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Third annual report of the Geological Survey of Texas

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

CONTENTS.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TEXAS.
REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST
FOR
1891.

THIRD
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TEXAS.

WORK OF THE THIRD, YEAR.

CO-OPERATION WITH THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS.

OFFICE WORK.

PUBLICATIONS.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TEXAS.
REPORTS OF GEOLOGISTS
1891.

REPORT OF MR. W. H. VON STREERUWITZ.

INTRODUCTION.

REPORT OF MR. THEO. B. COMSTOCK.

REPORT OF MR. W. F. CUMMINS.

REPORT OF MR. W. KENNEDY.

REPORT OF MR. J. A. TAFF.

CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT.

REPORT OF MR. L. E. MAGNENAT.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INSURANCE, STATISTICS AND HISTORY,
PAPERS ACCOMPANYING THE ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TEXAS,
FOR
1891.

HOUSTON COUNTY,
BY
W. KENNEDY.
HOUSTON COUNTY,
BY W. KENNEDY.

INTRODUCTORY.

GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY.

GENERAL GEOLOGY.

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY.

A SECTION
FROM
TERRELL, KAUFMAN COUNTY,
TO
SABINE PASS ON THE GULF OF MEXICO.
BY
WM. KENNEDY.

A SECTION
FROM
TERRELL, KAUFMAN COUNTY,
TO
SABINE PASS ON THE GULF OF MEXICO.
BY WM. KENNEDY.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

DETAILS OF SECTION.

1. FROM TERRELL TO MINEOLA, ALONG THE TEXAS AND PACIFIC
RAILWAY.

2. SECTION FROM MINEOLA TO TYLER ALONG THE LINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.

3. SECTION FROM TYLER SOUTHWARD, ALONG THE LINE OF THE TYLER SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY TO LUFKIN.

4. SECTION FROM THE ANGELINA RIVER, IN ANGELINA COUNTY,
SOUTH. TO CORRIGAN STATION, IN POLK COUNTY, ALONG THE
LINE OF THE HOUSTON EAST AND WEST TEXAS RAILWAY.

5. SECTION FROM CORRIGAN EASTWARD TO COLMESNEIL ALONG
THE LINE OF THE TRINITY AND SABINE RAILWAY.

6. SECTION ALONG THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY, FROM
ROCKLAND TO SABINE PASS

REPORT
ON THE
GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, AND GEOLOGY
OF THE
LLANO ESTACADO OR STAKED PLAINS
WITH NOTES ON THE
GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY WEST OF THE PLAINS
BY
W. F. CUMMINS.

REPORT
ON THE
GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, AND GEOLOGY
OF THE
LLANO ESTACADO OR STAKED PLAINS
WITH NOTES ON THE
GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY WEST OF THE PLAINS
BY W. F. CUMMINS.

WORK OF THE PAST SEASON.

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CONTENTS.

REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST.
- Introductory xvii
- Work of the third year xvii
  - Topography xvii
  - Geology xxi
    - East Texas xxii
    - Central and West Texas xxv
    - Central Cretaceous area xxix
    - Trans-Pecos Texas xxix
    - Galveston artesian well xxxi
  - Lignite Investigation xxxii
    - European Browncoal xxxii
    - Uses of European Browncoal xxxiv
    - Comparison of European and Texas Lignites xxxix
    - Utilization of Texas Browncoal xl
  - Paleontology xlii
  - Chemical Laboratory xliii
  - Library xlvi
  - Museum xlvii
  - Co-operation with the public high schools xlvii
  - Office work xlviii
  - Publications xlix
- Acknowledgments xlix
REPORTS OF GEOLOGISTS.
- Report of Mr. W. H. von Streeruwitz liii
- Theodore B. Comstock liv
- W. F. Cummins lv
- W. Kennedy lviii
- J. A. Taff lix
- L. E. Magnenat lxi
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS.
- HOUSTON COUNTY, BY W. KENNEDY.
  - Introductory 5
  - Geography and Topography 5
  - General Geology 7
    - Recent 8
    - Quaternary 9
    - Miocene 14
    - Eocene 18

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