SECOND ANNUAL REPORT—FULLERS EARTH. 
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NOTES ON FUELERS EARTH. 
Fullers earth has been located at three points in Marion County. 
The most northern place of occurrence is near Fairfield. The fullers 
earth at this place was reached in a well, according to the owner, B. S. 
Quarterman, at a depth of eleven feet. Samples from the vicinity of 
Fairfield have also been received from M. O. Lewis. 
Fullers earth was obtained by E. C. McLeod on his property near 
Kendrick. Pits put down by Mr. McLeod indicate fullers earth over 
a considerable territory in this section. 
Fullers earth samples were obtained from a sink known locally 
as the “Grotto,” near Belleview, in the southern part of Marion County. 
The section at this sink is as follows: The measurements were made 
by a hand level. 
Section at Sink Near Belleview. 
7. Yellowish sand . 4 feet. 
6. Yellowish sandy clay . 15 feet. 
5. Covered and sloping . 21 ^4 feet. 
4. Decayed limestone with fullers earth inclusions. 7feet. 
3. Fullers earth ..... 4^4 feet. 
2. Gray sand .V..... 3*4 feet. 
1. Phosphatic sandy limestone, containing rounded, dark colored, 
phosphatic pebbles . 2 l / 2 feet. 
58^4 feet. 
MANATEE COUNTY. 
Manatee County lies along the Gulf coast of southern peninsular 
Florida. This county lying near the coast is comparatively level and 
of but slight surface elevation. Manatee River crosses the county from 
west to east near the northern part. Miakka River flows through the 
southern part of the county, entering Charlotte Harbor. 
NOTES ON FULLERS EARTH. 
Fullers earth has been mined for several years near Ellenton, in 
Manatee County. Above the fullers earth at this locality, conform¬ 
able with it, and in fact grading into it, is a stratum variable both in 
thickness and in character. Ordinarily it is a calcareous, sandy, clayey 
stratum being apparently disintegrated by decay. When of this char¬ 
acter it is from one to four or five feet in thickness. Elsewhere this 
stratum is harder and more calcareous, being an impure marly lime¬ 
stone four or five feet in thickness. Several prospect holes placed near 
each other showed in one instance the variation of this stratum from 
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