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THE IRON ORE DISTRICT OF EAST TEXAS. 



In the region north of the Little Cypress conglomerate ore occurs in con- 

 siderable quantities along the banks of Eagle Creek, Lick Creek, and the 

 upper portion of Bear Creek. On Eagle and Lick creeks the ore occurs in 

 large irregular masses, and is found in the same condition along the south 

 side of this region from the western boundary line of the county as far east 

 as the south side of the A. Porter headright. 



On the W. C. Allan headright and at other places along the same line the 

 newer conglomerates occur, forming a base or fringe to the higher lands. 



Along the hills forming the southern margin of the Cypress bottom lands 

 the newer conglomerate also crops out at various places. Of these the best 

 developed deposit is seen near Mr. W. L. Sloan's house, on the J. W. Over- 

 street headright. In this place the conglomerate is scattered over the side of 

 the hill in thin blocks or slabs of from three to four feet in length and width 

 and about ten inches in thickness. A short distance up the hill a ten inch 

 bed of the same material projects from beneath the light brown sand. The 

 whole presents the appearance of having been formed at no distant date and 

 afterwards broken up by change in the course of the creek, which is at pres- 

 ent flowing through a flat piece of sandy land about one hundred yards 

 away. 



TABLE SHOWING ANALYSES OF CONGLOMERATE IRON ORES FROM HARRISON COUNTY, TEXAS. 



No. 



o 



CD . 



•a a 

 Oh 



Ph 





aS 



a 



1 



S3 



.2 



aS 



a 



n 



GQ 



o • 



a M • 

 cs M a 

 . a o 



•25 



3 

 o 



Is 



793* . . . 



48.79 

 50.68 

 62.37 

 52.87 

 36.41 



39.40 

 38.40 

 25.90 

 33.60 

 41.80 



















794* . . . 



















795f . . . 

 797f ... 

 798f . . . 



0.63 



• 



Trace. 



0.20 



0.09 



0.71 



10.00 



99.90 



43.65 



































Analyses made in Laboratory of Geological Survey of Texas by *J. H. Herndon, fL. E. Magnenat. 



Localities. 

 No. 793. Peter Pinchum headright. 



No. 794. Thos. Gray headright, near Wade Scott's house. 

 No. 795. Near John Cole's homestead, M. Lindsay headright. 

 No. 797. W. C. Allan headright. 

 No. 798. South side of M. Lindsay headright. 



ANALYSES OP HARRISON COUNTY IRON ORES. 



Twenty analyses of the iron ores found in Harrison County have been 

 made. Of these ten have been classified as laminated ore, five belong to the 

 geode or nodular concretionary variety, and five of the analyses are made 

 from conglomerate ores. These analyses have been made from specimens 

 collected with the view of obtaining a fair average knowledge of the value of 



