The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-01

oysfiAfd Nv IA eonsi From sofoe tsus'
ina sandstone n many places has been de
| slfoyed aud tho clay has ed d09n ~
The rains, and The iron ore has lallen 10 The
bottom 0f the hill and IN process Of time
has accumulated until 900 tons could bt
collected from single acre, Without hay.
Ing u. use pick Or shovel. This one will
is easily reduced, This ore Is the same
~ that from which nine tenths Of all the
iron In England is manufactured,
and 10 comes from the same geological
formatlon--the pcrfniaD. Only few miles
to the south oitheso beds Of ore, lilo the
coal beds Of the carbohlierQis, and beds
of coal have been discovered within 70 miles
of the principal beds of this ore. The per-
nian lies comfortably above the carbOni-
ferrous here, and II rs more than probable
that coal con be obtained ut the locality OF
| these beds nj q depth of not over 800 feet.
When this country shall be penetrated by
railroads, so as to furnish cheap and ready
transportation, 1t Is desti 70 be the great
iron producing region OF state. Other
| iron ores occur in the pei ..'lan, but do not
| compare In commercial value with that
| described above. North Texas can furnish
| iron enough 10 supply the state for ages to
come.
COAL OF NORTH TEXAS.
The question of an abundant supply of
good coal, is Just now an important ques-
ton for north Texas, as well as the other
the country north of the Texas & Pacific
railroad there is plenty OF timber for fuel,
for ordinary purposes; but We must have
coal Tor manufacturing purposes. Our pres
ent supply of coal comes from the Indian
Territory principally, but such is the de-
mand that these mines and the means of
transportation cannot supply the demand,
and the price per ton is too great to be paid
for the purpose Of using it as fuel for manu- |
. featuring purposes.
The tertiary formation in Texas produ- |
ces a Ignite or brown coal, that has been
used for fuel in some places, quite success
fully, but do not think the beds in north |
them valuable. l think the only coal beds
Of any value in this part of the state
are to be found in the carboniferOus
formation. This formation is covered |
by what is known as the upper cross tim |
bers'' and is bounded MS follows: Beginning |
at point on Red river about the northeast
corner Of Montague county, thence by st. |
Joe, Decatur to Weatherford, thence along
the Texas and Pacific railroad to few
miles beyond Baird, thence northeast ward
through the counties of Shackleford, |
Throckmorton, Young and Clay to the
northwest corner of Montague county. |
This .S carbonlfer tp strata is S con,
the coal is taken, which is now being used
so extensively in Texas. This country has
been partially examined by several geolog-
lists, and they have invariably given it as
their opinion that valuable beds of coal
would be developed by proper effort. Pro-
fessor S. 3. Buckley, state geologist, In his
report in 1874 says: "The coal field in
Young county around Fort Belknap has
long been known and its coal was used by
the government officers, when Fort Bel
! knap WIS occupied by them. many years
ago." On Whiskey creek, about two miles
north of Fort Belknap. there is fine ex-
posure of the coal strata. of which the fol-
, lowing is the section, taken from near its