Record of Geology of Texas, 1887 -1896. 
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Parker^ Edward Wheeler. 
of the State, reported an output of 128,216 short tons, valued at $340,620. 
The output from 1883 to 1888, inclusive, has been estimated at from 
75,000 to 135,000 short tons annually, and iwhile these figures were esti- 
mates merely, the fact that the product in those years was from the same 
mines as the output in 1889, and that the estimated product , was quite 
close to that reported hy the Census Office, indicates that the estimates were 
not very far from th^ actual output. 
“With the exception of a slight decrease in 1891 from the output in 1890, 
the produot of coal in Texas has shown a steady increase since 1889. While 
the output in 1891 was less than that of 1890, it exceeded that of 1889 by 
mor-e than 40,000 tons. The product in 1892, was 73,590 short tons, or 
nearly 43 per cent, larger than- that of 1891. In 1893 the product increased 
, 56,516 short tons, or 23 per cent, over 1892, and in 1894 the increase was 
118,642 short tons, or more than 39 per cent. The product in 1894 was 
more than three times that of 1889, while the value was within $25,000 
of reaching $1,000,000. With the bringing in of the Presidio county, or 
ISan Carlos, fields iii 1895, and the development of industrial enterprises 
in the -State, the produetion of coal is likely to continue to dncrease.’’ 
Table showing “Coal Produot of Texas since 1889” (that is, from 1889- 
1894, inclusive.) 
316. 
Art. As-phaltnin. Min. Resources of the U. S., 1894. 
'htoumetallie Products. 
16th Ann. Kept., IT. S.’ Geological Survey, Part IV. 
(Asphaltum in Texas), p. 433. Washington, 1895. 
“The commercial product in Texas in 1894 was from the lithocarbon prop- 
erties in Uvalde county * * * .” 
317. 
Art. Salt. Min. Resources of the V. S., 1894. 
ISTonmetalli'C Products. ' 
16th Ann. Rept., U. S. Geological Survey, Part IV. 
(iSalt Product of Texas), p. 655. Washington, 1895, 
“Texas produced 142,857 barrels [of salt] in 1894, valued at $101,000, 
compared with 126,000 barrels, worth $110,267, in 1893.” 
318. 
Art. 'Coal. Mineral Resources of the U. S., 1895. 
Metallic Products and Coal. 
17th Ann. Rept., IJ. S. Geological Survey, Part III. 
(Coal in Texas), pp. 521-522. Washington, 1896. 
“The total product in 1895, 484,959 short tons; total value, $913,138. 
“The principal features of the coal mining industry in Texas during 
1895 were an increase in output of about 15 per cent, over that of 1894, 
a deorease in value of 7 per cent, compared with the previous year, and 
