Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-26
TEXAS MINES AND MINERALS.

The San Antonio waterworks com nit
tee expect to strike heavy How of oil
or gas in the ten-inch well they are
sinking.
The mines just opened by the Weather
ford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern
railroad will commence to furnish coal
January 10, when the output will be
about 1000 tons daily. Manager Fouts
says of l.: 1--WE have cause to be ex-
ceedIngly well pleased, because we got
better than we expected. The coal is
better than the indications ct the time of
prospecting led us TO hope for. it is
good in these three important respects
pre-emlneDtly in the first two. These
are, low percentage of moisture con-
taiued, total lack of sulphur and large
percentage OF coke yield. Carefully
analysed by government chem lists, the
moisture contained is reported at only 4
per cent, Thus 1t will not slack easily,
is good shipping coal. and economic cal
for the consumer. There is q total abb
sence of sulphur. which is a high reco m
mendation, as every body understa uds.
This makes it good blacksmithing coal,
as well IS having other advantages. The
yield of coke is 63 l3 per cent.
In speaking of natural gas al d petro-
leum found in that section, the San
Antonio Times says: In SINKING other
artesiGu wells natural gas and petroleum
have been discovered, notably in the
wells on the ranches of Messr5. George
Dullnig and Charles Balm. The flow of
petroleum at the Dullnig place is not
only copious, but the petroleum itself is
of an excellent quality and especially for
fabrication. There are at least dozen
wells in the county and city where petro-
leum has been found That in the Balm
well is almost chemically pure, needing
but little refinement to make il equal to
highest grade of the Standard oil.
The gas discovered is of an excellent
character. That in the ScholZ well has
been burning steadily with no decrease
for the past three months. The pressure
at the Dullnig wells increases instead OF
diminishing. and Mr.. Dullnig proposes
to sink another shortly in the vicinity,
but where the Indications lead to the be-
lief that still greater supply will be
secured.
New Birmingham Times: In making
wheels and chilled iron safe works, all
the manufacturers use a per cent of
scrap steel and different grades OF iron,
while the Cherokee iron will make as
good or better wheel or safe without the
use of steel or other kinds of iron.
The Meichinger well is only l65 feet
deep, and while the work of pumping
out the water has not been finished,
much oil has been pumped off, says the
Brentwood Bulletin, and there is every
indication Of large flow of oil. Ex-
perts pronounce il superior to any
thing that has ever been found
outside of Pennsylvania, and equal to
inform us that shallow wells like the
Meichinger well are the strongest evil
dence of vast stores of deep oil down be-
low the earth s surface. They
expect to start several other machines to
work, and they say II their we'll will
flow twenty barrels of oil per day in less
than year there will be not less than
500 derrioks within q half mile of the
city.
SCARBOROUGH, Dec. 2S.-With the
superior type of brown hematite iron
ore found in this county, we see no rea-
son why Scarborough, the newly pro-
iected mining and manufacturing town,
should not prove success. The unde-
yeloped possibilities of Eastern Texas
are indeed phenomenal.
BRIDGEPORT, Dec. 24.-The Bridge
port coal mines are now being more fully
developed than ever before, and the re-
suit is very satisfactory TO all interested.
Then are now ready to fill all orders
with an excellent quality of which they
have d large quantity on hand.