Record of Geology of Texas, 1887 - 1 896 . 
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Bumble, Edwiist T. 
'cons'ideraition, this itieans a saving of fully one-third of the former fuel 
bills by using brown coal, an item worth working for. 
‘“While these results are eminently satisfactory and promise a rapid 
advance in brown-coal mining in the State, I am still of the opinion that 
before it can attain its best development plants musit be erected for con- 
verting it into compressed fuel in order to decrease its present tendency 
to slack and fall to pieces on exposure to the air.” 
154. 
The Iron Ores of Texas. 
The Bnsiness Record, Yol. I, No. 3, p. 43. Houston, Octoher, 
1896. 
“The iron ores of the 'State of Texas may be classed among the most 
valuable of her mineral deposits. While as yet their utilization has 
attained only very- modest proportions, 'the cause of this is not found in 
either the quantity tor quality of the ores themselves. 
“By the 'work of the geological survey, the iron ore areas of East Texas 
and of the Llano or central mineral regions have been clearly defined, 
mapped, and described, and from this work and the developments which have 
heen made by the furnaces in the different localities in East Texas, we are 
justified in the statement, that there is in the deposits themselves, when 
considered either as to quality or quantity, every cxpportunity for the 
development of an iron industry equal to any in the Southern States.” 
The ores of Llano Oounty: Magnetite, Hematite, and some Limonite. 
There are four belts: Babyhead, the most easterly; that between Pack- 
saddle and Riley mountains; Iron Mountain; that between Riley Mountain 
and Enehanjted Rock. 
“The supply of the very best Bessemer ore is sufficient to build up very 
extensive industries, when it shall have been properly opened, and will 
supply all possible needs for many years to come.” 
The ores of East Texas. All hydrated — limonite known as Nodular and 
Laminated ore. 
“The character of these ores is fully revealed in their names, the nodular 
occurring as nodules or boulders, and the laminated in more continuous 
beds. While they occur together to more or less extent, the nodular ores 
prevail in the northeastern part of the district, their jrrincipal areas being 
in Cass and Marion counties, with smaller areas in Morris, Upshur, Har- 
rison, etc. These nodular ores are found imbedded in sand, in separated 
deposits, with considerable areas of barren country intervening. These 
deposits vary in area from 10 t,o several hundred acres, and have a thick- 
ness from one to five feet. 
“The laminated ores, which prevail over by far the greater portion of 
the one thousand square miles which is underlaid by workable ores in 
this region, reaches its greatest development in Cherokee oounty.” 
The nodular ore seems to average richer in metallic iron and lower in 
Phosphorus than the laminated. Factors that have retarded the develop- 
ment of the iron industry in Texas : Fuel, fluxing materials, transporta- 
tion, and market. There is a want of fuel in the Llano region. The 
