HENDERSON COUNTY. 203 



1 . Brown sand 10 feet. 



2. Thinly laminated sandy clay. ... 14 feet. 



3. Black sandy clay . 2 feet. 



4. Lignite 10 inches. 



Total . 21 feet 10 inches. 



On the Neches River, about two miles east of this place, lignite occurs in 

 the bluffs of the river, extending southward for nearly a mile. Lignite is 

 also found in wells throughout the southeastern portion of the county at 

 depths ranging from twenty to forty feet. 



TIMBER. 



In addition to being on the western boundary of the iron bearing regions, 

 Henderson County appears also to lie upon the extreme western edge of the 

 pine growing area of the State. No pines grow in any portion of the county 

 except in the extreme southeastern, where a few scattered trees or small 

 groves are found close to the Anderson County line. 



The timbered area of Henderson County is probably equal to about two- 

 thirds of the whole extent of the county, or nearly six hundred square miles. 

 The timber consists chiefly of the several varieties of oak — mostly post oak, 

 blackjack oak, water oak, white oak — and hickory. 



The growth of all these trees is small, and will probably not exceed an 

 average of twenty-five or thirty cords of wood per acre. 



