GEOLOGICAL A>,1) XATUilAL lilSTOUY ^UllVEYS. 487 



Counties', W. Kenuedy ; Smith C'uuiity, J. S. llenulon; Pauula, Sbflby. Husk. 

 Xncogdoches, niul Cherokee Comities, J. B. Walker. 



Carlioniferous oeph.nlopods, A. Hyatt. 



Report on the Geology of Northwest Texas, \\'. F. Cminiiins, including' 

 Young, Montague, Jack, Wise, Parker, Palo Pinto, Stepliens, Brown, Eastland, 

 smd Coleman Counties. 



Report on the Geology and !\Iiner;!l Resources of Omral Mineral Region (»i' 

 Texas, T. B, Comstock. 



Report on the Geology and Mineral Resoui-cos of Trans-Pecos Te.xas, \V. H. 

 von StreernwitJ'-. 



This volume gives the location and extent of the deposits of linio- 

 iiito ores of east Texas, descriptions of the lignites, greensand marls, 

 clays, petroleum, and other valuable minei-al deposits of the same 

 district, map and descriptions of the workable coal beds of the State, 

 and of the varied mineral resources of the Llano district and of a 

 portion of trans-Pecos Texas. Tarr's report on the Guadalupe 

 Mountains was published at Bulletin No. 3. A. C. Gray was put in 

 charge of the general office work and edited the second annual and 

 subsequent reports of the survey. 



Tn his message to the twenty-first legislature, (jo\. L. S. Koss thus 

 referred to tlie work of the survey : 



In this connection is presented the repoir of Professor Dunible, the State 

 geologist, on the agricultural nnd economic geology of the State. The pviliHc 

 long felt the need of more reliable and practical information relative to the s!)i!s 

 of our State and the formations underlying them .uid their adaptation to croiis. 

 Nothing, in my opinion, has contributed more effectively in bringing into notice 

 the resources of our State than the work of Professor Diunble and his nssistasUs, 

 and adequate approiuintions should be made to meet the necessary expenses in 

 continuing this work on a more extended scale. 



At this time a very determined light was begun against Mr. Dum- 

 ble as State geologist by certain members and exmembers of the sur- 

 vey, and charges of incompetency and plagiarism were submitted to 

 Governor Hogg after his inauguration in 1891. They were investi- 

 gated publicly by Mr. John E. Hollingswortli, couunissioner of agii- 

 culture, insurance, statist ic>,, and history, and the charges were dis- 

 mi.ssed. 



The legislatuic of 1891 not only nuuie provision for continuing 

 the survey, but added a special appropriation of $3,000 for an inves- 

 tigation of lignite. 



Work of the thinl year {1891). — In the second report of progress 

 Mr. Dumble gi\'es a condensed statement of the work of the year. 



The parties left for the field in May and June. To extend the 

 knowledge of the Gulf Tertiaries tliree general sections were planned, 

 using levels of the railroad lines as base for obtaining elevations, 

 supplemented by transit and level line>^ where needed, yiv. Kennedy 



