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Show H' 'S woll known, phosphates tiro H v ory oxtonslvoly usod in this country B1-' nnn I'ttropo In tho munufaoturo of Hr( fertilisers. Iluinlrods of Vhousnuds of HHt tons are usod unnually, and the do- HHfjV maud Is increasing. The most vnlu- H nblo deposits in this country have bcou H& . tho beds in South Carolina, but tho $; r.ilmotto Btto has found a now com- B'V patltor in Florida, whora tho vast do- Kk posits aro richer and oMend fiom H Tivllahassoo to Veaco lllvor, about Hk fllty tnllos south of Tampa, a distance L f ovor three hundrod mllos. and with ft1 a, width, bo far as developed, of from B, ten to llfty mllos. |