. The Southern States. eys the phos-phate to a revolving cylindrical screen,which removes the remaining sand andthe phosphate passes along to a scowwhich is towed to the dry house whenloaded. Then a chain conveyor unloadsthe scow and delivers the pebble in abin ready for drying. The works de-scribed are of much interest because ofthe no^elty and boldness of their was something incongruous inthe idea of building dredges in the pinewoods where there was not water enoughto float even a toy boat, but the expec-tations of the engineers have been ful-filled and the entire plant is operate
. The Southern States. eys the phos-phate to a revolving cylindrical screen,which removes the remaining sand andthe phosphate passes along to a scowwhich is towed to the dry house whenloaded. Then a chain conveyor unloadsthe scow and delivers the pebble in abin ready for drying. The works de-scribed are of much interest because ofthe no^elty and boldness of their was something incongruous inthe idea of building dredges in the pinewoods where there was not water enoughto float even a toy boat, but the expec-tations of the engineers have been ful-filled and the entire plant is operatedsuccessfully. Leaving the pebble district with thisbrief view of the typical methods ofmining, we may turn to the hard rockregion and its mining features. Themining of hard rock phosphate is moredifficult and more costly than the work-ing of pebble deposits because of theharder character of the material and theirregularity of the deposits. Nearly allof the material is handled with theshovel in contrast with the whollv. nR\- IIOISH AND STORACF. KINS ON PKACF. RIVER. THE FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY. 353
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