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248 THE TEXAS ALMANAC.
the natural gasoline is either piped to
centers of population for consumption as
domestic and industrial fuel, or in some
instances, sold to carbon black plants.
(See statistical tables.)
GAS, IATITRAL.-Next to petroleum,
natural gas is Texas' chief fuel source,
and this State is among the leading
States of the United States in both pro-
duction and consumption. The largest
production is from Palo Pinto, Clay and
Eastiand Counties where more than half
of the supply for the North Texas net-
work of pipe lines is received. Gas is
produced throughout the petroleum fields
of North and West Texas and nearly every
city and town of this territory is supplied
wi-th gas as fuel. Probably the greatest
gas field in the State lies in the Panhandle
north and northeast of Amarillo in
1Wheeler and other counties. Produc-
tion of gas from this field, discovered
only about three years ago, has been lim-
ited because of limited consumption. Pipe
lines have been constructed to Amarillo
and other Plains cities and during 1926 a
line was extended to the vicinity of Wich-
ita Falls connecting the north central ter-
rtory with the Panhandle field. Late in
1926 lines were proposed also into the
entire South Plains country, including
Lubbock, Lamesa, Plainview and other
cities.
Another large gas supply is found in the
vicinity of Three Rivers in South Texas
and in the Mirando field east of Laredo,
and pipe lines leading from this territory
supply San Antonio, Houston and many
other cities of South and Southwest Texas.
Marshall, Tyler and other East Texas
cities are supplied from the Elysian
Fields territory in Harrison County.
There are a number of smaller independ-
ent pipe line systems in the State. (See
natural gas pipe line map.) In addition
to Texas produced gas, a large supply is
brought into the State by mains from Ok-
lahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. Due to
the almost exclusive use of petroleum and
Mas for domestic and industrial use, most
Texas populous centers might aptly bear
the title, "smokeless city." (See statis-
tical tables.)
GRA-PHITE.-Valuable d e p o s i t s of
graphite are found in the Central Mineral
Region and two deposits have been
worked, one about ten miles west of Bur-
net in Burnet County and the other in
Llano County a short distance west of
the Burnet-Llano County line. There is a
large mill in Burnet County and it was
reported in operation in 1926. Graphite
is used in the manufacture of lubricants,
paints and varnishes and other manufac-
tures. The product from the Texas mills
is shipped out through the Gulf ports to
Eastern manufacturing centers. Graphite
is found also in Mason and possibly some
other counties of . the Central Mineral
Region.
GOLD.--For many years gold has been
found in small quantities in the Central
Mineral Region and in the Trans-Pecos
and there is a very small annual produc-
tion. Presidio and Brewster Counties
have produced most of the Texas gold. It
is found here in association with silver
and quicksilver ores. It is found also in
Brewster County in quartz veins, also in
the quartz veins of Blanco, Burnet, Llano
Gillespie and Mason Counties. Traces of
gold have been found also in the ColoradoRiver sands near Austin and in certain
limestones of Williamson and Tom Green
Counties. (See statistical tables.)
GRANITE.-Texas has a great variety
of beautiful granites and the production
from granite quarries during the last
few years has increased rapidly. Red,
gray and opaline granites are found at
many points in Burnet, Llano, Gilespie,
Mason and other counties of the Central
Mineral Region and adjacent territory.
Granite Mountain in Burnet County is
probably the most noteworthy of these
deposits. Development of this stone be-
gan in its utilization in the construction
of the great Texas Capitol Building about
1883-5. The seawall at Galveston and
other notable structures have utilized the
Burnet County granite. Quarries are op-
erating at present in Burnet, Llano and
Mason Counties. Beautiful granites are
found also in Brewster and Presidio
Counties of the Trans-Pecos region, but
there has been little development due in
most instances to distance from railroads.
(See statistical tables.)
GUANO.-The caves of furnet, Llano,
Mason, Gillesnie, and other counties of
Central Texas contain varying amounts of
bat guano and there has been some pro-
duction on a commercial scale. It is esti-
mated that some of these caves contain
from 1,500 to 2,000 tons of guano, and
that the ammonia content runs as high
as 12 or 15 per cent. Production from
these caves has been restricted in many
instances by distance from railroad trans-
portation. Caves of the Guadalupe and
other Trans-Pecos mountains also contain
bat guano in some instances.
GYPSUli.-Utilization of the great gyp-
sum resources of Texas for the manufac-
ture of sheetrock, plaster, cement, com-
position flooring and roofing, and mis-
cellaneous other building materials has
increased rapidly during the, last few
years. Gypsum, which is a hydrous cal-
cium sulphate, occurs in many parts of
the State. The most notable outcropping,
however, lies in a band which parallels
and lies a short distance east of the cap
rock bounding the Great Plains. Here
a great stratum of rock gypsum which
underlies the entire plains at a consider-
able depth comes to the surface of the
earth. This outcropping is found in many
localities from Quanah in Hardeman
County to Sweetwater in Nolan County
and for some distance to-the Southwest of
Sweetwater, and it is in this belt that
nearly all of the commercial development
has taken place. There is production at
Quanah (two mills), Sweetwater, Plaster-
co, Rotan and Hamlin. Besides being
utilized as a building material, gypsum is
valuable as a fertilizer.
In the belt mentioned above both rock
gypsum and gypsite, or gypsiferous earth,
occur and are utilized. Gypsum also oc-
curs in Texas as selenite (much resem-
bling mica) in many parts of West Texas.
Notable deposits are found in the Ma-
lone Mountains of Hudspeth County,
where there has been some production,
and below Falfurrias in Brooks County,
Satin spar, gypsiferous marls and clays
and other forms of this product are found
in many sections of West, Southern, Cen-
tral and even East Texas. Enormous de-
-posits,.of rock gypsum underlie both their
Great Plains and large parts of the coast-'
al region. Great quantities of gypsifer-
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