116 THE IRON ORE DISTRICT OF EAST TEXAS. 



through a part of the W. D. Mize, and into the southeast corner of the John 

 Page head right. Prom near the centre of the John Page headright the 

 line runs southwesterly through the Francisco Calvillo, Martin V. Lout, S. 

 Choate, and M. L. Downing headrights, into the southeast of the Micajah 

 Lindsey headright. The line turns northwest for a short distance through 

 the Lindsey headright, and then turns in a general west by south direction to 

 the centre of the Samuel Porter headright. It then passes through the north 

 side of the Philip H. Pearson and runs west to the county line, on the north 

 side of the David Hill headright. 



The northern side of this division is broken in several places by creeks. 

 The two most important of these breaks are made by the wide bottom lands 

 of Blalock's Creek, in the Thomas Gray and Henry W. Vardaman headrights, 

 and Ray's Creek, running northerly through the William D. Mize and Rob- 

 ertson Ascher headrights. 



The southern portion of the boundary of this field is very broken, and 

 from the southeast corner of the Ephraim Tally headright to the Lake bot- 

 tom lands appears more in the form of detached portions or hills, containing, 

 ore in greater or less quantities. 



The northern iron field of this county lies altogether upon the north side 

 of the Little Cypress Creek. The southern boundary of this field begins on 

 the west on the south side of the Eli Casey headright, extends east to the 

 southeast corner of the E. N. Eubank headright, thence southeast to the north 

 side of the David Adams, through this headright, and then curving southerly 

 to the north side of the W. C. Allan headright. From here it turns easterly, 

 curving around towards the north to the southeast corner of the M. Hunt 

 headright; thence northerly through the Ward and the S. T. Watt headrights, 

 and northeasterly to the northeast corner of the A. J. Oney. From this 

 point the line runs almost due north to the Marion County line. In some 

 places this boundary line rises abruptly from the edge of the bottom lands 

 and at others by easy, gradual stages or benches. 



The total area of ore land within Harrison County lying in the East Texas 

 ore belt may be placed at two hundred and forty-five square miles, divided 

 thus: 



North of Little Cypress 95 square miles. 



South of Little Cypress 150 square miles. 



245 square miles. 

 Small ore bearing areas are found at various places to the south and east, 

 lying without the limits given above. These are generally in the shape of 

 rounded or oval shaped hills, capped with thin deposits of ferruginous sand- 

 stones and laminated iron ore in a broken and 'fragmentary condition. Nodu- 



