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Abounds in the country along the upper Pecos above the road from Fort Concho to Fort Stockton,

Near the Horse Head crossing of the Pecos are large deposits of salt in the bed of what is called Salt Lake. To this place wagons resort for supplies of salt for El Paso, Presidio and other counties.

In Llano county, in Honey Creek cove, at a place visited by me last year, with Dr. C. S. Smith, of Llano, there is a bed of bituminous coal, about two feet thick, of excellent quality; the bed has been traced along the side of the hill to the distance of about twenty-five feet; so says Dr. Smith, who has opened the mine to the extent of only a few feet. In the State collection, there is a specimen of this coal weighing forty pounds. Dr. S. thinks that lower down there is a larger bed, and this is probable. This is on the carboniferous.

In the northeastern portion of Concho county and southwestern part of Coleman county, not far from the Colorado river, there is a large bed of bituminous coal, which is about three feet thick. This coal is of good quality and is used by the blacksmiths, at Fort Concho, and at Ben Ficklin, in Tom Green county. These coal beds are said to be very extensive and good coal abundant.

In Presidio del Norte we were shown samples of coal of very good quality, which were said to have been obtained from a bed cropping out to a considerable distance, four feet thick. This is sixty miles below Presidio del Norte, on the east of the Rio Grande, twenty to twenty-five miles back from the river. The bed is in loose slate and sandrocks. It had recently been visited by a party sent by the Central Railroad Company, and a mining company, located at Presidio. Thus placed, in a region abounding in rich ores of silver, lead and copper, it is very valuable.

In Kinney county, on the Nueces river, about twelve miles below the road from San Felipe to San Antonio, are several beds of this coal, from three to four feet thick, as