Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide for 1910 with Map Page: 72
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72 THE TEXAS ALMANAC.
dized product of the argentiferous galena, occurring in the Cibolo lime-
stones of carboniferous age. The total production of silver in 1907 was
303,688 fine ounces, valued at $200,474.
Other Metals.-In addition to the silver, valuable and commercial
deposits of 'lead, copper and zinc occur in Trans-Pecos, Texas, but lack
of transportation facilities has retarded any considerable development.
A good deposit of tin occurs in the Franklin Mountains of El Paso
County. In the Llano Country, lead in good quantity occurs at several
places, notably at Silver Mine Hbllow in Burnet County.
COMMERCIAL VALUE OF TEXAS OIL.
The shipments of crude and manufactured oil for fuel use in Texas
averages from 20,000 to 25,000 barrels a day. The ruling price per
barrel of fuel oil on board cars (not delivered) in the fall of 1909
was from 82c to 90c. Three and one-half barrels of oil are equal in
steam producing efficiency to a ton of coal, The railroads of Texas
use approximately 10,000 barrels of fuel oil a day. The growth of the
refining industry in Texas is shown by the record of exports of crude
and refined oils from this State for nine months of 1909, ending Sept.
30, as compared with the same period in 1908, as follows:
Grade. 1909-Gallons-1908 1909-Value-1908
Crude ..................... 37,523,038 14,799,603 $1,130,024 $445,425
Napthas ................... 2,551,948 1,472,970 182,359 103,646
Illuminating ............... 48,709,624 35,954,352 2,276,246 1,672,446
Lubricating ................ 2,572,748 221,100 195,982 43,328
Residuum ........ ......... 41,874,895 24,766,421 1,455,073 870,057
Totals..................133,232,253 77,214,446 $5,239,684 $3,134,902
The number of barrels and value of all heavy and light oils produced
in Texas from 1896 to Jan. 1, 1909, was as follows:
Year. Barrels. Value. Year. Barrels. Value.
1896 ......... 1,450 $1,050 1904 ......... 17,955,572 7,517,479
1897 ........ 65,975 37,662 1904 ......... 22,241,413 8,156,220
1898 ......... 546,070 277,135 1905 ......... 28,136,189 7,552,262
1899 ......... 669,013 473,443 1906 ......... 12,567,897 6,565,578
1900 ......... 836,039 871,996 1907 ......... 12,322,696 10,401,863
1901 ......... 4,393,658 1,247,150 1908 ......... 11,217,155 6,730,298
1902 ......... 18,083,658 3,998,097
1903 ......... 17,955,572 7,517,479 Total......129,036,785 $53,830,228
All Runs of Heavy Crude in Texas to Jan. 1, 1909.
(Barrels of 42 gallons.)
Spindle- Sour Other Total All
Powell. top. Lake. Saratoga. Batson.Dayton. Humble. Fields. Fields.
1900 ......... 6,479 ........ ........ . ...... ...... ...... ........ ........ 6,479
1901 ......... 37,121 3,593,113 ................ ............ ..... ........ ........ 3,630,234
1902 ......... 46,812 17,420,949 a44,838 ........ ........ ...... ....... ....... 17,512.599
1903 ......... 100,143 8,600,905 a8,848,159 ....... 4,518 ...... ........ . .. 17,553,725
1901 ......... 129,329 3,433,842 6,442,357 739,239 10,904,737 ...... ........ 151,936 21,901,440
1905 ........ 132,866 1,652,780 3,362,153 3,125,028 3,774,841 60,294 15,594,310 46,471 27,748,743
1906 ........ 673,221 1,077,942 2,156,010 2,182,057 2.289,507 92,850 3,571,445 80,591 12.123,623
1907 .......... 596,897 1,699,943 2,353,940 2,130,928 27164,463 108,038 2,929,640 29,286 12,013,125
1906 .......... 398,649 1,741,070 1,580,655 1,700,986 1,584,500 39,901 3,777,316 94,904 10,917,981
Totals...2,121,517 39,220,544 24,788,112 9,878,238 20,722,556 301,083 25,872,711 b403,188 123,307.949
t. Includes production of Saratoga. b. Includes 151,936 barrels produced at Matagorda
in 1904; 46,471 barrels produced at Matagorda in 1905; 80,591 barrels produced at Matagorda
and Hoskins Mound in 1906; 13,267 barrels proluced at Matagorda and Hoskins Mound
and 16.019 barrels produced at Piedras Pintas and San Antonio )Mission field) in 1907;
15,875 barrels produced at Hoskins Mound, 11,160 barrels produced at Goose Creek, 5,000
bafrels produced at San Antonio and 2,000 barrels produced at Matagorda in 1908.
MEASUREMENTS OF THE EARTH.
The equatorial diameter of the earth is 7,926.502 miles; the circum-
ference 24,902.18 miles. The area of the earth is 196,971,984 square miles,
which is practically 745 times the area of the State of Texas; cubic con-
tents of the earth 259,944,035,515 cubic miles.
The greatest depth of the Atlantic Ocean is 27.366 feet, Pacific Ocean
30,000 feet, Indian Ocean 18,582 feet. Area of Atlantic Ocean 24,536.000
square miles, Pacific Ocean 50,309,000 square miles, Indian Ocean 17,084,-
u00 square miles. The highest mountain is said to be Deodhunga or
Everest of the Himalayas, 29,002 feet. The statute mile is 5,280 feet.
Texas produces one-fifth of the cotton of the world; her factories
use only one bale out of every seventy produced. It costs about $15,-
000,000 to pick the Texas cotton crop, about $12,000,000 to gin it, and
about $2,000,000 to compress it. Three-fourths of the Texas cotton crop
is sold in England. It costs about $32,000,000 to transport this product
to England, and England pays its laborers about $100,000,000 annually
to manufacture the cotton received from Texas.
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