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Transactions Texas Academy of Science. 
413. Walker, Joseph B. 
Eeports on the Iron Ore District of East Texas. Part III. 
Description of Counties. Chapter IX. Busk County. 
Second Ann. Eept. of the G-eol. Surv. of Texas, 1890, pp. 255- 
267. Austin, 1891. 
Contents: (Location.) Drainage. Surface. Soils. Clays; Analyses of 
Clays. Siliceous Limestone. Lignite. 'Mineral Water. Oil. G-reensand 
Marl; Analyses of Greensand Marl. Timiber. Iron Ores; Analyses of Iron 
Ores. Glass Sand. Orange Sand. Stratigraphy; Relation of Strata. 
“The area of this county is 917 square miles, lying between north lati- 
tude 31° 51'-32° 25 ' and west longitude 94° 25'-94° 58'. It was formed from 
Nacogdoches county, and organized in 1843, being named in honor of 
Thomas J. Rusk. 
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“This county is watered and drained in the northern and northeastern 
portion by the Sabine river and its triJbutaries. * * * The middle and 
southwestern portions by the tributaries of the Angelina river. * * * 
“The highest elevations are the iron-capped ridges, more particularly in 
the northern, northeastern, and somthern portions of the county. The 
remainder is hilly and rolling, except the valleys which form the margins 
of the streams.” 
414. 
EepoTts on the Iron Ore District of East Texas. Part III. 
Description of Counties. Chapter X. Xacogdoches County. 
Second! Ann. Eept. of the Geol. Surv. of Texas, 1890, pp. 268- 
286; plate and map. Austin, 1891. 
Contents: (Location, Acreage, etc.) Drainage. Surface. Soils. Clays. 
■Silicious Limestone. Lignite. Mineral Water. Mineral Oil. Greensand 
Marls. Analyses of Greensand Marls. Timber. Iron Ores. Analyses of 
Iron Ores. Notes on the Stratigraphy of Nacogdoches County. Relation 
of Strata. 
“The area of this county is 974 square miles, lying between north lati- 
tude 31° 15'-31° 50' and west longitude 94° 20'-94° 55'. 
“It was one of the original municipalities, and became a county under 
the same name in 1837. 
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“This county is watered and drained by the Attoyae Bayou (forming 
the eastern boundary) and its tributaries on the western side. 
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“The highest elevations are in the northwestern and eastern portions of 
the county, and were originally part of the elevated Tertiary plain, but 
now eroded into ridges. The remaining portion of the county is mainly 
broken and rolling upland, except the valleys along the streams. 
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“This county has extensive deposits of clay suitable for making bricks 
and tiles.” 
