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Show A auu jcuihek wants to learn what aro the Sjuth Ciroliuu phosphates mentioned iu these columns a few days ago in counootion with Judge Corbin, who is said to have atolen $24,000 of the bIaIq fjnda while acting act-ing au agent for the collection of the revenue from the phosphates. They aro deposits of. phoaphate of lime found iu the alluvial portions of the et&lQ, and aro used for fertilizing purposes. pur-poses. Tbey are free from rock, near tne surface, aud aro easy to handle. They are troatod with sulp'auric aoid aud finely ground, furnishing a auparphoepbate that yielda an excellent excel-lent quality of phosphoric acid. They are aaid t.) aflord the phosphoric phos-phoric acid for GO per cent, of all fertilizer manufactured In America. The phosphates are a large source of revenue to the state, which Inst year shipped 210.323 tons of orude and 52.000 tons of minufActured phos pht98 and fertilizers. |