214 THE IRON ORE DISTRICT OF EAST TEXAS. 



tion salts of iron, has percolated through the conglomerate bed, the iron be- 

 ing oxydized and deposited as red peroxide, which acts as a cement, binding 

 the pebbles together in a coherent mass. Such is the case with the con- 

 glomerate ore found west of Winona. The ore having the oxide iron ce- 

 ment as a matter of course is very much richer in iron than those with the 

 silicic acid, and sometimes carries as much as fifty per cent (though the general 

 average is about twenty per cent) of iron. These ores could be very much 

 improved by sorting, crushing, and concentrating them I found conglomerate 

 ores of very fair quality on Price's survey, Eustacha Newberry survey, close 

 to Garden Valley, eight miles northeast of Tyler, eight miles southwest of 

 Tyler, and on several sections of the Seven Leagues. 



UNCOMMERCIAL ORES. 



Ores of poor quality, including highly siliceous conglomerates, very ferru- 

 ginous sandstones, and thin seams of geode ore, may be seen in nearly every 

 part of the county, and in places they are in close proximity to the laminated 

 and buff crumbly ores, and possibly might be worked in connection with 

 these with good results. These, even if they can be called ores, are not of 

 commercial importance by themselves, and can only be utilized by working 

 them in with riche r ores. 



The following is a table of analyses of iron ores of each character described 

 from every locality where the ore is commercially valuable in Smith County : 



TABLE OF ANALYSES OF IRON ORES OF SMITH COUNTY. 



No. 1. Botryoidal iron ore. Carmona survey. 



No. 2. Conglomerate iron ore. Price survey, ten miles east of Lindale. 



No. 3. Conglomerate iron ore. Eustacha Newberry survey, one mile east of Winona. 



No. 4. Segregated limonite ore. Robinson survey, three miles northeast of Winona. 



No. 5. Limonite. Two miles southeast of Winona, Lawrence survey. 



No. 6. Limonite. Lagrove survey, three miles southeast ol Starrville. 



No. 7. Limonite. Newberry survey, one mile west of Winona. 



No. 8. Limonite. Newbery survey, one mile west of Winona. 



No. 9. Limonite. Price survey. 



No. 10. Massive iron ore. Section 27. Seven Leagues. 



No. 11. Conglomerate iron ore. Five miles east of Tyler. 



No. 12. Geode iron ores. McNeely headright, near Old Flora, 



No. 13. Laminated ore. D. White survey, Garden Yalley. 



No. 14. Buff crumbly ore. Garden Yalley. 



No. 15. Massive laminated ore. Swan's Switch. 



No. 1 6. Limonite. Four miles southeast of Tyler. 



No. 17. Limonite. Felix Flores survey. 



No. 18. Limonite. One mile west of Winona. 



No. 19, Laminated ore. Mount Sylvan. 



