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THE TEXAS ALMANAC. 247
the fuel from the immediate surrounding
territory and distribute power over high
lines. Much of the lignite has very little
overburden and can be mined with a
steam shovel. Engineers foresee great de.
velopment of this fuel supply.
Among the chief producing mines are
those at Alba and Hoyt in Wood County,
Sulphur Springs and Como in Hopkins
County, Malakoff in Henderson County,
McDade, Bastrop, Phelan and Calvin in
Bastrop County, near Somerset in Bexar
County, Rockdale in Milam County, Gar-
rison in Nacogdoches County, Hicks in
Lee County, Evansville in Leon County
and Crockett in Houston County. There
is a plant at Marshall which turns out a
manufactured product from lignite to be
used as a clarifier in sugar refineries and
certain other industries. During recent
years there has been much experimenta-
tion in the retorting of lignite to obtain
gas and briquettes as fuel and such valu-
able by-products as ammonia liquor, cre-
sol, anthracene, tar oils and coal tar.
Many of the most valuable chemical dis-
coveries of recent years make use of these
products.
Counties in which lignite is found in-
clude Anderson, Angelina, Atascosa, Bas-
trop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazos, Brewster,
Burleson, Caldwell, Camp, Cass, Cherokee,
Fayette, Freestone, Frio, Gonzales, Gregg,
Grimes, Harrison, Henderson, Houston,
Jasper, Karnes, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Mc-
Mullen, Marion, Medina, Milam, Morris,
Newton, Panola, Rains, Robertson, Rusk,
Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith,
Titus, Trinity, Upshur, Uvalde, Van Zandt,
Walker, Wilson, Wood and Zavalla.
COPPER.-Copper is found in appreci-
able quantities in many parts of Texas
and there have been a number of attempts
to develop production on a large scale.
There has been small production from
some of the mines of the Trans-Pecos
country. Texas output has never been ap-
preciable in comparison with the produc-
tion of Arizona and some other States. An
attempt was being made late in 1926 to
reopen a copper mine in Burnet County
and the press carried reports that a fifty-
ton mill would be built. Evidences of
copper are found in several places in the
Central Mineral Region in Burnet and
Llano Counties, one of the best known lo-
cations lying about nine miles west of
Burnet. Nearly all of the small copper
ore production of Texas to date has come
from the Quitman and Hazel Mountains
and the Sierra Diablo of El Paso, Huds-
peth and Culberson Counties. Good oresare said to exist also in Reeves County.
Copper also occurs in the chalcocite clays
of North Central Texas in Archer, Baylor,
Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Jones,
King, Knox, Stonewall, Wichita and Wil-
barger Counties. Some rich pockets
have been discovered, but never extensive
enough to warrant development. On the
whole comparatively little is known of
the copper resources of Texas. While
nothing has yet been found to warrant
large scale development, it is entirely
possible that the future may place this
State among the big producers of copper
ore.
DOLOMITE.-D olomites are found
throughout the greater part of the lime-
stone area of Texas, especially in Wil-
liamson County.
FULLER'S EARTH.-A good grade of
fuller's earth is found at a number of
places in South and East Texas, and
there is at present or has been in the re-
cent past production from six or seven
deposits. Probably the steadiest produc-
tion of recent years has been from River-
side on the Trinity River in Walker Coun-
ty. There is also production from a de-
posit in Bexar County west of San An-
tonio and at Piedmont in Grimes County.
There has been some production near
Brenham in Washington County and a sale
of land near La Grange in Fayette County
was reported late in 1926 to a company
which announced that the location would
be worked for fuller's earth. Fuller's
earth is found also in Burleson, Cherokee,
Gonzales, Shelby, Smith and other coun-
ties of South and East Texas. (See sta-
tistical tables.)
GASOLINE, NATURAL.-Natural gaso-
line, also known as natural gas gasoline
and casinghead gasoline, is produced in
large quantities in the Texas oil fields and
Texas is a leading State in output of this
product. The industry is located largely
in Eastland, Wichita, Stephens, Brown,
Clay, Comanche, Cooke, Erath, Navarro,
Palo Pinto, Potter, Reagan, Hutchinson,
Shackelford, Wilbarger and Young Coun-
ties. There are more than 100 plants in
operation in the State. The gasoline is
taken from the natural gas usually by
the compression or absorption methods
and a few plants employ. the charcoal
method. The gasoline is of high grade
and is mixed with naphtha or other oils in
the proportion of about three of naphtha
to one of natural gasoline before being
placed on the market for general motor
fuel consumption. Texas is the third
ranking State in production. The natural
gas -which has been utilized in recoveringMURPHY-BOLANZ COMPANY
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1927 The Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide, book, 1927~; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123785/m1/251/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.