66 THE IRON OBE DISTRICT OF EAST TEXAS. 



through the northwest corner of the Philip Duty survey, and continues in the 

 same direction to the centre of the Martha Ingram headright; northerly 

 through the Ingram and James Ritchey headrights, and then has a northwest- 

 erly course through the Richard M. Allen and Cass County school lands, 

 across Black Bayou, and through the southeast corner of the P. M Keeton 

 headright. The course is then east to the west side of the Jane Ritchey head- 

 right, slightly south of east through the Albert Pride headright, and thence 

 northeasterly to the southwest corner of the W. W. Holman survey; thence 

 irregularly to the Arkansas State line, near the northeast corner of the Cass 

 County school land. The line then turns north of west to near Alamo Sta- 

 tion, on the Texas and Pacific Railway, southerly along the Texas and Pacific 

 Railway to the northwest corner of the John C. Cooksey headright, westerly 

 to the center of the John Myers headright, and from there in a general west 

 of south direction to the southeast corner of the north Berry Wilkins tract. 

 The line then turns southeast to near the centre of the south side of the Luke 

 Roberts survey; east to the west side of the P. M. Keeton headright. From 

 this point the course of the line is a general west of south direction to the 

 southwest corner of the John Nail headright; then west to the southwest of 

 the Thomas Wilson; north, to north side of the H. J. Storey headright; south- 

 west to the southeast corner of the Jarius Barry headright. Prom here it 

 turns northwesterly to the northeast corner of the Luanna Ward survey, then 

 west to the southwest corner of the Henry Buckler headright. From this 

 point it turns in a northwesterly direction and passes into the P. H. Tuckett 

 survey in Morris County. 



The area embraced within these boundaries has an extent of about four 

 hundred and fifty square miles. 



Although this area comprises the chief ore producing region of Cass County 

 it also embraces many miles of territory within which no ore occurs. The 

 oreless regions are chiefly among the bottom lands of the larger creeks and 

 second bottoms in the northeastern portion of the county. Of the bottom 

 lands along the creeks the best example is those of Black Cypress, which, 

 upon the line of road between the town of Linden and the Avinger station, 

 on the East Line Railway, are in the neighborhood of three miles wide. 

 Many of the ridges in the same are also entirely formed of sand, and either 

 contain no ore, or the ore lies too deep for any practical purpose. 



The actual area of ore bearing lands within the county will not fall much 

 short of three hundred and fifty square miles, which may be apportioned 

 among the several divisions as 



Southwestern field 200 square miles. 



Central field 30 square miles. 



Northeastern field 120 square miles. 



Total 350 square miles. 



