. The Southern States. atfaii-j PHOSPHATE BOULDER. THE FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY. By Edivard H. Sanborn. Since the early days of gold dis-coveries in California there have beenfew epidemics of mining fever equal incontagion and \irulence to the outbreakof this disease that followed the an-nouncement of phosphate finds in Floridaa few years ago. And perhaps themost curious incident of this tremen-dous outburst of speculation is the al-most universal ignorance concerning thecharacter and use of phosphates. Whileit would be difficult to find an intelli-gent newspaper reader who does nothave a pr
. The Southern States. atfaii-j PHOSPHATE BOULDER. THE FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY. By Edivard H. Sanborn. Since the early days of gold dis-coveries in California there have beenfew epidemics of mining fever equal incontagion and \irulence to the outbreakof this disease that followed the an-nouncement of phosphate finds in Floridaa few years ago. And perhaps themost curious incident of this tremen-dous outburst of speculation is the al-most universal ignorance concerning thecharacter and use of phosphates. Whileit would be difficult to find an intelli-gent newspaper reader who does nothave a pretty fair idea of the generalcharacteristics of the great Florida phos-phate boom, it would be almost asdifiicult to find a man, outside of thoseprofessionally or commercially interested,who has any intelligent conception ofwhat is meant by phosphates. Toall except the thousandth man the termphosphates is meaningless, except inits connection with one of the mostfrantic spasms of mining speculationthat this country has
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