Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-25

| AEOH tue HoytOD quarry.
A specimen OF red marble from near
the Marble Falls.
A huge specimen of ore from the Hol-
land mine, three miles south OF Burnet,
| estimated several years ego by DR..
Gregg, the San Saba geologist, to be
about 81 psr cent. of pure iron.
A specimen Of beautiful yellow stone,
1 hard to describe or name.
All the above with the millions of tons
| OF the new famous red and blue granite
are to be found In vast quantities in the
oounty-espseially At or near the Fails.
Tho collection of native trees would
surprise any man not familiar with the
| productions of Burnet county, and yet it
Goes not afford one-f1fth of the valuable
woods grown.
There was mesquite block twenty
two inches In diameter.
One cypress block four feet three
inches in diameter from g tree that is
thirty feet straight, cut several feet from
the base. From the same place Mr..
Moore says he saw cypress trees that
would measure seven feet in diameter,
but too large to saw and handle. There
is, we learn with surprise, plenty of this
growth in Southwest Burnet
A pecan block two feet four inches
through.
A post eak block one and one-half feet
A live oak block two feOt.
A walnut block one foot.
A wild cherry block one foot and two
inches.
A cedar block one and one-half feet.
A sycamore block one and one-hslf
feet.
A specimen of holly or Spanish laurel +,
very rare, of which it is said combs are
manufactured. All the foregoing woods
sbound IN vast quantities in Burnet
county except the last named.
In addition to the foregoing, MIR,
Moore will exhibit four or five large
boxes, containing crystal rock, brick
and mouldings of the splendid con-
crete and pottery clay to be found at the
Falls In endless quantities.
A homemade grindstone of the best
quality.
A superb. $40 saddle from leather all
tanned at the Marble Falls tannery, and
manufactured by the Cowboy depot of
Burnet.
A beautiful set of harness Qeather all
from the same tannery) valued at $50
and manufactured by Padgitt & War
moth at Austin. Also various specimens
will open the eyes of the Northern visi-
tors, all done at the Marble Falls tan
merry.
Last, but by no means least, Mr.. R.
Shannon, Burnet's skilled marble cutter
and artist, will accompany the Marble
Falls collection with a grand and beauti-
fully finished red granite monument
from Granite mountain, seventeen
feet, nine inches in height,
four feet at the base, and built
In proportion. Also two other monu-
mentS of gray granite and variegated
marble, from six and q half to ten feet
high, polished like mirrors and that rival
in hardness and beauty the uorld-re-
nowned productions of Quincy, Massa-
chusetts and Glasgow, Scotland. One of
these GRANTEES is problem to describe.
In the rough, 1t resembles Confederate
gray; when polished, ii looks like the
Federal blue, with red and yellow fleeks
in it. Another marble looks for all the
world like beefsteak, with its veins,
fibers and blood and quite as tough as
some We haye eaten (no allusion to the
excellent beef served by the two markets
now established in Burne0.
the fret and largest monument named
was purchased of hr. Shannon by the
Ginning and Improvement company"
and is valued at $1,000.
The Bulletin reioices at the public
spirit of men like Gen. johnson (repre-
senting the Mining and Improvement
company and the skill of other craft
mon like Robert shannon, and trusts
that they may be repaid one hun
dred fold for their pains and expense.
Burnett may well hold up her head at
Fort Worth.
Notes and Personals.
Mr.. T. T. Lockett, the faithful laborer
for BoEque's interests, was compelled to
go homo for a few days rest Bosque
county should appreciate this Jealous
fathers untiring efforts In her behalf.
Mr.. j. w. Tinnen takes his place.
Mr.. Tom Randolph, the wealthy
banker of Sherman, Col. Abrams and
Superintendent Thorne of the Texas and
Pacific were at the Spring Palace yester-
day. They also took q drive about the
city.
In answer to an inquiry about land
values in San Saba county, Mr.. Martin
of the San Saba exhibit said: eyes,
land values are increasing very rapidly.
You see this piece of iron oreI Well,
owned tract of land lying beside the
tract from which this was taken, and
sold 1t three years ago for So an acre.
And only a few days ago.the same tract
sold for $50 an acre. Our mineral and
ore properties are beginning to attract
attention, and good lands of this char
aoter find ready takers at steadily in
oreasing ilgures.''
How about farm lands?
Good farm lands can be bought for So
to $40 per acre. We raise the finest kind
OF wheat, too, and will yet show John
Howard and Wichita valley points on
quality of wheat and flour.
Cotton? Oh, yes, we raise q bale to
the acres aud as'to wool we have one OF
the finest sheep counties in Texas.
Our greatest obstacle just now is
lack of railway facilities. continued Mr..
Martin. No section of the state
would pay better returns to o road
in the way of rapid development and in
crease in trafio. 1t is at present twenty
three miles to the nearest station, to
which point We had to haul all our ex-
hibit. But we are pretty sure of road
at an early day. The Rio Grands is now
surveyed to within few miles of San
Saba, 1t will cost only about $1,000
per mile to construct the road, and the
inducements we can offer them in
the way of traffic alone will GER
tainly attract them to our town soon.
Then the Santa Fs may possibly extend
Its line and We shall then have two roads.