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292 THE IRON ORE DISTRICT OF EAST TEXAS. 



Localities. 

 Limonite. 



Brown massive iron ore, five miles west of Jacksonville. 

 Fossiliferous iron ore, four miles north of Jacksonville. 

 Brown hematite. 



Poor ore, five miles south of Troupe. 



Raw ore, penitentiary ore bed; analysis made for John Birkinbine, 1885. 

 Raw ore. penitentiary ore bed; analysis made for John Birkinbine, 1885. 

 Raw ore, penitentiary ore bed; analysis made for John Birkinbine, 1885. 

 Raw ore, penitentiary ore bed: analysis made for John Birkinbine, 1885. 

 Raw ore, penitentiary ore bed; analysis made for John Birkinbine, 1885. 

 Solid brown hematite, penitentiary ore bed. Analysis by Regis Chauvenet & 

 Co., St. Louis. 



No. G-. Black laminated ore. Analysis by Regis Chauvenet & Co., St. Louis. 

 No. 1107. Wavy laminated ore, one mile north by west of State furnace, Cherokee 

 County. 



No. 1108. Compact buff crumbly iron ore, one mile north by west of State furnace, 

 Cherokee County. 



THE IRON INDUSTRY AT RUSK AND VICINITY. 



Through the courtesy of Captain E. L. Gregg, of Rusk, who was secretary 

 of the committee appointed to find suitable locations for the State Peniten- 

 tiaries, the writer obtained the following particulars, the original report 

 having been filed in the State archives, and lost in the fire which destroyed 

 the old Capitol building. 



The committee appointed by Governor Richard Coke in 1875 consisted of 

 W. W. Lang, of Marlin, chairman; Thomas Dwyer, Ed. Burleson, of San An- 

 tonio; B. W. Brown of Longview, and E. L. Gregg, of Rusk, secretary. 



The object was to locate two penitentiaries — one northeast of the Trinity 

 River, in East Texas, for the manufacture of iron; the other in West Texas, 

 for the manufacture of woolen goods. 



In making the examination for the location of the eastern penitentiary the 

 committee traveled through Grayson, Marion, Gilmer, Titus, Smith, and Cher- 

 okee counties. At the suggestion of Governor Coke an expert, Mr. G. A. 

 Kelley, was appointed by the committee, who accompanied them, except in 

 Grayson County. 



After careful examination of the iron fields the committee recommended 

 Rusk as the best location for the eastern penitentiary, on account of the quan- 

 tity and quality of the iron ore. 



Before the completion of the report and the consummation of the contract 

 with the builders of the prison two vacancies occurred in the committee, one 

 caused by the election of the chairman, W. W. Lang, as a member of the 

 Constitutional Convention in 1876, the other by the death of Thomas Dwyer, 

 of San Antonio. These vacancies were filled by the appointment of Judge 



