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Title: The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: King, Edward, 1848-1896
Subjects: Southern States -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : Blackie & son
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ilii. hi^hwnjs leidin<5 out if theembowered m loveliest foliage 450 HOSPHATES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. pins head to masses weighing hundreds of pounds. These nodules are nowknown as phosphate rock, and have been described as incalculable heaps ofanimal remains thrown or washed together. Beautiful specimens of ribs,vertebra;, and teeth of land and sea monsters of the early tertiary period arefound in profusion at a little distance below the surface, and are readily dugup with pick and shovel. The negroes are said even to dive for them to theriver-beds, and to bring up large quantities. The people have at last awakened to the immense value of these deposits,and a number of establishments devoted to their conversion into phosphate-manures have sprung up since the war. In these manufactories the nodulesarc baked thoroughly dry, then ground to a powder, which is finally mixed withsulphuric acid and charged with ammonia. The Wando Company, which first
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undertook the production of these fertilizers, made thirty per cent, profit, and thereare now two dozen companies in the State organized for the purposes either ofmining or manufacturing these phosphates. One company is organized with acapital of $2,000,000 to mine in all the navigable rivers in the State; and .there areseveral manufacturing corporations which have each a million dollars capital.The Etiwan Company claims to have the largest acid-chamber in the UnitedStates; and in the Wando, Etiwan, Pacific, Guano, Atlantic, Stono and Wap-poo mills, four or five millions of dollars have been invested since 1868. Important as is this industry, there are a variety of others already devel-oped in Charleston which promise great future success. In the manufactureof doors, blinds, sashes, and machinery, and in ship-building, a large capital DESERTED HOMES AND PLANTATIONS. 45 I is invested. The enterprising citizens are even constructing ready-made housesand churches, whicli can be shipped i

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