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Show FULLER'S EARTH IN ll THE UNITED STATES lH For a great many years fuller's earth H was imported from England, the only JM known source of supply, but In lS9a jH it was bv accident discovered in this 'H country." At Quincy. Fla., an effort H was made, without success, to burn jH brick on the property of the Owl ' Cigar company. An Alsatian cigar il maker omploved by the company IH called attention to the close re- JM semblance of this clay to the German H fuller's earth. As ,a result of this H , suggestion the clay was tested and TM found to bo fuller's earth and the H lndustrv was developed. This dlBCOV- H ery caused considerable excitement. H and supposed deposits of fuller'B earth H were reported from a number or IH states The material in most of these H deposits, however, was found to be of M no value aB fuller's earth. Since the H discovery Florida has boon the leading H state In production. During the early H hlstorv of tho industry fuller's earth H was produced In only two or tlireo H states. In 1897 to 1899 it was reported Jm ( rem Florida, Colorado and New l ork, IH with a very sniall production from IH Utah' In 1901 Arkansas wns added to H the li'st From 1904 to 1907 Arkansas IH was tho second largest producer. H Shortlv after its discovery in Florida Jm fuller's earth was found in Georgia, H but Georgia did not appear as a pro- ,H ducer until 1907, when It was the M third largest producing state. It H ranked second In 1909 and 1910. lu m 1904 Alabama and Massachusetts re- ,H ported production. In 1907 South Caro. H Una and Texas appeared, and in 1909 JH California entered the llsL The prin- JB clpal use of fuller's earth In thin . H country Is In bleaching, clarl ylng or H filtoring fats, greases and oils. Gt- H ological Survey. jH |