pg a108a: Second annual report of the Geological Survey of Texas Publication 5235917-2

pg a108a: Second annual report of the Geological Survey of Texas Publication 5235917-2.

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.

CO-OPERATION WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

MINERAL RESOURCES OF TEXAS.

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.

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Limestones. Limestones, complete analyses............................... 5 Chalks, complete analyses .................... ....... 4 Cement Rocks, complete analyses ........................... 3Pottery Clays. Kaolin, complete analyses .................................. 3 Clays (pottery), complete analyses ............................ 34 Clays, partial analyses ...................................... 5Soils. Cretaceous Soils, complete analyses.......................... 5Brown Coal. Lignites (proximate) ..................... ........... ....... 15Mineral Waters. Of all characters ... ....... ................................ 8Materials. Miscellaneous ores, complete analyses ..... ... ................. 8 Miscellaneous ores, partial analyses .. .......................... 11 Qualitative analyses on record .............................. 12 SPECIAL ANALYSES. Alkaline deposit (test its fitness for glass making) ............... 1 Soda Ash (Bremer&Co.—used for glass making) .............. 1 Ziegelerz (78.5 per cent of metallic copper) .................... 1 Ochre, mineral paint ................ ................... 2 Fertilizers, bat guano ........... .......................... 2 Pig Iron (Cass County) ................................... 1 White Sand Rock. ................ ....................... 2 A lbite . ............................................................... 2 Asphaltum ..................... ........ .................. 3 Phosphate Rock .. ..................................... 1 Clay Iron Stones ............. ..... ....................... 6 Total number of complete analyses ......................... 532 Total number of partial analyses .......................... 83 83 Total.. .... ... ...... .. ................................. 615

Very respectfully,

JOHN H. HERNDON, Chemist in Charge.

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