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Search this Pub. Contents Second annual report of the Geological Survey of Texas LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. CONTENTS. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TEXAS. INTRODUCTORY. WORK OF THE SECOND YEAR. TOPOGRAPHY. GEOLOGY. PALEONTOLOGY. CHEMICAL LABORATORY. LIBRARY. MUSEUM. OFFICE WORK. PUBLICATIONS. CO-OPERATION WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MINERAL RESOURCES OF TEXAS. INTRODUCTORY. FUEL AND OILS. FERTILIZERS. FICTILE MATERIALS. BUILDING MATERIALS. METALS AND ORES. ABRASIVES. ORNAMENTAL STONES AND GEMS. REFRACTORY MATERIALS. ROAD MATERIALS. MATERIALS FOR PAINTS. OTHER ECONOMIC MATERIALS. THE ARTESIAN WATER CONDITIONS OF TEXAS. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TEXAS. REPORTS OF GEOLOGISTS 1890 . REPORT OF MR. W. VON STREERUWITZ REPORT OF MR. THEO. B. COMSTOCK. REPORT OF MR. W. F. CUMMINS. REPORT OF MR. J. B. WALKER. REPORT OF MR. J. H. HERNDON. REPORT OF MR. W. KENNEDY. CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT. CHEMICAL WORK OF THE SURVEY AT THE LABORATORY OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INSURANCE, STATISTICS, AND HISTORY. PAPERS ACCOMPANYING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TEXAS FOR 1890 REPORTS ON THE IRON ORE DISTRICT OF EAST TEXAS. PART I. A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE IRON ORE DISTRICT OF EAST TEXAS. BY E. T. DUMBLE. PART II. FUELS AND THEIR UTILIZATION. PART III. DESCRIPTION OF COUNTIES. CARBONIFEROUS CEPHALOPODS. BY ALPHEUS HYATT. NAUTILOIDEA. ASYMPTOCERAS.   Browse view entire publication   view all images from this publication

8 REPORTS OF GEOLOGISTS. Report of Mr. W. von Streeruwitz xcii Theo. B. Comstock xciv W. F. Cummins xcviii J. B. Walker cii W. Kennedy ciii J.H. Herndon cvi ACCOMPANYING PAPERS. REPORTS ON THE IRON ORE DISTRICT OF EAST TEXAS. Part I. General Statement, by E. T. Dumble. Introduction 7 Historical 8 Topography 19 Stratigraphy 22 The ores and their mode of occurrence 28 Part II. Fuels and their Utilization. Chapter I. Charcoal manufacture in Texas, by John Birkinbine 33 Chapter II. Lignites and their utilization, with special reference to the Texas brown coals, by Dr. Otto Lerch 38 Part III Description of Counties. Chapter I. Cass County, by Wm. Kennedy- Preliminary notes 65 Topography 67 Stratigraphy 70 Iron ores 74 Chapter II. Marion County, by Wm. Kennedy- Introductory 96 Geography and topography 97 Economic materials 100 Chapter III. Harrison County, by Wm. Kennedy- The iron ore region 115 Topography 117 Stratigraphy 120 Iron ores 128 Clays 142 Chapter IV. Gregg County, by Wm. Kennedy- Stratigraphy 161 Iron ores 164 Building stones, etc 171 Chapter V. Morris, Upshur, Wood, Van Zandt, and Henderson counties, by Wm. Kennedy 173 Morris County 175 Upshur County 182 Wood County 184 Van Zandt County 186 Henderson County 186