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  General 
  Geology: 
  Economic 
  Products 
  129 
  

  

  Vernon 
  parish. 
  — 
  Attention 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  outcrops 
  of 
  

   Grand 
  Gulf 
  clays 
  in 
  Sec. 
  17, 
  3 
  N., 
  11 
  W., 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ira 
  E. 
  Moore. 
  

   Samples 
  Nos. 
  151 
  and 
  153 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Ries' 
  report 
  are 
  from 
  this 
  local- 
  

   ity. 
  The 
  bed 
  from 
  which 
  No. 
  151 
  was 
  taken 
  is 
  about 
  10 
  feet 
  

   thick 
  and 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  obtaining 
  it 
  

   will 
  not 
  be 
  great. 
  

  

  For 
  tests 
  of 
  clay 
  samples 
  see 
  report, 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Ries. 
  

  

  Sandstone 
  

  

  Varieties. 
  — 
  The 
  sandstone 
  deposits 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  are 
  of 
  two 
  

   classes, 
  viz.: 
  the 
  ferruginous 
  sandstones 
  of 
  the 
  Eocene 
  and 
  

   Lafayette 
  hills 
  and 
  the 
  silicious 
  sandstones 
  of 
  the 
  Grand 
  Gulf. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  are 
  of 
  wide 
  distribution 
  and 
  of 
  only 
  slight 
  local 
  

   importance. 
  They 
  occur 
  over 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  northern 
  

   Louisiana, 
  and 
  sparingly 
  in 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  the 
  Florida 
  parishes. 
  

   They 
  are 
  sometimes 
  used 
  for 
  foundations 
  and 
  for 
  chimneys. 
  

   The 
  foundations 
  of 
  the 
  rude 
  furnaces 
  at 
  Rayburn's 
  salt 
  works 
  

   were 
  "built 
  of 
  this 
  stone. 
  

  

  The 
  silicious 
  sandstones 
  of 
  the 
  Grand 
  Gulf 
  is 
  of 
  greater 
  

   importance. 
  It 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  rip-rap 
  and 
  jetty 
  work 
  and 
  for 
  rail- 
  

   road 
  ballast. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  suggested 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  harder 
  

   quartzitic 
  varieties 
  might 
  make 
  good 
  building 
  stone 
  but 
  the 
  

   irregular 
  development 
  of 
  these 
  beds 
  makes 
  it 
  questionable 
  

   whether 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  stones 
  suitable 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  could 
  

   be 
  economically 
  obtained. 
  

  

  Quarries 
  have 
  been 
  opened 
  on 
  Bayou 
  Toro, 
  near 
  the 
  K. 
  C. 
  P. 
  

   & 
  G. 
  R. 
  R. 
  in 
  southern 
  Sabine 
  parish 
  ; 
  near 
  Boyce 
  and 
  Lena 
  on 
  

   the 
  T. 
  & 
  P. 
  R. 
  R.; 
  and 
  at 
  Harrisonburg. 
  

  

  Bayou 
  Toro. 
  — 
  These 
  quarries, 
  known 
  as 
  Low's 
  quarries, 
  were 
  

   opened 
  to 
  supply 
  stone 
  for 
  the 
  jetty 
  and 
  canal 
  work 
  about 
  Sabine 
  

   Pass 
  and 
  Port 
  Arthur, 
  Tex., 
  the 
  southern 
  terminus 
  of 
  the 
  Kansas 
  

   City, 
  Pittsburg 
  and 
  Gulf 
  railroad. 
  The 
  first 
  quarry 
  was 
  located 
  

   in 
  the 
  S. 
  W. 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  N. 
  W. 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  Sec. 
  28, 
  5 
  

   N., 
  10 
  W. 
  Stone 
  was 
  obtained 
  here 
  until 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  removing 
  

   the 
  top 
  material 
  became 
  so 
  great 
  that 
  a 
  new 
  site 
  was 
  chosen 
  in 
  

   Sec. 
  14. 
  The 
  work 
  was 
  continued 
  there 
  till 
  the 
  same 
  difficulty 
  

   was 
  again 
  experienced 
  and 
  in 
  February 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  year, 
  a 
  

   third 
  site 
  was 
  chosen 
  three 
  miles 
  further 
  up 
  the 
  bayou. 
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