Recoed op Geology of Texas, ISS'Z-lSOe. 
199 
Meloher, J. C. 
and !lTonor,e creeks. These are visible eight feet thick, and bottom not in 
sight. They burii well in the open hearth or fire, but smell somewhat of 
sulphur. They are perfectly black, and show distinctly the woody struct- 
ure. There are also several other strata of two or three feet in thickness 
in the vicinity, of which the lowest seam is always best. I have also found 
these thinner beds in digging wells. 
“There is near iSwiss Alps a bed of solid clear gypsum, about two feet 
thick, which is twenty-four to forty feet below the surface, and is found 
in digging and drilling wells. 
“Near Muldoon, at a washout on a hill, there crops out a bed of crumbly 
gypsum, of various brilliant colors, in great quantity. I think this will 
he a fine fertilizer. 
“I think Fayette county has the best silicious limestone quarries in the 
state. These are near Muldoon. The rock lies in strata of workable thick- 
ness, and its jointed structure makes it easy to quarry. 
“Fine kaolin, or potter’s clay, is found in the vicinity of Flatonia, and 
at other places in the county. 
“There is in O’Quinn creek a stratum eighteen inches to two feet thick, 
and some two hundred yards long, of a pure white fine soft sandstone. It 
is a fine polishing stone or sand, and very light in weight.” 
304. Merrill, George P. 
See WMtfield, J. E., and Merrill, G. P. 
The Eayette County, Texas, Meteorite. 
Amer. Jonr. of Science, III, Yol. XXXYI, pp. 113-119. 
Xew Haven, Ang., 1888. 
305. 
The Collection of Bnilding and Ornamental Stones in the IT. S. 
Xationa] Mnsenm : A Hand-Book and Oatalogne. 
Report of the Smithsonian Institntion, 1885-’86, Pt. II, pp. 
277-648, and PI. I-IX. Washington, 1889. 
Texas: Granites in, p. 425; limestones and dolomites, in, p. 405; mar- 
bles in, p. 385; sandstones in, p. 460; slates in, p. 470; soapstone in, p. 359. 
The following specimens are catalogued from Texas: 
'Limestone [iMafrble]., Light yellow; campact; fossaliferous, from near 
Austin. 
^ Cretaceous; drab; compact; coarsely fossiliferous, Austin. 
Lower 'Silurian; light drab, with purple veins ; very fine and 
compact.. Near Burnet. 
Lower iSilurian; very light drab; fine and compact. Near 
'San Saba. 
Blue-gray crystalline. Burnet. 
'Dolomite ['Marble] . Dull red, with net-work of lighter lines. Burnet. 
Dolomite. Silurian ; buff ; fine 'and compact. Near San Saba. 
Silurian; fine; light-colored. Near San Saba. 
Silurian ; light buff ; fine and compact. Near San Saba. 
