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THE IRON ORE DISTRICT OF EAST TEXAS. 



Localities. 



No. 1. Foster ville. 



No. 2. Eight miles southeast of Palestine. 



No. 3. Oue-half mile north of Nechesville. 



No. 4. North of Palestine. 



No. 5. North of Palestine. 



No. 6. South of Palestine. 



ANALYSES OF SILICEOUS AND CONGLOMERATE ORES FROM ANDERSON COUNTY. 



No. 



Ferric 

 Oxide. 





* 



a 



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a 

 3 



o 



q 



o . 





a 



o 



« ? 



O — 

 hi 



3 



o 

 H 



ej p 



If-..- 



2*.. 



38.29 

 60.05 

 62.42 

 60.17 

 37.00 



53.45 

 24.48 

 17.00 

 15.95 

 54.00 



3.71 



Trace. 





Trace. 



Trace. 



4.50 



99.95 



42.04 



3f.... 



4f.. 



5f.... 



7.78 



17.03 



2.80 



Trace. 





Trace. 

 Trace. 



Trace. 



13.10 

 6.60 

 6.10 



100.30 



100.49 



99.90 



43 69 



.45 

 Trace. 



.29 

 Trace. 



42.11 



Trace. 



Trace. 



25.90 



♦Analysis by J. H. Heriidon. fAualyses by L. E. Magnenat. 



Localities. 

 No. 1. South of Palestine. 

 No. 2. Five miles south of Palestine. 

 No. 3. South of Palestine. 

 No. 4. South of Palestine. 

 No. 5. South of Palestine. 



LIME. 



The scarcity of limestone existing in the counties of Eastern Texas tends 

 greatly to the enhancement of the value of deposits of even limited extent, 

 and the siliceous character of those of Tertiary age still further limits the 

 supply really suitable for lime. For these reasons, the limestone which has 

 been mentioned in the description of the Saline in Anderson County has an 

 exceptional value. It is of yellowish white color and is cut by numerous 

 seams of pure calcspar or carbonate of lime. Although no analysis has been 

 made of it as yet, it is certainly suited to the manufacture of lime of good 

 quality, and as a flux for the rich iron ores of the region, so soon as smelters 

 are erected for their utilization. It is probable, if we may judge from the 

 extent of the outcrop of this stratum, that there is a considerable body of 

 it; enough for the supply of the immediate vicinity for many years. 



GREENSAND MARLS. 



The greensand marls, as has been shown in the general section, are usually 

 from thirty to forty feet in thickness, underlying the iron ores and overlying 

 the gray clays and white sands. In many places, however, the bed has not 

 its average thickness, owing to the great amount of erosion which has taken 



