278 THE IRON ORE DISTRICT OF EAST TEXAS. ' 



Localities. 



No. 688. One-fourth mile southeast of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County. 



No. 689. Roasted sample, one-fourth mile southeast of Nacodoches. 



No. 690. Altered calcareous greensand marl, Simpson's Hill, four miles northwest of 

 Melrose. 



No. 691. Roasted sample, altered calcareous greensand marl, Simpson's Hill, four miles 

 northwest of Melrose. 



No. 692. Indurated calcareous greensand marl two inches, Simpson's Hill, four miles 

 northwest of Melrose. 



No. 693. Roasted sample, indurated calcareous greensand marl, Simpson's Hill, four miles 

 northwest of Melrose. 



No. 694. Altered calcareous greensand marl two feet, eight miles southwest Nacogdoches. 



No. 695. Roasted sample, altered calcareous greensand marl two feet, eight miles south- 

 west of Nacogdoches. 



No. 696. Oil bearing greensand marl, fifteen miles southeast of Nacogdoches. 



No. 697. Oil bearing greensand marl, one mile southwest of Cherino, twenty-inch bed. 



No. 698. Calcareous greensand marl one mile southwest of Cherino. 



TIMBER. 



The total area of- this county is 623,360 acres. If from this amount be 

 subtracted 62,837* acres in field, fruit, and garden cultivation, and from the 

 remaining 560,523 be deducted 70,065 acres for town sites, barrens, and 

 streams, and from the remainder, 490,458, be deducted 61,307 acres for 

 timber already cut and in process of cutting by the fifteen sawmills, then the 

 final remaining 429,151 acres will approximately represent the area of 

 standing timber, of which one-fourth, or 107,288 acres, is suitable for lumber, 

 and the remaining 321,863 acres of standing timber if cut into cord wood 

 would probably average thirty-seven and a half cords per acre. 



The most abundant timber trees are three species of the pine family, which 

 stand in the following order with reference to number: Old field, short leaf, 

 Pinus mitis; bottom loblolly, short leaf, Pinus tceda; and long leaf yellow 

 pine, Pinus australis, M., or Pinus palustris, L. The long leaf pine exists in 

 small areas or patches in the southern part of the county. 



The cupuliferce, or oak family, is represented by blackjack, Quercus nigra; 

 post oak, Quercus obtusiloba; swamp Spanish or pin oak, Quercus palustris; 

 white oak, Quercus alba; Spanish oak, Quercus falcata; chinquapin, Castanea 

 pumila; beech Fagus feruginea; and horn beam or iron wood, Caprinus Caro- 

 Uniana. 



The juglandacece, or walnut family, by black walnut, Juglans nigra; and 

 white hickory, Carya tomentosa. The rutaceaz, or rue family, by prickly ash, 

 or tooth ache tree, Zanthoxylum Carolinanum. The cornaceai, or dogwood 



Commissioner of Agriculture Report, 1888-89. 



