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THE IRON ORE DISTRICT OF EAST TEXAS. 



It was in this field that the old Nash furnace was situated in 1859. The 

 following analyses by J. H. Herndon and L. E. Magnenat are from specimens 

 obtained in this field : 



Analysis No. 316 — Ochreous limonite, from McKinney and "Williams headright. 



Analysis No. 321 — Nash's old furnace, concretionary ore. 



Analysis No. 334 — Northwest corner of Marion County, concretionary ore. 



No. 



Ferric 

 Oxide. 



o3 



a 



a 



< 



6 



a 

 3 



.03 



a 



M 



3t3 

 <J1 



o . 



-CO 



a 

 o 



OH 



h5 



3 



o 



316 1 



67.93 

 76.34 

 63.43 



8.92 



4.24 



24.54 



7 07 

 8.86 

 1.58 



1.57 



Trace. 



0.18 

 0.10 

 0.28 



0.32 



0.225 



Trace. 



14.40 

 12.60 

 10.70 



100.39 



321* 2 



100.365 



334 3 .. 





100.52 





1 





* See Dr. Riddell's analysis of oie from this field made in 1859, on page 9. 



1 Metallic iron, 47.55 per cent. Sulphur, 0.06 per cent Phosphorus, 0.14 per cent. 



2 Metallic iron, 53.43 per cent. Sulphur, 0.04 per cent. Phosphorus, 0.162 per cent. 



3 Metallic iron, 44.39 per cent. Sulphur, 0.112 per cent. 



For additional analyses of ores from this field, see page 84 of the First 

 Annual Report. 



The next extensive deposit occurring within the limits of the county, and 

 which may be designated as the North Central Field, embraces the following 

 headrights: The J. F. Burnett, John F. Cherry, H. Pugget; the eastern 

 half of the R. W. Marlar, A. B. Pickens, B. Pickens two tracts; eastern half 

 of the Reuben Mitchell, Samuel Jeffries; the greater portion of the northern 

 half of the Isaac H. Johnson, James Rowland, Nash Lilly; a portion of the 

 west half of W. C. Ward; west side of the Joshua Peters, S. J. Buress, 

 James White, John S. Williams, James Dalton, and Wm. Russell headrights; 

 comprising an area of about twelve square miles. 



This field, which also extends across the northern boundary of the county 

 into Cass, is by far the most important iron ore region within the limits of 

 Marion County. 



The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway intersects this ore field, and the 

 ore is seen in large quantities near Lasater Station. At Leverett's Hill, on 

 the Miles Reed headright, the following section was seen:* 



1. Nodular ore, brown or yellow on the outside, black and glossy on the inside, 



kidney-shaped and rounded, 1 to 24 inches in diameter, mixed in brown 



sandy clay 2 feet. 



2. Solid bed of brown, yellow, and black limonite ore (brown hematite) 2 feet. 



3. Ferruginous sand to base of hill 10 feet. 



Two miles east of Lasater Station is Lasater Hill, where there is a deposit 



of ore of a yellowish-brown color, in places over ten feet thick, and overlaid 

 by sand beds carrying a thinner bed of ore. The following section shows its 

 occurrence:* 



*From First Annual Report Geological Survey of Texas, pp. 77, 78. 



