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SALT. 



Abounds in the country along the upper Pecos above 

 the road from Fort,Concho to Fort Stockton, ' 



Near the Horse Head crossing of the Pecos are laige 

 deposits of salt in the bed of what is called Salt Lake. 

 To this place wagons resort for supplies of salt for EI Paso, 

 Presidio and other counties. 



BITUMINOUS COAL. 



In Llano county, in Honey Creek cove, at a place visited 

 by me last year, with Dr. C. S. Smith, of Llano, there is a 

 bed of bituminous coal, about two feet thick, of excellent 

 quality; the bed has been traced along the side of the hill 

 to the distance of about twenty-five feet; so says Dr. 

 Smith, who has opened the mine to the extent of only a 

 few feet. In the State collection, there is a specimen of 

 this coal weighing forty pounds. Dr. S. thinks that 

 lower down there is a larger bed, and this is probable. 

 This is on the carboniferous. 



In the northeastern portion of Concho county and south- 

 western part of Coleman county, not far from the Colorado 

 river, there is a large bed of bituminous coal, which is 

 about three feet thick. This coal is of good quality and is 

 used by the blacksmiths, at Fort Concho, and at Ben 

 Ficklin, in Tom Grreen county. These coal beds are said 

 to be very extensive and good coal abundant. 



In Presidio del JSTorte we were shown samples of coal of 

 very good quality, which were said to have been obtained 

 from a bed cropping out to a considerable distance, four 

 feet thick. This is sixty miles below Presidio del Norte, 

 on the east of the Rio Grande, twenty to twenty-five 

 miles back from the river. The bed is in loose slate and 

 sandrocks. It had recently been visited by a party sent 

 by the Central Railroad Company, and a mining company, 

 located at Presidio. Thus placed, in a region abounding in 

 rich ores of silver, lead and copper, it is very valuable. 



CANNEL COAL. 



In Kinney county, on the Nueces river, about twelve 

 miles below the road from San Felipe to San Antonio, are 

 several beds of this coal, from three to four feet thick, as 



