Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-18
LLAN0.
The Foundation for 4 Great Industrial
Center-The Railroads See 1t.
Mineral and Geological Features Of the Coun-
try EItraordinary-A Section That
Can { BE Held Back.
LLANo, TEX, Dec. 6, 1890.

LLANo, TEX, Dec. 6, 1890.
To the Gazette.
The foundation for a great industrial
city Is being laid here. No one can
doubt who comes here and makes a care
full investigation of the resources of this
section, but will say that here is TO be
the great manufacturing city of the
Southwest; and from the way in which
the railroads are building and preparing
to build here, it would seem that they
also appreciated the fact. Her citizens
feel confident of her future greatness,
and are backing their faith by placing
their money in brick and stone buildings.
The weli-kuown civil engineer and
mining expert, Judge NJ. l.. Lynch of
Fort Worth, is here making a survey for
a system of improvements for the Llano
improvement company, to consist of
waterworks, sewerage. and daw across
the Llauo. a swift and beautiful river
which flows by the town. This dam WILL
be built on a natural ledge of graHite
which extends across the river, and Will
be constructed from granite, which cHS$s
be found on the ground. Judge Lynch'
estimates that there will be- -,
working power of thirty feet, which, 2
after furnishing power to pump
water for the waterworks, genernttng
electricity fo- motors and nights will far:
nish plenty Of power for cotton flds
wooden mills, granite and marble polishS
ing plants and other manufacturing en-
terprises. Overlooking the town is
hill about 800 feet high. Here will be
erected a standpipe to which the
water to supply the city will be
pumped. This will afford a static press.
ure of 100 pounds to the square inch AZ
any point in the city. Judge Lynch
very enthusiastic over the resources and
possibilities of this section. He and alH
of the citizens of Llano are very an zt0g4
to see the Fort Worth and Rio Gk6nd
extended here, as they are very aUxio11
for more Intimate relations witH F0$
Worth, rs they realize fullyswha4 sub
relations mean to them. In spea$in&8O
Judge Lynch in regard to this ACCT n
he said: The mineral and ged3O&Sal
features of this country are som048Gg
extraordinary and have been QUITE q
surprise to me, especially the iron de-
posits which are very valuable, being
mainly black magnetic, very low in
PHOSPHORUS, from .0l4 to ,046 and from
GALS to GS.G7 per cent Of metallic
iron which places them in the
front rank of Bessemer ones.
This means much more to Texas
than would ut first sight appear. owing TO
the scarcity OF such ores in the United
States and the cheapness with which
such ore can be converted into steel by
the Bessemer process without resorting
to the more expensive method of de-
hos hu ia ga ia
necessary in treating common ores, in
addition to this manganese of high grade
Is found, a small quantity of which is re-
auired III the process OF steel making.
To give an idea of the value OF such de-
posts it is only necessary to say thar this
class of ore is shipped thousands OF miles,
from Cuba to Pennsylvania and from the
Lake Superior region to Ohio and Penn
syIvania aud other sections of the coun-
try, and while the Cuban ores are low In
phosphorons, they DO not average over
so per cent of metallic iron and there is
but one NINE. the Great Republic, in the
Lake Superior district that shows as high
a percentage OF metallic iron as the ores
of this section.
In this connection 1t seems to me that
Fort Worth occupies q favorable position
with reference to these deposits, being
only about two hundred miles distant on
a direct line to the Rio Grande road,
which will no doubt be extended here in
the near future, by which the ore could
be laid down at low figure, and with
the fiuxing material already present in
abundance, it would be q question of
bringing the fuel at reasonable cost to
smelt these ores, which would place the
town in an envlable position In regard
to iron manufacturing, and if the coal
along the headwatsrs Of the West Fork
of the Trinity aud the upper Brazos can
be made available for the purpose, there
il no reason whatever why Fort Worth
should not only smelt these ores, but
roll the product into bar iron and steel,
1. beams, channel bars and bridge shapes
generally, make barbed wire and nails,
and the many other articles OF every day
use.
As to the many specimens of building
stons here, they are simply innumerable
and In profusion all over the country.
Granite. both Rrav and red, marble Of;
various colors. including the most be36s