, Record of Geology of Texas, 1887-1896. 
73 
Day^ William C. 
State. 
Towns. 
Number of bricks 
made in 1888. 
Remarks. 
Texas. 
Dallas. 
30,000,000 
Two new yards were established 
during 1888, with an aggregate ca- 
pacity of 2,000,000. 
Laredo. 
12,000,000 
Paris. 
4,000,000 
San Antonio. 
4,500,000 
Texarkana. 
2,500,000 
Waco. 
8,000,000 
Art. Struetural Materials. IMiin. Eesonrces of tlie IT. S. 1888. 
(Condition of the hre-hrick industry in Texas in 1888), p. 
566. Washington, 1890. 
State. 
Towns. 
Number of fire-brick 
made in 1888. 
Texas. 
Athens. 
200,000 
San Antonio. 
12,000,000 
95. ^ 
The Granite Industry of the United 'States. 
(Statistics of the Production and Consumption of Granite in 
Texas in 1889.) 
Engineering and Mining Journal, U. Y., Vol. LI, p. 496. 
April 25, 1891. 
. Number of Quarries 8; Product 20,400 eu. ft. valued at $22^550; Value 
per cu. ft. $1.11; Total number, employed 64; Expenses: Wages $20,464; 
Total $33,738; lOapital invested: In Land $184,000. Total $212,125. 
Art. 'Stone. Min. Resources of the U. S. 1889-1890. 
(Stone in Texas), pp. 431-432. Washington, 189'2. 
Granite:' “Eight quarries in Burnet, Gillespie and Llano counties, all in 
the central part of the State, produced granite valued at $22,550.” Used 
mainly for building purposes. Granite unexhaustible near Marble Falls. 
Color ranges from red or rose to light gray with intermediate shades. “It 
has shown a resistance to a pressure of 11,891 pounds to the square inch 
before crushing.” It is used in the construction of the large dam across 
the Colorado river at Austin. Marble and sandstone are found in the 
same region* 
iSandstone: “The value of the sandstone produced in 1889 in Texas 
was $14y65il. It was taken from seven quarries, contained in the following 
