Rock Phosphates and Other Mineral Fertilisers. Their Origin, Value, and Sources of Supply
Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1903.
Octavo, 48 pages plus a large folding chromolithographic map (447 × 593 mm) of 'the Clinton Deposit'.
Wrappers (with full title page details reprinted on the front cover, and 'Summary of the Mining Acts and Regulations' on the verso) a little marked, brittle and chipped, with minimal expert consolidation to some edges; the entire pamphlet is creased where folded down the centre; an excellent copy.
Phosphate ore in South Australia was discovered at Clinton on Yorke Peninsula in 1899; the map is dated 22 February 1902.
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