PANOLA COUNTS. 



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Localities. 



No. 665. Bull' crumbly ore, four miles north of Timpson, Shelby and Panola. 



No. 666. Laminated iron ore, four miles north of Timpson, Shelby and Panola. 



No. 667. G-eode iron ore, four miles north of Timpson, Shelby and Panola. 



No. 668. Conglomerate iron ore, five and one-half miles north of Timpson, Panola. 



No. 675. Geode limonite with ochreous centre, near Mineral Spring Ridge, four miles 

 north of Beckville, Panola. 



No. 677. Septum iron ore with ochreous centre, near R. W. Kinard's house, Wesley 

 G-ooden headright, Panola. 



No. 678. G-eode limonite, Selman tract, southwest corner W. Grooden headright. 



No. 679. Geode limonite, near R. W. Kinard's place, W. Gooden headright. 



No. 680. Geode limonite, with clay iron stone centre, R. W. Kinard's place, Wesley 

 Gooden headright. 



No. 686. Clay iron stone centre of geode, one mile south of Tatum Station, in railway 

 cut, Panola County. 



CLAYS. 



There are several beds of clay in this county which are capable of pro- 

 ducing brick, drain tiles, and jug ware. In the manufacture of coarse pot- 

 tery some difficulty has been experienced, caused by cracking of the ware in 

 the kiln, thus involving considerable loss of labor and fuel. The remedies 

 are: 1. To have the forms thoroughly dry before putting them into the 

 kilns. 2. To fire up slowly. 3. To carefully stop all vents after burning, 

 and allow the kiln to cool gradually. If these remedies do not correct the 

 trouble, then the raw clay itself needs attention, and can be made to stand 

 the furnace fire without cracking by mixing a portion of burned and 

 powdered clay with the raw clay before forming on the potter's lathe, or by 

 mixing several of the clays together in the requisite proportions. This will 

 modify the tension produced by contraction in cooling. 



The following table gives the composition of several clays selected for 



ANALYSES OF CLAYS. 



823*. 



825*. 

 826*. 

 827*. 

 828*. 

 829*. 

 831*. 



82.80 

 72.00 

 57.80 

 79.00 

 83.40 

 73.60 

 79.20 



9.83 



2.77 



11.82 



3.38 



18.94 



7.55 



5.54 



5.66 



6.45 



4.40 



6.12 



2.51 



Soda. 



3.84 

 5.56 



1.62 

 2.57 

 1.05 

 .66 

 1 . 33 

 2.33 

 1.33 



Magnesia 

 and Lime. 



Trace. 

 Trace. 

 Trace. 

 Trace. 

 Trace. 

 Trace. 

 Trace. 



5.70 

 9.01 

 4.50 



c4.70 



* Analyses by J. H. Herndon. 

 e Fusible at white heat. 



