The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-30

PROPFssoR \, II, hucKlffi hhlr
geologlsl, publishes In The SlaleHmph
a hrlef report Of what his agricultural
aud geological survey has accom-
pllahed, We make lherelrom tho Iol'
lowing extract
We have nHcerlnned aud shall prove
beyond question, that Texas has Nhhl
depnAIts Ol iron aud coal, Two lNlligh
which more tlinn any others WIN, "
properly used, give wealth hld pros
perity To n state. IN addition 10 the
brown GOnls Of central ana eastern
Texas we have found the hllunlllouh
GOals Of the regular cnrbohll ferrous
period 10 he better aud IN much larger
quantities than N generally supposed,
80 large ARE these, that We unllcsllal-
Indy announce that lrXN hns enough
good conl for NIL practical purposes Tor
ages 10 come, The coal fields ol Young
aud adjacent counties extend south
ward aud westward through stephens,
Callahan, lGnsllnn, Coleman brown,
IAmpnsns, COnchO, McCull0rh, INTO
San Saba, Lnno aud liurnct cotlnl lcs'
This ls an immense coal region, three
times larger than we supposed was ~
Texas wlien We began our lhb0rs last
sprlng. Throughout this region we
know TINT there ARE largo beds OF cohl,
some of which nre now beng worked
aud used 10y blncksnilhs nnd found To
bc OF M cXcellecl quality, Many
specimens of these cOnls We have ob'
a, 4 a al. Al a.tI Inn
At the east, AT the west, ana ut the
north, Texas has plenty OF the best OF
iron ores. No well informed citizen
doubts this. She also has IN nbund-
nnce of suit aud gypsum.
We have found the copper region III
have u wider aud longer range IMAM Is
generally imagined, extending IRON
the south through Young and lhroct'
morton counties norlhward beyond tn,
Red river, and from the western par
OF Montague westward into Haskell
county, aud still onward and WESTWARD
farther than we went. Copper ore u
not being sent north from tins region
to be smclted, as was published thi'
summer. a few tons were thus SEN
last winter which were said to barely
pay expenses.
We are sorry to he compelled to say
that the silver mines of LlanO county
are not rs rich rs has been represented
No paying mines are being worke,
there, nor could we learn that even one
ton of silver ore obtained in Llant
county has been snplted during Tn,
last twenty years. ON the other hand
much useless labor has been done III
places where it is folly todig for silver
| We have seen lead and silver ores Oh
tanned in other countries, and have n'
doubt but that Texas will prove to b'
very rich in those two metals, but w
expect they will he mostly found II
the region westward from Llan'
county.
In Llano county we found plenty o
good roofing state, also marble steat
tie, or soapstone, II little gold, consid
cradle copper, some coal, many clea
springs and streams of excellent wa
ter, and much glorious scenery o
mountains, rocks, valleys and rivers
Our collections of specimens from
various parts of the state are very
large, both of minerals and fossils
Among these are specimens of the Ju
russic period, not before represented
in the state collection. This is an i'm
portant addition to the state cabinet
for the Jurassc is not in the states cas-
of the Mississippi, and was not tount
in Texas by our former state geolo
gists.