The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-30
COAL AND OIL FIELDS.
a Correspondent Tells OF the Red River
Valley Prospects.

a Correspondent Tells OF the Red River
Valley Prospects.
To the Editor Of The Posi-
Paris, Texas. June -, The coal fields
Of the Mississippi valley extend in south
west direction from the great lakes to The
Gulf Of Mexico and tho Rio Grandc river
The evidence which supports this state
ment is the fact that coal mines have long
been worked in Illinois, Missouri Kansas
Indian Territory, Arkansas aud Texas The
Texas and Pacific Railroad company oh
talns it's coal FROM mines ~ Gordon and
other points in Palo Pinto county. very
line coal mine also exists In Montague
county. and ontcroppines have been found
at other points In North Texas.
A line extending from the most southern
mines in Arkansas to the ralo Pinto mines
win include the northwest part Of Rcd
River county. nearly all Of Lamar eonkty
and ali of the counties 70 the west,
FRO. Hin. who was gcologist for Texas
several years ago, now connected WIN tue
geological department Of the United STATES,
in an Interview published some time since
in the Dallas Ns-ys stated that the oil az
Beaumont, Corsicana and in the Indian ler-
rItory were all sufficient. AMI further tnat
the Territory oil was corhonferous- Car
hon IS that chemical element which com
Inning with the OXYGEN of the air produces
combustion Or hre.
Carbonlrerous oil and coal have com
mon basis. which is lM hor- and are m
course, both fuels.
Prof IliU ard other gcologists mo houpt
from want Of opportunity to invesugatel
iove limited this field to the indian Ier.
rtory Il should ne caileq tn, an IoIb
sidcq ~ the river coal has been fouhl' anl
waiie the oil VIII he limited 70 less atsa
II win also he found on p",n it s"es ~ be ny
Vim Give another scientiiic opinion tabrh
n am Inc Southern Morcnry OF jane ~
1911. as follows u, :, ~. unttan
Stbteg geological and meteorooEicnl 9e
nartmenf who has been engaged III w
! vestgatlng the oil heids n anu atpu' ~,
.itaoninont for the past two weeks III
a' ui'nteryiew with the San Antonl9 IA
~ aioss saws that n the geological 90.
sewations made there by MN aeDs'9p
| inic realities. then Texas Is destined 20
| h p,S The wealthiest state III the
The fields are extraGTdagrl an, ,aFss L, u
,,o Hs' nlentiful In this state tnan e.
| hefnre known IN any country me
chemical action Of the earih nowlr heIe
and the coal fields Of Missouri h ,,nn ,H On
] OH
! moro lasting than ever known' ~ y
! nbcntcol pfo1uctian from coal nelds inu
] NE nresencc OF coal Of the quality that
/ nrodnces OH Is more pientitni ID At
! sansas than In any other IlscoNeItu
ninrc The coal found In southwest
rexos Is oil producing. - $40,
NJ Connolly Ia speaking OF the co ,
| az ~ Missouri aud Arkansas eYldehtlt
n ,aoSs 10 inelwlc Indian Territory; as ~ y
hieh nmf continuation Of the same nelu, ~ ~,
~ 9es maj oil Is chemical prod,netlon u
ssy rore conf fields and that OF proauslsss
TON pop more plentiful In Arkansas t this
con- con. other discovered place, ne glVes thi M,
any rnsson FOR surprising that IeAins s ~ ~
asnosits are the largest Ia the woIia, ,,sb
~ = coai field has produced the great sus M
thls con- sanInont. how much gferter wlll
~ ontnut he In the Red river VaileF AZ 'ne
~, adge OF the coal heldf -
veg known fact that notn eo9i ah nv
80 are found al man places IN o fs pr ~
~ md Chickasaw Nations. II i aso,t
Ca ogtdI,M theory Is correct and the grealt
III re.,. 10 the north OF u nus NM m, lisa ,Iso
Oh 5 NEE the oil in the Nation, phs aiS .
otis N southern Texas we n.y. xn..h q
lnf va ~ infer that there u o,l n"..i,
rign' reyas also. This theory Is suppoatts a,
ern sscfs, Oil is found In the wa,er
BY the noints In the Red river valley /.
a. man 20 INV own observation. taxing n0's