Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-25
HIDDEN WEALTH.
State GeOlogist Dumble Issues an In
teresting Circular.
Results OF the Investigations OF Himself and
Assistants de in Various Por-
lions OF the State.
Special 70 the Gazette.

Special 70 the Gazette,
AUSTIN. TEX. Sept. Estate Geol-
ogist humble, in a circular issued to-
day, among other things, says: Pro-
fessor Streeruwitz, assisted by Messrs.
Taft and Wyschetzki, has been carefully
working out the geography of the Quit
man mountains, which he mapped LAST
year. The work done proves more con-
clusively than ever, If it were possible,
the valuable ore deposits of this range.
The leads are well defined, easily regog-
nlzable and, wherever prospected to any
depth, show their oar-bearing charac-
ter. The porphyries, OF which he has
sent in some very fine specimens, are OF
almost everv shade of color, and will be-
come valuable as ornamental stones in
architecture. The maps in course OF
preparation will give the details in a.
clear manner as is possible.
Professor Cummins, with Mr.. Drake,
took up the study of the coal measure,
and has made section across the BrazOs
coal fields and mapped the outcrops OF
coal seams, Nos. l and 2, which contain
coal of a workable thickness of thirty to
thirty-six inches. He mas made careful
instrumental measurements of the dip,
secured details of all work Of any extent
done on the seams, and made such ex-
aminations as will enable one to ar
rive at an approximate determination
Us TO the real extent and valus OF the
coal deposits of Central Texas. He Is
now engaged in connecting these Eeds
with those of the Colorado basin, re-
ported on in brief last year.
pr0feGs0r Hill was piveu tha
area north OF the Colorado, with its
problems of arteslan water, cement,
materials, fertilizers, agricultural pos
sibilities, etc. In this he has had the
assistance of Mr.. Stone and others. He
found that the outcrop OF the Trinity
water bearing sands, which had been
traced north of Decatur to Red
river, after crossing that stream,
turned to the east, and
extended to and beyond point opposite
Paris. Having about completed the ex-
animation of the area assigned him he re-
signed from the survey to take effect on
the completion of his report.
Mr.. Tarr made q reconnaissance of the
Guadalupe mountains with special ref
erence to the possibility of their contain
ing ore veins aud chances of artesian
water supply for the central region.
From the rocks exposed there his report,
which IS now ut hand, shows that they
are not ore bearing, and confirms from
more detailed and extended in
vestigatIou the conclusions of Dr..
q. G. Shumard in regard TO the
untavorable conditions for supply of
artesian water, at least in that portion
of the state between the mountains and
the Pecos. DR.. Comstock rs work was
the continuation aud application of
that last year.
The area OF tho silurian Burnett
marble and accompanying rocks) has
been mapped from the inner to the ore
taceous escapement, together with other
small patches of later precretaceous
sediments. Especial study has been
made of the lead bearing districts, OF
which new ones have been discovered
and the modes of occurrence of brines
and other economic deposits.