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THE IRON ORE DISTRICT OF EAST TEXAS. 



The following sections show as far as can be ascertained the structure of 

 Cass County: 



1. Alamo section. Elevation above sea level 239 feet. 



1. Sand and clay 26 feet. 



2. Gray clay . . 23 feet. 



3. Lignite, black and glossy 1 foot 8 inches. 



4. Gray sand 2 feet. 



5. Hard sandy clay 9 feet. 



6. Lignite 4 feet 2 inches. 



2. Springdale section. Elevation 370 feet. 



1. Brown sand 40 feet. (?) 



2. Yellow stratified sand with black partings seen 10 feet. 



3. Section half a mile north of Queen City. Elevation 384 feet. 



1. Gravelly ore and broken pieces of nodular ore, sandstone, and sand.. . 5 feet. 



2. Laminated ore 4 feet. 



3. Stratified white and red sand, with white sandy clay 65 feet. 



4. Brown sand, with clay mixed at various depths 25 feet. 



5. Lignite .* ] foot 6 inches. 



4. Section on southeast corner of M. Spell headright. Elevation about 

 370 feet. 



1. Red clay 10 feet. 



2. Hard white sand 10 feet. 



3. Blackish-gray sand with pyrites 8 to 10 feet. 



3. Gray sand with rock 1 foot. 



4. Lignite 2 feet. 



5. Northeast of Thomas H. B. Greer survey. Elevation 261 feet. 



1. Gravel 12 feet. 



2. Sand 14 feet. 



6. No. 14, Cass County school land, southwest of Atlanta Station. Ele- 

 vation 320 feet. 



1. Sand and clay, with bowlders of ore 50 feet. 



7. On northwest corner of Lavinia Mornen headright a well thirty feet 

 gives a section of 



1. Concretionary ore and gravel 4 feet. 



2. Yellow sand 4 feet. 



3. Lamininated ore and sand to 19 feet 10 feet. 



4. White sand 11 feet. 



The elevation of this well is about 300 feet. 



8. Section at A. Duncan headright. Elevation about 350 feet. 



Fig. 4. 

 Section at A. Duncan Headright. 



