Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-09-10
TEXAS RANKS AS
MINERAL STATE
HAS ADVANCED ~ RANK OF
PRODUCTION DURING EACH
% LAST TWO YEARS

inhabitants. ranks nineteenth in the
value OF rs mineral production. ac-
c0rdinE 10 the United States Geo
logical Survey To- each OF the lest
tHD years Texas advanced tWo Num-
hers in the rank Of mineral pr0drl-
ing states. from twenty third in
l11l 10 twenty- first iu 1912 and 10
Nineteenth To- 1913 lu the pereen-
nge OF ~ increase in 1913 over
1919 Texas was exceeded by only one
other state o. northern neighhOr
Oklahoma--Wh.ch. on account OF the
tharp advance ln the price oi pc
tr0leum. showed a gain On value ~
mineral products Of nearly 30 per
cent. while Texas showed an In
crease iu value OF 3Sf per cent
from S22.797.0l5 IN 1912 20 $751;
GGg.GI0 IN 1913. IN Oklahoma the
increase In 1913 vas due 20 the adj
vance iu the price OF one substance;
IN Texas increases were made IN the
output Of all the products which
contributed materially 20 the total
value. but especially. as FOO Oklaho-
ma. in the production of petroleum
roNas does not hold first place a.
The producer of any mineral sub
stance but ranks second iu the pro-
duclion Of asphalt and third in the
production of quicksilver Since the
sensational strike az Beaumont in
1907. petroleum has had first place
iu the mineral product OF the
tate. and Texas nov ranks fourth
among an the states Boz The quantity
of petroleum produced, and seventh
with respect ~ the value of the pro-
duct The value of the petroleum
product In Texas IN 1918 represent
cd little moro than o. per cent Of
the total Tor The State The pro
duction incrca "a from llI3l,057
barrels valued - fs'.21l3. IN
1912 20 t5.O9el7s barrels valued AZ
,t.675.593, 10 1919 The increase
Zoo production came almost entirely
from the Electra field .n the north
oru part Of Tho State. where a largc
amount OF development aud wild
eating has been carried on for the
last two years The production from
The costal fields docroa from
G.t59.b2S barrels In l9la 10 j.S25,-
't6 barrels In 1918. bui the yalu"
Increased from t4.13N.sNI 20 So
900 i0N In the northern fields tho
production Increased Boz value from
.Z1552e barrels In 1912 10 9,lSi
20. barrels IN 1913. with an In
crease in value from SI112,S2G to
Tho Electra field alone
increased nearly 1000. 900 barrels.
from i.22I1oi barrels in 1919 20
N.13t.62l barrels IN 1913. with an
increase In value OF over Si.N0O,o0o
from f3.3tO.S2N to {S.ll2.797 Thu
average valuo1Der barrel for Electra
oil advanced from ~ cents In 1912
20 81 IN 1918 There was also con
siderable Development IN the Herr.
eta field. but the output there was
relatively insignificant compared
with the output of the Electra field
The possibilities for oil development
are more widely scattered over Tex
as. and the indications for wildcat
ting are more promising than in any
other state The chances for further
extension are therefore excellent
Second iu importance among the
mineral products OF Texas, reck0ined
by the value OF output. is coal, in
cuding Ignite or brown coal the
combined production of which
amounted Boz 1918 10 2.l29.lii short
tons, valued al S4.2SS.92O. against
2,lNk.612 mort tons valued 40 49,
Gar.Ttl. Boz Ig12 Texas b. the only
state iu the Union that produces con-
siderable Quantities of both bitumi-
nous coal and true Ignite. or brown
coal The areas of bituminous coal
are much less in extent than those
of Ignite The production OF bit
luminous coal represents more than
ulf ot %, total output in quantity
and about 10 per cent of the total
Nalu, lu 1918 tho hituminuus coal
mined iu Itstland Erath. Maverick
Paln Pinto webb. Wise. and louug
counties amounted 10 l.I@g.1O7 short
toms valued al X3.lNt.lhl the
production 1f Ignite amounted tO ..
INl.1lG short tons. valued a. g.
lui. 900 Ignite mining operations
have been carried on iu Anderson.
baNrop. Flyette. Henderson Hop
Wu.. UoH ION. Lee. Lean. Medina.
Milan. Rains. Robertson. shelby
Titus. Van Iandt and wood count
ties The Ignite areas extend ir 90
belt from The Sabine 10 Tho EIo
iraude and the production s limited
40 present 10 eleven OF the above.
named counties. among which fNr
principal ones are Milan and Wood
The total area that Is believed to boz
uutorlain hy Ignite is about $4,000
square miles. of which the develop.
90 area. cover about 1000 square
miles Tho known hiiuminous ares
cover about S.eNO square miles. hl'
$4,000 square miles more about which
little e suown may contain coal
THE hi'uWI1ous areas are somewhat
scattered the larger fields being boz
the central part Of the state and ;Vo
smaller areas bordering on tho Rio
Cando
Tho only other mineral product
Of Ts1s. auich contribute a. much
as f'.'HH.un0 ~ the total value are
phHIi cement clay and natural
gas Tho clay-workinE industry u
iH1. rH1'rihuted wares valued 30
.HiH.i1. compared with {..>sG.
COS ir IYfs The principal clay
product. are common brick. sewer
pipe front brick. piitery. and yitr
fled brick. the common brick con
-titntIng in 1918 about go per cent
of the total The chief clay-v0rk-
inr counties are Ellis. Wilson. Pas.
trop. and bowie. an interesting in
cidcnf of fire brick manufactur. iu
Tevas o. that On Brewster county
clay s used IN yard i1o miles
from the railroad for making brick
used On the quicksilver furnaces of
the Troilnrua district kaolin. from
which excellent china and porcelain
wares have been made. occurs aud
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