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feet thick. Val Verde 'County. Geology. Kinney County : Geology; Soil; 
Building stone. Uvalde County: Geology; Coal; Asphaltum; Dikes and 
Metamoriphic Effects; Igneous Hocks ten miles west of Uvalde; Syneline 
:at Uvalde; Water. Zavala County; Two-thirds within the bounds of the 
coal field; Aiitesian Water. Webb County: Western half within the 
Nueces Coal Field; Coal seam 18-33 inches thick with a 2-meh parting; 
Character of the Coal; Worked at San Tomas. Dimmit County: Carrizo 
Sandstone; Water; Western Boundary of the Nueces Coal Field; Diversity 
of Soils. 'Maverick County: Middle and Upper Cretaceous; Soils; Coal 
fiye miles northwest of Eagle Pass. Length, of Exposure. Brick Material 
at Eagle Pass. 
312. Parker, Edward Wheeler. 
Art. Coal. Min. Eesonrees of the U. S., 188P-1890. 
(Coal in Texas), p. 271. Washington, 1892. 
Coal product for 1889, 128,216 short tons; value, $340,617. Coal pro- 
duct for 1890, 184,440 short tons; value, $465,900. Nine counties produced 
coal, but only four commercially, viz. : Erath, Maverick, Medina and 
Webb. Gradual increase in production. Table showing Coal Product in 
Texas for 1889 and 1890. 
313. 
Art. Coal. Min. Eesonrees of the IT. S., 1891. 
(Coal in Texas), p. 325. Washington, 1893. 
Coal product for 1891, 172,100 short tons; value, $412,360. Loss in out- 
put for the year estimated at 12,340 short tons. Table of Coal Product in 
Texas for 1889, 1890, and 1891. 
314. 
Art. Gypsnm. Min. Eesonrees of the IT. S., 1891. 
( Grypsnm in Texas ) , p . 5 8 2 . W ashing ton, 1893. 
The Lone Star Plaster lOompany of Qiianah, Texas. Capital, $100,000, 
Operations begun April, 1892. Mill capacity 75 tons per day. Promoters 
of the enterprise are interested in the “Acme Cement Plaster Company.” 
The product is known as ‘‘Climax” plaster. 
315. 
Coal. Min. Eesonrees of the IT. S., 1894. 
Nonmetallic Prodnets. 
16th Ann. Eept., U. S. Geol. Snrvey, Part lY. 
(Coal in Texas), pp. 193-194. Washington, 1895. 
The total product in 1894 was 420,848 short tons; spot value, $976,458. 
Reference to 'the reports ef E. T, Dumble and Prof. R. T. Hill. See 
titles Nos. 86, 88^ 
“Reliable statistics of coal production in Texas have 'only been obtained 
since 1889, when the Eleventh United iStates Census, after a careful canvass 
