Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-26

| whom samples OF Wise county coal were
sent for analysis, thus writes: Your
coal will undoubtedly make coke II
| properly roasted. Whether it will be q
tavorite In the market remains to be
seen. The large amount OF moisture is
in its favor, as dry, bony coal is never
satisfactory for coke. The oombustible,
volatile matter shows that it is rich in
Illuminating gas. This is nothing against
1t Us a cokinR coal. Your coal shows
nifty per cent of fixed carbon. This is
high for western coal. The coking Goals
OF Pennsylvania run from fifty-two to
sixty-f1ur per cent of fixed carbon, but
show more sulphur than yours.
The Brownwood Bulletin has the fol-
lowing relative TO the oil prospects of
that section: Mr.. C. NJ. Gearing, the
oil man, says from every Indication this
whole section contains immense oil re-
sources. In addition to the Meichinger
well, and several others IN this immedi-
ate neishborhood, be has recently taken
samples froz, well at Trickham equal
10 anything he has seen. This indicates
that the oil is not merely local find I.
but that vast areas abound in it. He
has the strongest faith in our oil pros
poets, aud SAYS he feels perfectly conf
dent that the best of oil will be found in
nicely paying quantities..
CLAUDE, Nov. 22.-Messrs. Martin
and Mcknight OF Fort Worth, who have
been here for some time past, TO-DAY
made large shipment Of specimens OF
various kinds of rock found in the Palo
Duro canyon. They intend placing the
specimens on exhibition at the spring
Palace next season.
COLORADO, Nov. 24.-The Fort Worth
Packing company, when 1t commenced
business, gave the Texas Salt works of
this place sp order for ten carloads of
packing salt. After the arrival OF the
salt chemist employed by the pack
cry made an analysis of 1t, and
now announces that he finds the salt
80 90i per cent. puFe-tbat ia, that it
contains only ninety-six one-thousandths
Of impurities. The psckery will now use
This salt entirely in ali their work, and it
certainly looks Us If u purer al icle could
not be desired.
1t has just trunspired here that the
Eureka gold mine, in South Colorado,
las been sold to company of San An
tonic capitalists. who will at once go
actively to work to deepen the shaft,
which is now about 60 feet deep. This
shaft is supposed to have been an old
Mexican mine, It being hole through
solid rock, and at the time 1t was found
again, ten years ago, was filed up with
surface dirt, and was marlien at the sur
face by pyramid of rocks twenty feet
high. The old Mexican "rasta'' OF
rock basin for crushing the ore, was
also found. The shaft was worked for d
While last summer by the same man who
tried TO open it nine years ago, but on
account of lack of funds be was obliged
TO suspend operations. Some dirt that
he took out assayed small quantities Of
silver. 1t is presumed that the San An
ionic men have confidence in finding
at the bottom.
GRAHAM, Nov. 90. The GAZETTE ex-
alts the Panhandle and the Fort Worth
and Denver country. Would it gruige to
say Il few words for us il We had the
We have the same reds
mari soil, but unlike them we have also
timber and good coal. AS to building
atone we could furnish it in blocks as
Ing as horse cars, and of sufficient
strength and hardness to go into old
Cheep's pyramids.