEKT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The general opinion has been that the phosphates of South Carolina 
are practically exhausted. This is far from being the case. There 
are thousands of acres of rich phosphate land still practically un- 
touched. Although the phosphate on much of this property is 
covered by a heavy overburden, more efficient mining methods and 
unproved market and transportation conditions would render it all 
available. 
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