Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

/ large shipments OF men Vic-' a.
1 GalCna Is found In moderate quanu-
! Ties in Llano and Burnett counties, but
| the work 50 far done in it has mol, desel-
i oped anything OF special value. The Tor
/ mntions, however. arc OF the same aFt
and character Of those which contain
/ the Missouri lead ores, ard TURNER
search may have better success.
Tho lead ores of the trans-Pecos carry
variable amounts OF silver and arc being
worked in the Qnitmun aud other DIS
| tricts The ore is smelted ai ~ faso.
| These ores are found In greater or less
! quantity in nearly every mountain range
Of this district, often associated win
those Of copper, and their mining prom
iscs rich returns
These beds, perhaps as extensive as any
in the world. are found over large part
Of that section commonly known as tle
Abilene country, and extends rs lar norm
as the Canadian river All varieties anu
qualities are found but no extensive use
has been made Of II since the stonpage oil
the plaster Of paris works at Sweetwater
some years ago.
I[nolin, fire or potters' clay, is ABUNDANT
throughout the Ignite district of the
state.
Tie kaolin from Edwards county Is Of
great purity and well suited to the manu-
facturo Of the finer grades Of china. Pot
teries and fire brick and tile works have
been erected in several counties and the
indut try has proved quite successful. the
fire brick in particular being Of n high
grade.
East Texas contains a large amount Of
green mari, especially adapted for ierii-
izing and nurturiug sandy soil.
Texas contains q number Of building
stones aud marbles 0f considerable diver
sity Of color. They begin on the southern
boundary Of the Ignite basin and stretch
u0rtlwnrd, there being scarcely county
which has not some stone well suited TO
building purposes, while many possess
material Of rare beauty aud quality
Sandstone in various colors. and limestone
and granite in variety and marble, both
white and vuriegated. are abundant
Two wells lave been sunk near Burton
for natural gas, both Of which are yield
ing II IN good quantities. 1t appears also
10 txist in Sabine, McCulloch, Pulo Pinto
Bexar and other counties.
Abundance Of salt is found in Sabine,
salt wells, salt lake and beds of rock salt,
II is manufactured or dug for local CON
sumption at many places in the state.
company nt Colorado has sunk three
wells through 40 feet Of rock salt. and a
similar bed has been discovered in Van
Iandt county. which is of equal thick
ness aud is being now worked on large
scale. Tue sulines Of East Texas are Of
the same age as the famous salt deposits
IN Iberia parish Ia.
MANUFACTURES.
The manufacturing industries of Texas
are as yet iucOusidernble. They are main
corrs,, i"ltG Ijof mo'i, T., , , yl
tirrinriy In S,ntb,.t T,,.,s 49,, H.,
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dcveI,ntnopt M, nt,,o,. ,,,,,',,S,,,,,.,1,..
Observation-Disclosures jncIpdc mainly liz roIi6W
niiiis cin,I r1u r'sy iii'N' ro,''m sgeu %"
fsctorlos saJdIerv AMI bnrf,ss tI1,og,,
ana cic.ts f,,,,,i,i,. - 49, ~ III
works. car works ~, rri,,,e AID ,,,a,,oi,
works bronr, f,ctnr;.. i,ricl IN
tile, soap. Artificial lee. candy. cooper AMI
hollow ware factories planning mills. mar
bic works The cation sepd oil products
nre largely eyportnj, Int most ~ thn
other noniifnefitred f,nnla ttrt,nd out I,
factories in Inc state nrn solI and con.
sumel al home
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-, :, ~ ~ - ii'H'
NJ rus lhulhE lhe lAcl that u Is the
va lS1rg.Nt producer oil Dom cotton ana wool
lrAas mas made nut ltue development In
lhe way OF utillzlhg me large supplies Of
IGW material and turning 1t into man
", sa,i ~ sv9us, .a5 c2nlnel lysflt
uiactures' This is particularly SO. Of
le45llcs.
Ihere are according 10 Mr.. Hestcr's re
port, seven cotton mills in the state, OF
Mul'n lour an m operation, with SDbS |
Looms 10, ., 5,, ana nd I'D spndles The total
mills were GlO2 in 1891 and ii gOI ip
1Sgg. IL will bc soon t,nt Jrai,,. n ,u
year tho mills nearly JnuI,lrI u,tir
consumption CON. and consequently their pro-
~. ' ~, ~ w h"t uullEe more imam !
u I' t"ohuhureu1n OF the crop of the |
TcNns Is RATHER better off In the prqt8nr |
OF wooden mills II has twenty-five in |
Operation, but most Of thpm small cnn-
Germs. The capital invested Is only $50 |
5uO, the number Of hands employed So, |
wages paid Sl3,296, number of pounds Of |
wool used $4,000, or oue-cighticth only |
Oi me crop of the slate, and the total |
pnuucI was only Sl2ii3O The Texas |
cotton is exported to England to he man |
nacturcd into cotton goods thorp. while |
me wool similarly goes 10 the New Eng |
land nulls
lhe state has done better with cotton
seed because that Is such bulky article |
mat It can not be transported any long |
uiItlnce' The Texas mills manufacture |
larEe portion of the seed crop Of tbc
s M. aid nave Increased very rapidly In |
the INST lew years, with the growth Of the
COTTON crop.
commissioner Hollingsworth's report Of
etc, gives the f,iioW,inf, 1870 SiHusuos'