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and then in a northwesterly direction through the James F. Dixon, H. H. 

 Kirk, and M. Alexander headrights, and a little west of north through the 

 Marshall Mann headright, crosses the county line into Upshur on the eastern 

 side of the Meredith Chandler headright. The line then passes to the north- 

 east corner of the William King headright in Upshur. How much further 

 this ore extends into Upshur is not known, as the line has not yet been 

 traced. 



The total areal extent of this region is in the neighborhood of eight and 

 one-third square miles. 



The ore found in this region is a mixture of a highly ferruginous sandstone 

 in the southeastern division, and a series of deposits of the nodular concre- 

 tionary variety in the northwestern division and along the Upshur County 

 line. Throughout the whole of the district the ore is thinly scattered, and 

 in only a few places attains a sufficient thickness to be entitled to be con- 

 sidered as a workable deposit. Even in these it rarely attains a thickness of 

 more than a few feet, probably not exceeding more than four feet at the 

 greatest thickness, and then only over a few acres. 



Along the Upshur County line the nodular ore is overlaid in many places 

 by a considerable thickness of yellow or brownish yellow sand. The nodules 

 are thin and scattering, and so far as observed are of no practical value. 



In the area comprising the David Benton and James F. Dixon headrights 

 the ferruginous sandstones are prevalent and appear in the form of a mound 

 near the Judson Postoffice. In the north and east of the Dixon headright 

 these sandstones lie in the shape of a ridge from ten to fifteen feet, and some- 

 times more, above the rest of the region. These sandstones have been quar- 

 ried for building purposes, but with indifferent success. 



About two miles north of Longview a thin deposit of ore and ferruginous 

 sandstones occur in a short ridge extending in an easterly and westerly di- 

 rection across the Hamilton McNutt headright. The ferruginous sandstones 

 of this area have been largely employed as building stones — a purpose for 

 which they appear to be very well adapted. As an iron producing source 

 the materials of this deposit are of no practical value, although a small 

 quantity of very good ore is to be found in association with these sandstones. 



The next extensive tract of ore bearing lands lies upon the west side of 

 Grace's Creek, in a somewhat irregular form and carrying small quantities of 

 ore of different grades. The outline of this field may be defined as follows: 

 Beginning at the crossing of the Kilgore and Longview public road and the 

 International and Great Northern Railway, near the bridge across Grace's 

 Creek, the eastern limit of the ore extends a little west of north through the 

 Marshall Mann headright to the line of the Texas and Pacific Railway near 

 Willow Switch. From this point it extends due north across the Isaac Skil- 



