Record of Geology of Texas, 1887-1896. 
277 
444. 
Art. Stone. 
Report on Mineral Industries in the U. S., at. the Eleventh 
Census, 1890. , ' 
(Production of Limestone in Texas, 1889), p. 632. Wash- 
ington, 1892. 
Extract from a table showing the “Production of Limestone in 1889, by 
States and Territories”: 
STATES AND 
TERRITORIES. 
Number 
of 
quarries 
Total 
Value. 
Building Purposes. 
Lime. 
Cubic 
feet. 
Value. 
Value per 
cubic foot. 
Barrels 
(200 lbs) 
Value. 
Value 
per bbl. 
Tp.va.s : 
18 
$217,83.5 
666,160 
$135,901 
$ 0 20 
12,000 
$ 6,700 
$ 0 56 
445. 
Art. Stone. 
Report on the Mineral Industries in the IT. S., at the Eleventh 
Census, 1890. 
(Production of Sandstone in Texas, 1889), p. 647. Wash- 
ington, 1892. 
Extract from a table showing the “Production of Sandstone in the United 
States in 1889”: 
STATES AND TERRITORIES. 
Number of 
quarries. 
Production. 
Cubic feet. 
Value. 
Texas 
7 
180,591 
$ 14,651 
446. Fleming, H. S. 
Art. Coal. 
The Mineral Industry, Its Statistics, Technology and Trade, 
1893. Vol. II. 
(Coal in Texas), pp. 214, 216, 217. H. Y., 1894. 
In a table on page 214 showing “Bituminous Goal Fields” Texas is cred- 
ited with an area of 4,500 square miles. 
On page 216 the following statements are made concerning Texas: “Tlie 
coal fields of Texas are extremely important from an economic standpoint, 
but, while the field covers a considerable area, variously estimated between 
4,000 and 15,000 square miles, the coal thus far found has been generally 
high in sulphur. 
“The lignite fields are far more extensive that the coal area. Four 
distinct seams have been recognized, varying from three to fifteen and even 
twenty feet in thickness, though the latter figures are exceptional. A coal 
