Tensile strength of particles of mineral raw materials depends, among others, upon free surface specific energy. The decrease of this energy results in the decrease of strength. Respectively, the energy necessary to destroy a particle in the process of crushing is proportional to the particle tensile strength. Due to this fact, the decrease of particle strength decreases the crushing energy. The application of surface active compounds (SAC) is one of the methods of decreasing the particle tensile strength. These compounds, penetrating the primary micro-cracks present on the particle surface, decrease the particle surface energy and change the structure of distribution of micro-cracks by means of the growth of the number of active micro-cracks. The paper presents the results of investigations of the effect of SAC (distilled water and sodium oleate solution) upon strength properties and particle size distribution of products of crushing of dolomite by means of press crushing. A series of measurements of the value of force causing the particle cracking, under the effect of compression, was performed on three representative samples of irregular dolomite particles of 25-31.5 mm, without the prior SAC action and after the SAC action. Particle tensile strength was calculated according to formula (6). The arithmetic mean of particle size fraction boundaries, i.e. D = 28.25 mm, was assumed to be a particle diameter while Q is a value of the force at which the particle cracks. The results of crushing are presented in Tables 1-3. In these tables P represents the cumulative distribution function of tensile strength or crushing probability. The model distribution function was fitted to empirical data. This function is expressed by formula (3) in which [...] represents the average value of particle tensile strength in the sample. The model dependences, calculated by the least square method, are expressed by formulas (7)-(9). As it results from the performed investigations, after the application of SAC the average tensile strength decreases, more significantly for water than for water solution of oleate, and Weibull's modulus grows (m in Eq. 3). The ratio of size reduction S grows with the increase of particle tensile strength. The empirical dependence is represented by the general formula (16) while formula (18) is for dolomite. Dependence [...] can be significant from the practical point of view because the crushing energy depends upon the degree of fineness.