The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-05
HINTS FOR THE KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM

| New York visitors In the mineral belt,
| Marble Falls, Liano. etc, Afforded them
the first view OF the States real resources.
yet what ocular proof WIS given them
Of the really splendid iron mnntain-as {
believe II is tetmcde-of which all Texans
are so proudS In building where lunch
was served, samples OF the yAIions inn.
erals we're handed around Tor their inSpec-
tion. This is not repeated by way Of critic
Ism. but as a basis OF comparison.
This examination Of few samples which
tell little or nothing. even TO an expert
seems 10 cover ali tue knowledge Obtained
by these great representatives % capital
concerning Texas most rcfnArkablC raw
materials, after their Thousand al miles VI
travel. for the express purpose of lnyesti-
ENiirg, and probably developing, these and
Kindred resources 81 the State In so far,
then, as concerns iron and steel. the very
basis OF industrlalism, II would have been
81 greater benent 10 tho State had these
gentlemen remained In New York, ais now
their nainra assumption must be that
everything OF real value WAS exhibffed
time 10 develop our iron Industry
certainly they VIII not believe that vast
deposits exist, when Texas refused To bring
them 10 their No ice. II any Of your read.
erS took notice Of my article. In your Issue
of March ~ they Will remember that this
Is exactly In line with the treatment ne.
corded our section during the past ten years
by those who should have hoen Its warm
est friends. II is certainly 70 he hoped
determined to exploit East Texas iron ON
grand scale; combining ali the wealth
producing mineral elements, so long loft
In utter neglect, may. at least, III II be not
Too laje, succeed In bringing our own peo-
pie to realization OF what these orc
mines mean TO Texas. Magnificent as is
the great oil discovery, st can not displace
iron from It's long acknowledged pr!n,acy.
what apology could Cherokee county
IT route for these guests Of the State?
aud upon what does she now base her
hopes Of being allowed TO welcome the ST.
Louiyansy
Within two mile circle may he seen
three blast furnaces idle, every one Of
them. IL is true, but mainly on account
of mat very Indifference of Texas to her
great industry, which | have already mon.
li"hed large pipe plant, with its actual
product 81 gas ana wafer pipe on hand 70
plctcd foundry Of the same character, be.
siIss several smaller works.
Best Of all though may be seen not ouly
outrroppings OF ore on every hill, but two
ar more real ore mines afordlng practical
demonstration Of the extent Of the bodies,
The depth beneath the surface and thick
How, il may bc askcd, can this he
prrVenf BY the simple vision Of some coca
ions OF ore already mined. and lying on
ihc banks. alongside tue tram, and at the
furnace.
No need 70. sink test pits, or send down
diamond drills. No possibility OF dcceiv-
Ing anyone with a few tons. of ore from
2 deep mine. which might already he ez-
hausted. six thousand tons Of orc, OK
tellcnt ore. taken out ten years ago and
each day becoming richer through expos.
urc TO the weather it tells its own tnle.
No expert Is needed; only tape-ne aud
q little mental arithmetic for those who
care to estimate what must he the toral
quantity Of ore In this and adjoining com
les when 80 small hole, II that be the
correct term for the depression In the
ground ut no point deeper than four or
live feet. from which that number of tons
was extracted.
The New York gentlemen complain that
they have seen hut little Of the real re.
sources OF Texas; shall those from st
Louis fare no better? Is there another
Industrial display in the State to equal
this! Richard L. Coleman.