Recoe;d op Geology oe Texas, 1887-1896’. 
259 
Walker^ Joseph B. 
•3{. -JS- * * * * * 
“Mineral Oil. — 'The oilnbearing sulphur water spring * * is 
located on one of the two tracts of land owned and operated by the 
Petroleum Prospecting 'Company. The water, with traces of oil, flows into - 
the little stream adjacent known as Oil Spring Branch, a tributary of 
Bayou Visitador. In the valley of the stream .are the present oil-bearing 
wells, some thirty in number.” 
At the time this report was written the company was “only bailing out” 
the wells semi-weekly and storing the oil. 
The same plan was pursued by the Lubricating Oil Company at its wells 
in, the valley of Bayou Visitador, about three or four miles northeast of 
the oil spring property above mentioned. 
415. 
Reports O'li the Iron Ore District of East Texas. Part III. 
Description of Counties. Chapter XI. Cherokee County. 
Second Ann. Kept, of the Geol. Surv. ol Texas, 1890, pp. 287- 
302. Austin, 1891. 
Contents: (Location, 'Acreage, etc.) Drainage. Surface. Soils. Clays. 
Mineral Paint. Lignite. Analyses of Lignites. Mineral Water; Chaly- 
beate (Springs, Sulphur Springs. Mineral Oil. Greensand. Timber. Iron 
' Ore. Analyses of Iron Ores. The Iron Industry at Rusk and Vicinity. 
Grades of Pig Iron. Average Daily Product in Tons. Analysis of Pig 
Iron. Analyses of Limestone. Analyses of Durnace Slag. Cost of Mate- 
rials. The Tassie Belle Furnace. The Star and Crescent Furnace. General 
iSuggestions. The Recent Earthquake. Concluding Remarks. 
“The area of this county is 1008 square miles, lying between north lati- 
tude 31° 25'-32° 7' and west longitude 94° 52'-95° 25'. 
* . -:c- * * * * 1 * 
“This county is watered and drained in the north central portion by the 
west fork U'f the Angelina river and its tributaries; on the southeast by 
the Angelina river and its western tributaries. * * * The Neehes river 
forms the western and southern boundary.” 
For general features and distribution of ores, see Penrose, R. A. F., Jr., 
First Ann. Rept. Geol. Survey of Texas, pp. 31, 67, etc. 
416. Weeks, Joseph D. 
Art. Petroleum. Min. Resources of the U. S., 1889-1890. 
(Petroleum] in Texas), pp. 359-361. Washington, 1892. 
Conditions similar to those found in Kansas, New Mexico and southern 
California. Tar springs. Wells in Kansas and Missouri little east of 
95th meridian. Texas springs little east of the 94th, some on 93rd and 
east of it. Petroleum produced in 1889 in Bexar county near San Antonio, 
between the 98th and 99th meridians. Product of the springs called maltha 
by the California geologists. 
Texas oil a natural lubricator. Gravity. Source and depth of wells. 
“Sour springs” at Sulphur Springs, Hopkins county. 'Oil wells at Nacog- 
doohes. Statistics of production in Texas, 1889-1890. 
