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Title
Phosphate
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Coverage
1870–1925
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Author
Shepherd W. McKinley
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Keywords
South Carolina phosphate mining industry began after the Civil War and dominated world production in the 1880s, gentlemen-scientists Francis S. Holmes and St. Julien Ravenel and the chemists N. A. Pratt and C. U. Shepard discovered that local “stinking stones” contained unusually high amounts of bone phosphate of lime (BPL), Charleston Mining and Manufacturing Company (CMMC), Coosaw Mining Company,
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/phosphate/view/documents
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Access Date
April 25, 2024
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Original Published Date
June 20, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 22, 2022
