The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-26
KAOLIN,
Discovery of a val~Nble Deposit in
Texas
New onean. nenncrrl n.r .n..

new orleans penocrEt pee. Goth.
we noticed some tins since, the estsbli.s-
mens here ofa manufsctsry Of porcelain bv
Aessrs' Surgi and a'Estrsmpsl. The former
is a well known civil engineer of this citv,
"h'le tho latter, native Of France, ia thor
oughly acquainted with the business Of max.
ng porcelain, Undar hia management. the
necessary works, kins, lathOs. sto. v.rs
erected ~ Nos. 3l4, 3l8 snd sis CSrosd,l.t
walk,Ssd the nanufaa turs OF ehinav. - -
hr' surg ssbarksd ia thI sstsrprise b.
nIsvlng tnsI as good kkolia, or pottsFs clsy
lAs calet aatarlsl employed in the m,An.
laclurs OK porcslsin), could 10 sbtsipea
citner ~ ihil sssts or Texas asaHvvh.r,
eso' IL was first found RscssISry, hoysyar.
70 optain ths kaoliR ASsaSd ia the factory
from France, and TO that country Il was
written for. ""'
by aeSriom coinsidencs Just at this mo
meat two gsntlsasA living in Texas had
ssnt to the Sassysr Of ths nnt hers = csr.
tam earth or clay which had been siteoysrnS
on their isrm, Ksar BrsmoHd, Texas. and
which they believed to bo kkolin. Tho as-
'Aysr, havlsg tested il, pronounced IL Ia bs
kaolin Of ths finest quality, fully sousl IA
tlst used ia tho celeb stSs fsSlory a. Ssrvs.
lAis TACT wM csnmunicaISd to M.ssrs.
ourgl and dEitranpss, and they and the
we gsntlemsn irsn Texas, Judge |. N. Nc.
Donald, OF Houston, AVID $. MintOa, Of Brs-
nohd, Robertson coRsty, were plscos in com.
nunlca'ion with each ether. This was 40
satisfactory ihss AsMrs, Mcdonald and
Alaton visited this city, Whsro th,y now ara
to see II they csAnot make Soue Arrange.
ments vita the new psrcelsin factory ter
supplying it with ksolin.
haella, the clay used in making Norrs-
lain, 10 very rare everywhere, but rathsr
mere common in this country than in Eu-
roPc. Notwithstanding this fact, the Uni.
ted States "a very backward in this branch of
manufactures, and nothing but ths roughsr
Kinds OF chinaware, oarthenUare and ssons
ware afs made here. The recently sstab-
lished New 0tleans factory ia one OF Che
hrat in this country proposing to make frat
class goods. ka)lin is found here, In New
Jersey, Delaware, Virginia ard in Texas.
There is o good deal Of ii in ths latter state,
but maInly of an inferior grade. That found
On tho farm o, Msssrs. Mcdonald and Min.
ton Is Of an excellent character and suitable
TO the manufacture of tho finest kind Of
goods. This deposit was discovered about A
year ago and believed then to be Of great
valus, but it was impossibls to discover
its worth or TO hsd anv
market for it. The es.Agl5hmsnL
of tho porcelaiu factory here attracted s.ten-
lion to il, and a further investigation was
made with satisfactory results. Tho supplv
on the farm is nearly inexhaustible. There
are ever eighty scres, The kaalin boEg from
ono to five feet below the surface. The
ground has been penetrated to the depth Of
fifty feet, and the bo,tsm Of the deposit not
reached. The farm is stuatad near Bre-
mond, on the line Of tho HouStoa & Texas
CeR!ral railrosd, and the kAcin, therefore,
can he easily ahipped 10 market.
Yesterday the representative OF tho Now
Odoans porcelain factory, and the owners OF
this kaon dspast were IN consultation 20
see il they could DO. work together In the do.
yelopmoRt o. this naw Industry of maaufAc.
turing porcelain, WITH every proapscl of e5m.
igg to- some understanding.
In the mosawhile the factory Is going on
very successfully A Bumbpr Of good Eilas
Of good working size have besn built and lho
porcelain viii be turned out from enc Of
these in flushed s.sto ia few dSys