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 Dmkr in Photpkate of Lime, PhosphaU and other 
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 ^^^e fonowinf brl«r coinpaatioii qT ttetbUct, tbowiiif 
 IIm praMn^itatut of the CaiMdlan plioiplwte induftry. it 
 made for the purpoee of bringing to the notice of capitalitti 
 the tdvantaget offered by judidoot invettmenti therein. 
 The Hnportance of the tubject, at well ii profeteional 
 outtten^ hM induced ut to make many carefip 1 e3camination% 
 extending oirer leveral of the districts in which the Apatite 
 occurs, and m die results of our r esea r ches have, in a great 
 measure, been borne out by the experience of others, we 
 have taken the liberty of embodying in the following pages, 
 extracti from their published sUtements. 
 
 Benedict & Cole, 
 
 82 LiBSBTT Street. 
 
 New Yorie City. March asth, 1884. 
 
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 Thn ImporUilct of » iiippJy ^ Plwlplw to tlM mU ki 
 att4« ovidMit by tho CKt thot tho mioonl port oT th« booM 
 
 ofofaaiolsiifor'thograotar port Phoiphoto of Uoio, ond 
 up to oracent period AamidMdo iuAdoot wpply of thio 
 matorial for tho domonda of comoiefco; V 
 
 Of Uto yoor^ the incrooeinff demood for Pho^lutM M 
 fertUben hosdnwn attention to the um of the cfyrtalUne 
 ■Onerol phon>lloto of lime, or Apotite^ ot which toige 
 quootitiee hove been imported from Norway and elae- 
 wheio, into EngUnd, and attention haa reoentiy been 
 turned to the abundant auppUei of thia aininl 09iiaUag in 
 
 The qaeation if aometimea ail|^ whether the nathre 
 pboaphato of U^e may not be dii^ applied to the aofl 
 aa a manure, and thiia diapeiiae with the coeUy procom of 
 converting it &ito auper-phoaphatea. . 
 
 Ground bonea. which ia uaed with great advantage aa o 
 .manure, owea a portion of iti efficac}' to the organic matter 
 it containa, and which, by Ita alow decay in the toil, givea 
 riae to ammonia, an important fertiliser. 
 
 The more dense phosphate of the cryataUine apathea 
 ia, however, much leaa aoluble than the phosphate con- 
 tained in bonea, and therefore much alower in its action 
 when applied to the aoiL Hence it becomea an object to 
 the agricultuHat to apply phoaphate in amall quantlti^ 
 and in auch a Ibnii aawm be iawBwJiMriy available to tta 
 
 ~ growing crop. . ; 
 
 For thia pvpoae he haa recourae to the auper-phoaphatea 
 of lime or to aome other aoluble phoaphate. When thia ia 
 applied to the aoU, it la first taken Into aolution by the 
 water there pieaent and la then deoompoaed by the com- 
 pounds of lime and other baaea in the aoa.ao that it ia 
 JDBverted agJn to te an inaolublo phoaphate^ which ia 
 
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 p wx t MCtd In A ttatt of v«iy minute dhrMonai thiit cxiKMing 
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 tiM Mfl. Tnb oiiormout iub-dlvliloh «1lieli to obtelMd by 
 using n aolubto ■uptr-phoaphate^ rtndon InteUlgiblo tho 
 gml oflktoncy of smnll quantittot of thto tubatence wben 
 ■ppUt4apaf«i>tlUMr. 
 
 ^ .^,^ .inv Mv tiv!0 vtfjlptwt oT Canadton Apatite, commonly 
 euled green and red, the former var^ng i^ color froni a 
 very light to a deep tea green, while tlie latter to utuany 
 reddiah'bimm. In character it to generally maiiive; 
 •ometimei coarsely crystalline and often granular.* It also 
 exists, in considerable Quantities, as well formed hexigonal 
 crystals, imbedded In limestone (calcite), the crystals vaiy- 
 ing in site from a fractional part of ,an Inch to a fbot or 
 more In diameter. 
 
 As the Iresult of numerous analyses made by dlffetent 
 chemists, thto mineral to found to have, approximately, the 
 following composition : 
 
 *1MMldenotpluito, . . »ib% 
 
 FlMiipaofOskiMi, . . . 7.10 
 
 . ([ ouoridAofOdkteM, v' . ^ . aso 
 
 A OMrboMto of Lint, • aW 
 
 fliltoi, IfiipMU, AlamiM. Md fniii, . Vn 
 
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 Thus it will, be seen it to essentially a tiuor-apatite and 
 v^ rich in phosphoric add. 
 
 In appendix " B- the percentile trb<^fi^^ 
 several vaikcfas of ''raw pboqthates" to given for com- 
 parisoQ, and shows the superiority of CanadlaQ nUoenl 
 
 3^ 1^^ a P^er wJl& by 
 
 .1^, J- Steny Hunt, of M^ and lead at t^ meeting 
 
 of the American institute of Mining Engineersb at dn- 
 
 dnaati, in K<d>niafy, it&i, briejjy describ the geol '" 
 
 •tatement of the Ineuioda of mining ^iit have 
 
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 OM THB APATITl DBPOBITS Of CANADA., 
 
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 vTht pitiww or •pstita ia tho LMiiiatiMi rocki of Woffth 
 Ammkm faM kng botn known to mfaMinloiiili, and wtthfai a Inr 
 
 f«n to aMch inHiratt kM boM tadttd Mr tko •eatomic inpoftr 
 MotofdmNttsofthitmkMndfMmdiniwtaki puMorCaaidn . 
 UM n bvM hiilory ol o«r knowlad|« of Umw dipoiili mn bo 
 aoeopttblo to tiM mmnbera o< tho AMrku laathaio of Minim 
 Bnrinotn. It was b 1I4V thit tho praMnt wriltf wm ilMnn % 
 « kieal coOactor of minanla toma laifa cnfilals, wklch bad boon 
 caUad banl, found in North Bunaoi, Ontario. Tbaao wtra at 
 onoa tooOgniaad aa apattta; and after a tisit to tba kiealtor, tkia 
 was daacrlbad in the raport oftha Gaolofica] Survey ol CfMda 
 for that yaar as likely to furnish an abundant supply of a valuabia 
 fortiliMr; the opinion bring then expressed that the fkct of "the 
 existence of sucli dapoftits aa these wiU pnyra of uraat inportanoe." 
 
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 I have, within the past few months, examined with some detail, 
 mam of the apatite workings in Ontario, which have served to 
 confirm the early observations, and to give additional importance 
 to the fai^tficedy insisted upon in previous deMpUoM^ that the 
 depoaitslil^tite are in part bedded or fetcrstratiftod in the 
 pyroxenic rock of the region, and in part are true vdna of poster- 
 ior origin. The gneissic rocks, with their interstratified quartxose 
 and pyroxenk layeis, and an indnded band of crystalUne lime- 
 stone, have a general northeast and southwest strike, and are much 
 folded; exhibldng pretty symmetrical anlicUpals and synclinals, 
 in which the strau are seen to dip at various angles, sometimes as 
 low aa S5 depees or to degrees, but more often app r oach i ng the 
 vertioO. The bedded deposits of anatitCb which are found run- 
 ning and dipping with these, I am disposed to look upon as ttue 
 be<fi. depoatted at the same time with the inclosing rocks. The 
 veins, on the contiary. cut serosa all these strata, and in dome 
 noticeable inataaoea, indude broken angular masses of the inclos- 
 ing rocks. They are^ for the moat part, nearly at richt anglea to 
 the stifte of the 8tiata»and gennal^ vertical, thou^ to both of 
 thaae cooditloiia dMre are eiceptiooa. 
 
 TlM^eda and veins of aparite are often traosd for from seo le 
 
 .1,000 foot andmdse^ and there ia teaaoo to believe that thev are 
 
 oootimious for Ibog distaaoes. Tho workinp upon them have, 
 
 -^however, aa yet been very superficial, genen^ firom twenty to 
 
 forty feet, and rmiely eiceedii« loo feet, llie deepest mia^ 
 
 'whkh is in Otuwa county, is now about aoo feet , 
 
 The ordinary thickness of tho bedded maasoa of apatite may be 
 
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 «u4 to vary from one to three and four feat, though BOtiaftPequentlr 
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 tte W»r «ip«Hl«f b its «tH«ion. ifeiKx it i. that farmart 
 jnd «lw p«jM, •*« with little orno knowled« of mbZ^ 
 £^ liZS^u^f^ throughout th« SSct de«:rib^' 
 
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 JwntwKat <Uflfciilt from thtWat of appliances WhS^STtS 
 
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 SS^i^*K"J?^*H.r*^ "^ t^Nindoiitd for fresh 
 JJ^'VJ^nom fc oft In this wiqr • lot of 100 aaes wlU some, 
 nma show lift, Ma, or moie pits, often 00 as aaay beds^ ftom 
 
 • toi»*wl toMrf'apatlte^ 4od has Ksen a£ado«edb 
 
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 with less tfouMt lad oosc at a new opening on the 
 
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 we min^ wui work where the? can get the Milerial with th« l«M» 
 
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 factttMraor«ttflckltotiUMn,mi«fraMlr,ollMr ^tap btinf 
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 BBftaad fa It. td. tlM noil for aiMtitt fivtag by mmM 79JP« 
 otat oTtriciilck plMMphiM, tlim fa paid m ad^tfaa of om4IUi 
 orapeaarforMchuaitorpboipliataabova tint pmaMM. w 
 that a lanpU yfaldfa« by analvifa So p« emit, fa worth ■•>!<>•»• 
 aidt ThaprkelbthaiEa^ithniarkat faiOhiacttoeoBiidarabla 
 Attctuatlom, haviaf within th« iMt four yaaia ban as high m it. 
 fM., and as low at lid. tha anit for 80 par oant phosphate. 
 Tlia piisant may be oonsidarad at an avcraga prion. V 
 
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 TIM Canadian apatite shipped to Bnalaad \m yfaldadfor 
 various lots ftom 75 to 85 per cent, 80 being the avenge Rom 
 the best conducted mines, through lots from mines where care 
 has been need tn the dressing and selection of the mineral for 
 shipment have yielded 84 and 8« oar cent Ifaay of the -smaller 
 miners to which we have aUudbd, seUiiy their product to local 
 buyers, taking little pains in dressing, and hence their product fa 
 apttobefower ingrade. It wiU be seen in the rttle adopted by 
 foreign purchasers, that there fa great pvoAt in a careful selection 
 and diessing of the mineral for market The besfa being is. sd. 
 the unit for 7S per cent, with a rise of oiie41fth of a penny for 
 each unit, it tolkJws that while atonof 7s per cent apatite will 
 biii% only 87s. 6d.(|si.li7)i a ton of 80 per cent will ooosmand 
 looe. ($s4.so)i and one of 85 per cent 113s. 4d. (|s7.4*)< ^ 
 
 In tito present state of ^Industry, it fa not eaiy tosay^hal 
 would be the cost of pRMtaction. At |he outcrop of the faigev 
 misses of apatite, and in the open cots and quarriet already 
 described, the coet of eitiaction and dietting fa of course very 
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 Inffimni^^ and acoordinf to publfahed flgurst, attained, in 1883, 
 17,840 tons^ ef whkh,tt fa to be remarked, that 106 toM were 
 dittverod in Hambun; and 650 in Slock h ohn, OM mnaindar 
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 tioot, miaad ia iSSs.and brooght to the water-«id|e diiriiM; the 
 iHUrmuoh." it it «iBkMt41i«t th^ ihfpita^iib bf iSdR i^ 
 t^ will «4t^ tf4,pbb ^ ^^^ ' ^ 
 
 'Tbeme^QfjMM^^ 
 
 — ^" I CfuadA allow or manjr UB^r(ifttBe>tt wbtcli wdvid 
 ijBdnbe 'm av^nM ooit of pro4i|cQ0i^ uid. 
 T io ilie indtiitty i^Uch the preieiMi inodis of 
 am Alftr atein. Hit nnoJlfritjr and p e t i b |<pct <! |he 
 dcporin and of^aome of the ^pwi warrant Uie intrbdac 
 
 mlhiM Iq^aiildng^^Tiiilb and itopiaf; with tHe aid 
 ti pt^ofHk ttteUaeqr fiMr dtOlfog. ae welf at ter hoMnt and 
 plMipin|; The oanM drettfa^ and teleedon of the apiWe for 
 the oiaiict it aho an (riement of mneh iupdttanoe hi the otfioiu' 
 tion of cheta depoaltt. The ooit of hitMr in the apatitn-pcodttdnc 
 di«ridtt it 'ooatnaratifeljr low, and there art mat nndibert « 
 MtidM now toperfldallj opened, upon which n^puir ninhig opem^' 
 tiontb condaete d with tfaU and y jodiciona eipenditttre of capital 
 HMMild pity^ remnnerative* It aunt be ad d ed that tiie areas in 
 qnettion have at yet. been ffien partially explored, and that much 
 remafaM to be dit c otered within them, and alMS there it rcaton 
 to believe^ in outlying dittiicta, to that in the near fiitnre thte^ 
 minmgof tbe apatite in Canada, will, it it belieired, become a 
 fery in^portant indnttry. ^ \ : 
 
 THE COST OF MINING^ 
 
 ^raries aopoiding to the sice of the "pay a^k" in t^e 
 vein or depotits, and the freedom of Uie apatite from 
 impurities, such as fragments of wall rock, pyroxene, 
 limestone and mica. Usually the cost of " cobbing " or 
 hand 4ttaaing is greater than diat of extraction ; but $4 to 
 t8 (16 to 33 shillings), may be considered the ordinary 
 limits of tiie cost of the mineral ready for shipment 
 
 ' Tfa COST OF TRANSPORTATIOII 
 
 depen^ iipon local facilities. It is customary to do most 
 of th^ haiiUng in wtnjter, when the fimniers* ha>Hn| B^ or 
 no work for thehr teams, are ready to {transport l^e apatite 
 to the hdlroads or water navigation for a ihuch lower rite 
 per ton t|iaQ during &it warnier liiontiia. .Also ih^ ?now 
 and frosen rivers and flakes enables them to carry mucii 
 greater loads. 10 to 20 cents par ton per mile, are about 
 ^ Umits of the cost of transfer by tle^ iMid wagon. 
 
 Bfosit of the long distt^ce transporjtaflqii U 4f>Jft^^ %ftff* 
 The railway companies, as a rule, supply bins for storage 
 free of chai^.and receive i io ij^ Cents per ton per mite. 
 
 lets expensive oian by rail ~ ^ 
 
V 
 
 :. :r''M ■:■/-■. fKUGm to LIYERPOOL. 
 
 The rates of freight frMs Montreal to Liverpool vary 
 from 5 to 15 •hilUngt (tLao to $3.60) per ton of 2240 
 pounda 10 shillings ($3u|o) is a fair average, though it 
 may be added that there have been times when a premium 
 has been paid for phosjiiate to go as ballast, and as the 
 transporUtion of deals (pine and spruce planks) is beginning 
 to be carried on by gii^meriB, each of which req;uires 300 to 
 500 tons of ballast, £p rates for phosphates seem assured 
 for the future. In the autumn of 1883 the rates were 7 
 shillings or $1.70 per ton/ ^ 
 
 :;:..■.-■■.■■ ■^■■-.■" ■ ■ ■£•.■■' 
 
 •^ OTHER CHARGES. ^ 
 
 In a^dttion, Aere are various chaiges at Liverpool lor 
 bibkerage, sampling, analyses, etc, which, upon cargo lots^ 
 of 300 to 400 tons, amount to 2s. 6d. to 3 shillings (60. to 
 75 cents) per ton. Also a discount of 2;^ per cent; it 
 chaiged ; this is equal to 28. 6d (60 cents) per ton for an 
 80 per cent apatite at is. 3d. per unit \.. 
 
 . RESUME OF EXPENSES. / 
 
 Tabulating the foregoing charges we have the following 
 estimates of the total cost at Liverpool : 
 
 llining and '' Oobbing," 
 HMling to Bwlwaj, 
 Fraight to. Montiwl, • 
 IMght to LiTwpool, 
 BrakMsge, Sampling^ etc, 
 DiMonnt, - 
 
 Totdi, i - 
 
 ram WW. 
 
 rSBTOl 
 
 £ a 9. 
 
 
 1 4 9 
 
 16 00 
 
 . \7 .3 
 6 2 
 
 176 
 
 160 
 
 10 
 
 240 
 
 2 9 
 
 67 
 
 2 6 
 
 60 
 
 £2 13 6 fl2 92 
 
 VALUE OF APATITE. 
 
 It has been already mentioned that the average price 
 paid for Canadian Apatite by the English dealers is Is. 2d. 
 (29 cents) per unit (each per cent) for 75 per cent mineral ; 
 and that higher grade apatite is paid forat .the rate of V.d- 
 additional for eadi per cent above 7$. Under ordinary 
 ditumsteoces it can be readily and economicaUy dressed 
 up.tD 82 per cent and frequently to between 84 and 85 per 
 
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Ilt l I ' II III I.' l 
 
 »-r 
 
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 epnt At 83 per 0Mt tt't»6ttld'be ytMt^£$ 5 3, or $3544 
 pi^too. Hmct the iolkririiig tierpigfit: 
 
 ;. '-\;":" :'■'■■ ji^'pwftpii- ton, '^ %'N|iii 9 mta f' 
 
 FimOly. it nay be •teted' that whfle tbe. foiecoifli eiii* 
 OMteeof ttiipeiiHi are not absolute for aU the dlMricta In 
 wMcb apatite ia found, they fairly vepreaent the average 
 ovtky. From eene mines tbecoet it kaib from othera moie, 
 though probably not varying $3jOO (8 shilling^ per ton 
 from the cetimatea given; but with a moderately productive 
 property and auitable managegieflt the net profit here shown 
 '; fliay b»'nUad'upoD*; ' '.::-:■■, 
 
 It has sometimes bien urgifd against investments i^ 
 Canadian phosphate landi, that the veins and deposits arev 
 fl6t omtinudus for any oonsidqwble depth; that they are!^ 
 merely pockets, and altogether unreliable. The principal 
 cause of this method 6f reasoning is the manner in Krhlch 
 the operations of mining have been carried on, partijCularly 
 in the earlier years of this industry, and the forte 'of this 
 siitdiient is much better a|»preciatedaft«r a careful inspec- 
 tion of the mode of occurrence of apatite iit the difftftfnf 
 disQIrtsL The ntitteral u ftequently fouiid ^in lenticular 
 ■ masses^ the contracted portions of which give to the vein 
 the appearance of having *'pinched out," if not entirely, 
 at least to the extent that further mining becomes compar- 1 
 ativelly unprofitable; the. pits are then abandoned and 
 operations art thmsfened to other places or ceaaai alto- 
 gether. But in numerous instances the rock or v^: niatter 
 sepamtiHi thase^'pockets" has been removed and the phos- 
 phate found agam, often in larger quantities and of a better 
 quality than before^ much to the benefit of those most inter- 
 eiliMl'in theikbrk. The writers havt yet to learti of A'sinti^e 
 iifieante in Mch a vein has pinched out entireiy, a|M^ fhs 
 qt^aptlir,. aa depth is gaiiMd, the iiiinerd increases^ quanti^ 
 aiMipoHty. #|iifll&ri^ with^ diffensn#d^»ealts in the' 
 di^fd iHofihiidi vihaeiftdhrediiigo|»eritiooiraild%«^ 
 aiicjidf^thiiMliia^of mfaiiiig^ and' tfi« ait oT' Bi^ddii^ 
 djtilr > l itfct fhitri fi ai il toi i nt <r i M b e rttf ' wifli y t>^^ 
 
 "1. 
 
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 eiQMnditure of llibor t^iA toploiiv«i' on the part of thoM? 
 in dutfge, makes Ughter podMti for tUt ornien of the nines. 
 Again, no great outlay ftw mining ^lachlnerjr is rpquired ; 
 at first simply a quarrying pU«t wlttinnv^, h«t as depth 
 is attained a small hdsting engiiys can be advantageously 
 employed.„and should water be abundanCp a siriMble steaip 
 pumpk btttthere b rarely any necessity for the totter. 
 
 
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 APPENDIX A7 
 
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 Pliosphi^ lands, in Canada, are held in two «^ iM. vf 
 Absolute Patent from the Crown j and tnd. By Deed of M ineml 
 R;^ts in fee simple. 
 
 In the first the property is convqred to the giaatee absol^ 
 by a Kgutor patent, or if already patented, by a regular warranty 
 
 In the second, the mineral rights are grsnjed. When this is 
 m case, the giant^ has the right to enter and work any mine or 
 nines to be found on the premises, and ei^trsct all ores and 
 mmerab to be found, and remove the same, jjpd m the wetk of 
 mining and removing minerals and ores to use aU the snrfMe 
 mom required about such work, andjto cut and use all &e timber 
 that may be required for mining K>}1»««* ^ ^ caies where the 
 ^nineml ri^are grsnted,thB gnmt9r,who stitt it^ns die sm- 
 %oe rights (eicept wheiein they may be used by the grantee m 
 and sbont the working of the mines), is li<p person amemed for 
 iMes, aid is liable for the same. Mlflfieial rights <»mot be 
 tMeseed, and consequently are free from taxation. 
 
 ^ Tharefoie Miaeml Wli •» * prefenWe poicksse toj 
 w^ority^taslances. Traii^ 
 
 trere^tefed in the Registry Office for the county in ^hich the 
 leAd is sitaated. 
 
 
 
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 APPENDIX B.^; 
 
 Mama ni OAVADA.--sintnRFt obbi a«d 
 
 niO»KATIi. - 
 
 C^**tlMll.T. iHtMati^Mid Mial^JowMl.) 
 
 ii^iHa^ V^^ in-the lives and inte-ert. oT indWdutl 
 
 !f.iif^5?^ "* *• "^>*»~ »»»' bring with itcotSaSS 
 oittiget in tlw tnide of the two countrief occor or not th^ .^ 
 be^ne more lo •• our oonaamption of iiUphuric iciriuid 
 
 22JT; J^^."^*~.*»* nty Bjeet with •oni«tlS« wSS 
 SI2ji!rJ^5E5?*' *' ^ not w; for outnde of our CaiShia 
 dSSSrtSd.^^ "*'*'* ™" •~"*"' •»'?'»" ore. «e widdy 
 
 nS«?SS?H J^!S?*'*'~*.^' the fertiUier tnuk in^ 
 3«owMa4 tt it i» tonger . tottite of d^^ ^ikmoi Md 
 
 2hS^ S^ ^SSSJl? ^2* ioSWidlJ^wS 
 
 "?S!!!!:- -J***?"* «>«aw to fint Mtunte the aM^ Willi 
 • ■ mwwo <M ottempoittioa j the cvbooic add ol the woUel^ 
 
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 fWjt 3 
 
 «s 
 
 oMtwiali 00m a mirJiaain>l tamx to mtein die tdd in in 
 attack on the Iiai4 and ciyilaniiie apatite. Up to the doN of 
 Jttflie. iMi, the total amort of Canada phoiphale vat 15,600 
 taoi,theafera|evalaeor whichvaaahont lioatos. la i88fl, 
 theie flgnrct were ibcieaiedbv 18,000 toM» which oottnaadeda 
 ■higher aToiage of value; Xait jpear, the aoMaat produced 
 was s^fOoo toii% and a sUgktly iocieaied valve over the fear 
 previoni. Being a more cencentrated phomhate thao aiqr other 
 u the world, it hu very natuialljr been wm fat to briaf hp the 
 addphotphate fiertUiser to high perobntaip of phdephoric add 
 A itatenient of th^ analjrtical compoiition of a hm of the kading 
 
 pbotDhaiei ef oommeroe will indicate th^ high vahie of Canadian 
 i^iatite: 
 
 .c 
 
 i#t 
 
 ■ri". ■ 
 
 QovMrauMot of Ord. .,..;. 4 . • ^t ... « . » 
 ' OovanaiMift of Podolia . , 
 
 ■agUdi 
 
 r, ••*•-«.••••«• . ••'«•.. 
 
 
 >••••• 
 
 ▲idMMo flopcolito . , 
 
 Botdoeiiz lAoq^hato 
 Bpuiih: 
 
 Wtom two miaw, from 
 WMt Indin : 
 
 NavaMa Uaiid 
 * Old Oaraooa UUad ....>;.......,...... 
 
 V Now Ontaeoa Jolaad ....>.. 
 
 "Boi nb to wt • . 
 
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 I f • • • • I 
 
 77.41 
 
 74 to 86 
 
 72.43 
 7a99 
 
 
 87.73 
 69.86 
 
 BioOnoMo: 
 
 ^ BonoAsh... 70to80 
 
 Booth OMmlina : 
 
 OMiada 
 
 I •:« •'••••-••« I 
 
 >•.•••••• •••! 
 
 prtQ6o 
 
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 Those who have secured properties in the Ottawa District 
 have worked them most energeticaUy for all thejr are worth, and 
 their letums have been very encouraging so fiir. ilie expenses 
 vaof of course with the conditions; but as a rule raiige from four 
 to five doUars per ton; often less, sometimes a Ittde more. These 
 figures ate, however, the result of the experience off a nuiiiber of 
 workings, embracini^ at lesst, seven bige mines in the great 
 Ottawa Dis^ict The cost of the mineral laid down in Montreal 
 may be estimated at froitt$; to I9 per ton. fieightatoNew 
 York may be had at from $3 up by boat, and for long contracta 
 ea8y» railroad rat^ may be secured direcdy froa^ the mine to 
 destinaiioii. Prices ^is season in Montreal have ranged ^fou $18 
 to $11 for choice shipments. 
 
 Th e quantity of this ma te rial w hi c h our marke t can dei d-with" 
 will depend mainly on the cost of sulphuric add. Aheady a 
 
y 
 
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 mm^m u t m^n nmmHj uMm yiiofe Is tht dIhh <tf ntMil 
 fmmk»mmmM0mnm tad add bai ocawioMJIy UMwhrnl f«ry 
 iRlpfgiiii*. AaoagjmattActumor«dd,o|MiiiQaiMMG}uui(^ 
 
 lNltrlUMib<|i|riit«»aMittuii ia vnn^t aunplit about m (blbwi ; 
 
 ••.,.«'■• 
 
 Bolphiir .,.,.... 4T.60 
 Iran...* ........ 44LOO 
 
 M,60 
 
 too 
 10 
 
 M.00 
 
 4S.M 
 
 &10 
 
 HillMiiiH tbft attaetioa or cofMMr VM tlM bam of opmoiaii at 
 C y has , §■< the aulphiir wat alhwrtd ta diffuie itaatf as ^ipride 
 (SOfl) for Biikt around, injuriiv Yogetation and othffviae 
 daoMfi^fropertjr. If the proccM were revened, and the ores 
 wffe .«Mi«4 »fi)r their ralphur, the bj-product would becooie a 
 mm little profit as it it in Boiope. The Capdtoo DiMrict could 
 ">PPfT * ""f hm demand for sulphur for tome time to come, 
 and Its oies opuld be worked either in the immediale locality or 
 at some Qth# point more convenient for coal and disti|butfon of 
 the /aw material 
 
 It is ftt immense economif to erect fortilixer works along side 
 the add ^^ambei% as it sam the cost of concentnuing the add 
 requved for supeiphosphlte raanufiurture. As it is known to 
 praclioal men, the add is used at chamber strentth of 1.90 sp. gr. 
 Aa the coiyipetition in the'^man^factmc of fertifisers mcreases, it 
 will beeome neoessanr for almost etrerjr maker to manufiwtuie his 
 
 own add, to secme his foil share of profit Inability to supply 
 ime's f^ with acid of home make has knocked many a Bntish 
 Huuufoetvrer out of the market in his own country. The con- 
 ditions of a tnule do not always remain the same ; and if American 
 manufiurturen have been able to make a decent profit on well 
 made fortihsecs, it is because the amount of capital in the busiaess 
 was not so huge that competition was rumous. As capital 
 incrqiies and the consumption of fertilinrs becomes moie 
 general, competition will be keener, and every source of economy, 
 .whether it.promises much or Uttle, will be squeesed to yidd iu 
 bestrmults. A few yean ago, a prominent statistidan gave the 
 oonsumptioo of fertilisers for a few of the Southern States, which 
 nn somewhat as follows : 
 
 SSSfoi 
 
 I *:.*••• f ' 
 
 ... 0,000,000 100,000 • 
 
 _.„^OMdina.../.j.... 4,668,000 80,000 
 
 TiigWa,.. ......*...... -8,600,000 i^^OOO 
 
 If the other States could be added, it would soon be foiind how 
 bige is the ooneumptioB ofpanufoctuicd fertiliaers. If Ihrhome 
 wash be tahn at twdve hundred thousand tons^ then folto half a 
 ' auUioft tons ofsnlphnric add would be required to treat the raw 
 anilidaljKodndag the manufoctuied articles and subsidbiy pur- 
 pojies; The huge deposits met with between New Yottand 
 
 lye :ma0i in 
 
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 the fariff or'not, ^wiiiirnws 
 
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 would not be prevented from dnwiag mppUei of Mlpbtir fron 
 Canada. Sbould any alteratiaa bt made in tha dkeelMMi of frft 
 importation of ralphnric add, tiMB new efacnmitawiaa mm ariii 
 #hich may render it daairable to make tba add when tne raw 
 materials are found. TboseibandinCaaadaMt likdy toraoetvt > 
 an increased share of attention from jFiar .40 jmt, b/kh 
 Ubcause of their proximity and high vihMfc 
 
 Those who have watched the quiet rtvo lmto a w M sh h as talcen 
 idace in the floo^' milling trade durinc the Uist Avw ycaiib wmit 
 We noticed not merely the rapid redoctioii of the bohmooee 
 and the substitution of roHem; bat the wy Mtie ineieaae of 
 
 capital, which has been attracted tA th^btuhum tepaMaalf aa 
 flour milling is to a countryi and the adoptioa of mm-WMtkmm'- 
 so mpid a change was not more needed in the fMHar^a trade tha# 
 it is in the manufaotwe of actda If ever the Vailed SlaM* 
 great as a amnubctnriqp; nation, it will betaifefy thil 
 
 result of cheapened sulphuric aod. So maniMd ait ita a 
 apart from the fertilising trade, that one can soaioe^ thiiA^of alf 
 industry iridch.can be carried on without its aid in seme one Ott 
 other of iti operations. Cheap acid is the besie o#all cheeiiciit 
 industry, ud to be in the front rank as a manufrwinring nation 
 has kNoig been the wish and aspiration of the country} foraevcril - 
 veers, railioad activity has not been le« than it is noW; Tt»eveii> ' 
 lem competition for moa^ for thb* putpoee than there haa been' ' 
 for some time Taken up by nianufarturer% thero is lees lihelihqod ■ 
 of such a sdl»me faying thtoiMh after a fle^ of uir ilimiai Witlfe 
 the steady growth in the fertiltter trade^ and the leeeetted i df mandv 
 for- capital out west for the next few years^ there wU uadonbtedljr* 
 be a bufer share of it fSor eqaplovmaH east' If the hmne pro-^^n 
 portion of the maaufuture ii to increase, acid most be as diie^'^ 
 m^e as it is in Europe. ..The qtuindqr of aeid a cominry co n s a ese a^ 
 is oit«D assumed as a test of pr^rete in the manaflMariag grMh 
 and of ito position in the oomnM^ of the world. Theooasf 
 sumption is dMermiaed by die cost ot the aitide^ and this egeiat 
 may-^be gover n ed by the peoite theniselves. Not c oBs a m p a ii >» 
 <mly, but the amount which a country can maanlMtniti amy else* 
 be r^htly icgankidu a;pioof of ito dviliatioa. J. Co 
 
 ''Tbe amouat of apatite shipped from Caaadi d«in| thcr lail> 
 year aggregated but 17,840 tons instead of S3,ooo tons av stediid.^ 
 The anauei output of tUe Canadian phosphate aiiaet during thVf 
 last sit yeaii has been as follows :~i87S,*3,7ertaaa; ifly^ 
 ii,9S7tons; 1880^ 7,974 tons; 1881, 15,601 toai;t88% 17,181'' 
 , toas; 1883, ^7,840 tons, and it tsaqCunrensOBabl*' to expect thM. 
 the output for the preseift year will readi quite 14^000 ; probtMy? 
 s jflho tOtts/^--^MMt0W JfiteAiy ' .AMiM!^ ' 
 
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 APPENDIX.C. • , 
 
 raogTBATM unDm Tn vvrnDirATis 
 
 AfTlft iUJOan two Af LAaVlO TOTAAM, 
 
 miutsMtw, D. C, N<>T. ja— Mf. ThoniM W. Hotdliktai. 
 Uaittd 8lat0t Contul at Ottawa, Canada, haa fonranled to the 
 Stala OtpartmtBt an alabont* paMr on the apatiie or phoaphate 
 oTUm bminaM ofhit conaular dUtfkt, which, thoofh m, Ja 
 likilylobecoaieaniaipofftantindnMry. Ifr. HotchkiaB Mya thai^ 
 «wbttttM>i»poirtant indoititaa aflbcting tha interaitt of the 
 United Stataa uTthe Ottawa diatrict, via., the uMntiiactaie of 
 while pine lamber and the mining of apatite or ininenl pboapbate 
 
 orHMrit if only withhi the laat «« y«« «>»?^^^''*Sf?* 
 depeaita oTapatite in the apparenUy banen hiOi of Quebec began 
 ioWde««loped, and for aome time, the opeialiona woe^p^i^y 
 e ap e rim e nta l Since, however, it haa beep demouliated^ 
 momAt mbitd fnm the eiith like coal, ia compoaed of mmjo 
 to 00 per cent of pboapbate oflime, giving U a nfaiemujrr - 
 mirtar«hanooaloriion,tbeintere8torcommefaala^haal 
 dm lowiida k until it bida Cdr to becooM a powwM foc^ 
 thebMinaaaorthiaaaetion. Ittdevoiopmentandwodaptiveitoie 
 are rapidijr incraiaing. and aa the prato are burger h iareaaooalble 
 to eitpect a atfll more rapid growth. Cloaring the Ottaim rlvi 
 Otlmrecit7,theeiplonr ia in tbePioiAMepf Qne^ 
 pha»e diatrict iacompriaed chiefljr in the townahipa of Temi 
 Buckingham and Eaat atad Weat Borthmd, none of theae 
 beii« more than 75 milea north ^Ogdeniborg,N.Y. The 
 phatn dapoiila ire being worked bjr aeveial American com| 
 ayaiewatfcaHy and pmctteaBi/ 
 
 The aectioniif ooontiT fidierrbd to will be foond to lie inj 
 ttney of the fiver Uevre, a tfibutarr of the Ottawa, 
 depciaitaofleaaeitantendvahiearefotud m other paita of the 
 Dominioii. Intheearlfatageaofthia mining it waa opndocted 
 in A rade primitive manner, aa weU firom want of capiMl •■ want 
 efnaoamafyenerience. In the laat few yearamatteia have gieat^ 
 improved. Bntiah and American capitaliilB have ao increaaed 
 UiA tnvcatmenta that the bnaineM haa been ^Uced in a locrative, 
 
 .healthy and ptogreaKveoQBdition. The foUowfaig table ibowa^ 
 qoant^ and veloe of phdBphatii fhipped ftom Canada daring thii 
 
 Biree yean me nt ione ^ x^^. 
 
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 TIm ihiMMiits for iSS« vffl tvMd •s.ooo unm. Tht ootmit 
 Jwn tlM LMvre diatrkt in it84 Wi* «<»,333 toii% the bdaaet 
 Sf?i**^?*'^ ***• ««»M« •wttV •*Si Hit lUdMiii Caail 
 
 ;;:. vA cuKiovt.Mimuuu. '• 
 
 Mr. Hocchktn mantiofM that when CMMdiaii phogphatM ««» 
 ftM tatroduced in th« Biarket tiMqr *tra kwkad upon whh tuiplo. 
 kM, throiMh a wut of Mtul aad rriiiOiU kiMwIeteor tMr vtlM 
 M a tetUiaer, \mx t<MUy tUt HM* of thinfi b tatiidy ravpMd. 
 mty pound oTiIm output bdng eootnwimi for bj fbrtkn bma 
 taadvaoceofprodtaetloa. ^.miaadtlMapMtoboremtlud* 
 o#cdtor,fto« a light rqr 6 Maify Mack, and fa takiaAoa 
 
 V irregular potAati IB imaUd^Milti at ««B at iakUM Uocka nl 
 BiMMt in apparwidy inaahauitible vohima, wperikiaL ihanoS; 
 
 . VMMMctiaMt going daep into the bowcb or tba Mils, now mixwi 
 with pjrrosenic rock, gntiis, mica, ale, wMch UMially aooompanr 
 tha phom)hate depotiti in thfa country, aB<i agtio in hug* »£••■ 
 of pure phoiphate. The practical mind doonot ask or care ho«> 
 these strange deposits came when they are. It b soffideM t» 
 know ihat they exisjt, are valuable, can be removed and marketed 
 at small odst. ahd rieadfly sold at a good profit Being a moiw 
 concentrated phosphate than is known to otist in any other Da* 
 of the world, the Canadian article is greatly scught aft^to bSnw 
 up the aad phosphste fertiliser to a h«h percentafe of phoephorS 
 seid. Regardii^ the value of this apatite as a fertiliser a i^iablB 
 authority states that "Canadian phospbatca ceoMun g|.M per 
 *^fl I t"^ic phosphate of lime, according to the most seientific 
 *^1*» A comparative table of the analytical compositioo of 
 ^os||>hates, rMcntly published, shows that, with the exception of 
 three limited deposits in the West Indies and one in Spf(£the 
 
 CAMAOiaif AFATITB RANKS mpRin^ ' 
 
 SMont foreign reports also show that in those portions of BMOne 
 where the sugar beet u extensively cultivated, France, Belgium, 
 and Denmark, no fertiliser has l^een found to equaTSemT^- 
 phosphate of Canada. Upto the praaent time the demand w 
 Canadun apatite has teen «lmost isntirely European, mainly to 
 Great Bntam and GcKoany, thoiui||lFnuioe would take the enlil* 
 output If tt could be secured. »fc4 tons in i A. wTni 
 
 S;«L'S^»ir*?J feL*"^ '^ S***^ whUegJ^SlMtai 
 exported to Uic United States mi8«3vi,s6s tons of cmde. and 
 7jo6^Dnsof manuttctnred phasp haies t he htter being undooM^ 
 ^g^CamidjMc^ude^c^^ 
 
 ^ippedtoAmerica. A«sambirofiiheCta|sdianCeolc|ricaIstar 
 states that "much of the mineni Biinedls Canada. al^aS 
 jsporied to Europe has been «ad stiats,ra^ipped4othe''UaIwd 
 
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 4f the same aiafl; in his ISst oCcial imoic says: «'Aa i,e6e toM 
 
 !i^ f^'S??? ^ 7/<« «*«» W^up^hoaph^ 
 
 ported into the Unitod States from Oreat^SSn^ Mgl^ 
 
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 written ofthe^eedyeihenetkm of <ht|Wrtairicdt wmidiitti ^ 
 
 or the United States and .«»»* ,P«^* •?* '^SSSS 
 what poMibilitiei thiooik thii cnide nOneial, lot tibewd^ 
 
 of th<Sehnndi«b be tiKeanda of attee of o«» 1^^ 
 
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 every pound of the ptodnction. pay the IWrtit twice aaoss the 
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 and with no known check Wm its sdulteratioo we a»P^£ 
 purchase it at last at a Wue that necessi«es tereeale to th« 
 
 Agricultural community at a price ?»lj52^'S2^t£ 
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 phosphate trade U not creditable to the weU-known push, enwgy, 
 
 £ntei^, and business ssflscity of his "^^T^^JStf^S 
 theware not hationalas w^ M«ma>ei€ii4w««M>volv^ 
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 The Jbusiness of manu&cturing superphosphate^ fifom •P^^ 
 wiU be^menced shortly by a ^compwy at ^^^^^^J^^ 
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 numoSlctured material to points on the southern shore of Lake 
 Erie, where it is eipected that the Oroliim p hogihate . » a co«p 
 sequence. wiU soon loose its populsrity. Tto^aena 
 port of the Carolina fertiliser, is overwhelmiii|lyto^faw of thj 
 fonner. It is expectod ss soon as the prodnoa of the Canadian 
 mines secure a IbothoM amoMagricuhmistorf*ewheatyowiii| 
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