Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-06-02
OUR HIDDEN VALUES.
South Waking Up and Prospecting
for Elrih'S Products.
TEXAS MADE START.
The Creation hy the Texas legislature
Of the Ofice Of State GeOloglst
and Beaumont Oh Caused
the other State 20 Ae..

Hslumorc. june / To tho wonderful
discovery oi oil at Beaumont must be
atiuhaA largely 10 the provision by
the last ,,ion Of the Texas Legislature
for the organization Of a mineral sur.
vey Of the al belonging TO the state =
educational ms. .utions, says the last
issue Of the Manufacturers Record.
DR.. William b. Phillips Of the Uniyer.
sity Of Texas. an expert mineralogist
and consulting engineer. has been So.
lected rs the head Of the survey. Tx.
pert statisticians give "A value Of a.. $3.50. q.
900 20 the mineral production Of Texas
last year But in q speech before the
late commercial convention at Dallas.
Prof. J. O. Carrera Of Fl Paso said that
what is today known 20 exist below the
surface Of Texas is but very small
fraction Of its great mineral wealth aud
that the geological survey ought 10 take
a wider range
More than one other u tho southern
states have undertaken such survey
within their respective domains Atit
last session the South Carolina leg.sla.
ture provided for the office Of state gcolo.
gist. In Mississippi there is a growing
demand for a scientific discovery Of the
underground wealth. Mississippi's gcolo.
" has been studied IN the past. but the
work in that direction has not kept pace
with similar work in Arkansas. Tenne,.
sro, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina
and elsewhere.
A. matter Of fact. the latest oil dis.
coyerios IN Texas have not only induced
IA greater activity in tho Kentucky.
Tennessee and tho West Virginia fields
aud have -purred TO tho search for oil
IN Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Ala.
bama and Virginia where, in some In.
stances, manifestations of years ago aro
the announcement but have also turned
the minds Of energetic and progressive
men In all parts OF tho south 20 tho
diligent study OF its underground
wealth This is an age Of saving. As
much is now made from what were
once the wastes OF moro than ono in.
dustry rs was formerly derived from
the main product. This is a result of
science and invention. the creation OF
new markets and the realization of the
value OF little things Side by side
with this economy in handling products
Is the steady development Of new fields.
Under the advantageous conditions
Of the latest and most improved mach.
incry and the accumulation OF many
years Of experience in the older ones
the south has already felt 10 It's better.
ment the effects of this evolution in its
coal fields and is iron mines, sO long in
practical idleness, is timber regions 90.
ward which the workers in depleted
forests Of the north and west have turn.
ed, and now IN It's oil fields with their
poteutialtios still to be- determined
Wonders already accomplished have NJ.
tracted 10 the south the attention of
men In other part. of the country aud
abroad, who have learned 70 recognize
a good thing and 10 turn il 10 the best
ends. There have boon 80 many sur.
prises that hardly any one will now DO
surprised at subsequent discoveries
These ought 20 bo FASTENED by the agi.
tati0n for thorough survey OF the
5outh's mineral resources.